December 26, 2008


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Friday
December 26, 2008

11:15 = Checked out.
2485.1 trip miles
20,571 total miles
72 F (with 80% humidity)
80% oil life
35% fuel

Not going back to the Alamo to inside it... I wanna drive now. Heading East.

11:41/2507.6 = Drove around town a bit (partially voluntary, partially lost the way), then finally on I-10 East @ m582

11:50/2517.6 = Left San Antonio city limits (near m592)

12:33/2570.6 = The car is finally getting a wash!!! Hope its a good one

12:56/2599.1 = x674. $27.81 = 16.989 gallons. $6 bucks for lunch @ Subway (didn't buy dinner this time), then on the road again @ 1:18/2599.6

1:31/2614.6 = Got completely comfy and now its lunchtime

hmmmm not yet. I gotta pass these trucks somehow...

1:38/2622.8 = FINALLY! What's the deal with these East Texas drivers? Ok, bon apetit to me

2:39/2694.5 = Passing thru Houston while listening to "Lost Highway" on Roadtrips #8.

3:48/2769.4 = Entered Beaumont city limits while "Those were the days" is on Roadtrips #9. This is another of those places -- with Orange and Port Arthur -- every time I come here I'll remember back to July 2003 ... just like every time I go to Richland/Pasco/Kennewick I'll remember back to August 1995.... of course I don't think I'll be making any "pilgrimage" to Beaumont like I will to Richland, but still... "Those were the days" anyway!

And there's the Olive Garden!!

4:05/2789.0 = Orange is 13 miles from here and the rest area is 1 1/2 miles. I'm gonna put on "Pepper" if I can find it.

4:12/2797.7 = Passed x875 for MLK Jr. Drive. Didn't take it this time

4:14/2799.9 = Passed x877 in Orange -- didn't take that either. "Pepper" is on #6/14.

4:17 PM = 2803.7 = Entered Louisiana ... From good memories to bad memories.

6:18/2949.2 = I'm driving in convertible mode and I can smell the swamps!

6:25/2956.5 = First crossing of Mississippi River on this trip.

6:31/2961.6 = Did not take x159 for I-12 East ... I'm going to New Orleans now.

7:03/21,086 odometer miles = near I-10m198 = 3000 TRIP MILES (only -- kinda pathetic for 7 days on the road, but its been fun.)

7:31/3032.0 = x230 for I-610 East.. Normally I'd stay on I-10 but there's a lot of traffic there according to my iphone

7:34/3035.0 = I can see the New Orleans skyline & bridge over Mississippi on the right

7:36/3036.6 = Rejoined I-10 East before x239A

7:56/3059.4 = x261 in Slidell.

$25 = 16.680 Gallons -- cheapest ever this century, I think. 3059.8. Another $7 for a Subway dinner -- I should've bought the footlong this afternoon!

8:17/3060.5 = Checked in @ Sleep Inn Slidell

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