On the Road to Roanoke

Obser­va­tions:

• Even after rush hour ends, Atlanta traf­fic, even in the off-​direction, is no fun.
• There’s a Carhartt out­let at Com­merce. I won­der if they carry women’s stuff.
• Bull­dogs are love­ably slob­bery fun to pet.
• Play­ing tug-​of-​war with a 40 pound bull­dog is a good work­out for your del­toids & such.
• The guys at Moun­tain Glass Arts don’t see me very often, but they do seem to like it when I (and my credit card) stop by.
• Burger King’s food hasn’t improved in recent years.
• What goes up, up, up on I-​26 must even­tu­ally come down, down, down into Tri-​Cities.
• Andes Mint ice cream sand­wiches are rather tasty.
• It gets dark early in east Tennessee.
• I-​81 still has its share of crazy dri­vers after dark.
• Some­times it’s just as well to have snacks in the room instead of going back out hunt­ing down a real dinner.
• Three-​Buck-​Chuck Mer­lot is just fine when that’s all you got handy.
• CSI trilo­gies are intensely creep­ily good at reveal­ing that some peo­ple in the world are real sickos.
• Some peo­ple out there are even worse pro­cras­ti­na­tors than I am.
• My hus­band is still good at putting one over on me, though I’m still good at find­ing out pre­ma­turely that he’s done so.