I made 342 miles today, hoping for 480 miles and arrival in Atlanta,
Georgia. My stop in Chattanooga killed my momentum, and that's
probably a good thing. Chattanooga has given me a good feeling from my
first encounter with the locals. I could still make Atlanta by 9 AM in
the morning, setting forth at 6 AM, but there's no time clock. An
email message from my Blackberry and my contacts don't have to worry.
I wanted to start earlier on Saturday, but I was committed to visiting
with my daughter this weekend. I felt very close to her on Saturday.
My plan is to be back in Detroit, Clarkston, at 2:00 PM Sunday for her
flute recital at the Clarkston Conservatory of Music. Now, there's a
hard deadline. I'll push off Friday in the early afternoon and all
should be good. The wrong place to set off from at 6:00 AM is a Fairfield Inn. These
properties are gonna break your will to set forth with their plush
beds and hot tubs. A definite shout out is deserved by Colleen, host of Classic Country
USA, a show that kept me company through the Tennessee River Valley,
and I learned more about country music listening to her than I thought
possible. I mean, I have all these artists & stories to look up now.
Why hadn't I ever heard of The Voice, Vern Gosdin, before? She's on
the staff of WVIK, Knoxville, Tennessee, and she is as fresh as Casey
Kaseem, from America's Top 40. She's right, as she said before playing
a song from 1952, the older the song, the better. Sad, I lost the
station 20 miles north of Chattanooga. I picked up 88.1, a public
radio station that flipped me out with The Last Poets reciting to
music. I was studying a map in a Mr. Gas station in Lenoir City, Tennessee,
and a young man stopped to assist me. I think the young man would have
driven me to Atlanta had I asked him for such assistance. I was
reviewing the map to see how I had missed Knoxville so badly, but I-40
& I-75 track together for 18 miles or so before 75 veers southwest.
His final advice I almost took. Go for dinner at Cotton Eyed Joe, the
hottest place in town. He had a stamp on his hand from last night's
action. The joint had lots on nice hotels around it, so take a load
off and have a good time, was his advice. So that's my experience with
a Tennessee Volunteer; he wanted to volunteer directions and a local's
knowledge. It's good advice. Sunday is Best Dressed Sunday's at CEJ.
Check the web page ... Vern Gosdin is now on my radar, thanks to Coleen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Gosdin Be Colleen's Facebook Friend and learn your country music:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57144263153&ref=ts Cotton Eyed Joe:
http://cottoneyedjoe.com/ Casey Kasem has turned off his mike:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1908941,00.html
Georgia. My stop in Chattanooga killed my momentum, and that's
probably a good thing. Chattanooga has given me a good feeling from my
first encounter with the locals. I could still make Atlanta by 9 AM in
the morning, setting forth at 6 AM, but there's no time clock. An
email message from my Blackberry and my contacts don't have to worry.
I wanted to start earlier on Saturday, but I was committed to visiting
with my daughter this weekend. I felt very close to her on Saturday.
My plan is to be back in Detroit, Clarkston, at 2:00 PM Sunday for her
flute recital at the Clarkston Conservatory of Music. Now, there's a
hard deadline. I'll push off Friday in the early afternoon and all
should be good. The wrong place to set off from at 6:00 AM is a Fairfield Inn. These
properties are gonna break your will to set forth with their plush
beds and hot tubs. A definite shout out is deserved by Colleen, host of Classic Country
USA, a show that kept me company through the Tennessee River Valley,
and I learned more about country music listening to her than I thought
possible. I mean, I have all these artists & stories to look up now.
Why hadn't I ever heard of The Voice, Vern Gosdin, before? She's on
the staff of WVIK, Knoxville, Tennessee, and she is as fresh as Casey
Kaseem, from America's Top 40. She's right, as she said before playing
a song from 1952, the older the song, the better. Sad, I lost the
station 20 miles north of Chattanooga. I picked up 88.1, a public
radio station that flipped me out with The Last Poets reciting to
music. I was studying a map in a Mr. Gas station in Lenoir City, Tennessee,
and a young man stopped to assist me. I think the young man would have
driven me to Atlanta had I asked him for such assistance. I was
reviewing the map to see how I had missed Knoxville so badly, but I-40
& I-75 track together for 18 miles or so before 75 veers southwest.
His final advice I almost took. Go for dinner at Cotton Eyed Joe, the
hottest place in town. He had a stamp on his hand from last night's
action. The joint had lots on nice hotels around it, so take a load
off and have a good time, was his advice. So that's my experience with
a Tennessee Volunteer; he wanted to volunteer directions and a local's
knowledge. It's good advice. Sunday is Best Dressed Sunday's at CEJ.
Check the web page ... Vern Gosdin is now on my radar, thanks to Coleen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Gosdin Be Colleen's Facebook Friend and learn your country music:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57144263153&ref=ts Cotton Eyed Joe:
http://cottoneyedjoe.com/ Casey Kasem has turned off his mike:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1908941,00.html
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