Out of the Delta

The task for today was to get away from home. I accomplished that. I left the Delta behind around noon when I traveled up the bluff at Walls, Mississippi on my way to pick up the interstate at Memphis. Tonight I am in Cookeville, Tennessee, about a third of the way between Nashville and Knoxville.

I had optimistically thought I might make it all the way to Knoxville tonight. That was when I thought I would leave home at 8:00. I know it takes me three hours to pack and get ready to leave, no matter how much I have done ahead of time. I knew that when I got up at 5:30 and spent an hour playing computer games. I started packing about 6:30, and it was 9:35 when I backed out of the driveway. By the time I bought gas and breakfast, it was quarter to ten before I could truely say I was underway.

But the day went well. There was road work along the way but no major snarls. I hit rush hour traffic in Nashville, but it rolled along and eventually it got itself sorted out. Gas was expensive where I stopped, but that's the way it works sometimes. Supper was a birthday treat of shrimp fettucini at Applebees, along with a glass of sangria that saved the need to order a fruit salad; it came in the glass.

Now for some knitting and Olympics and then bed. Tomorrow will mostly be over new roads for me, and that will be a treat. I hope the weather stays fair.