Whither the Weather

DATELINE: RESACA, GA, 7:03 p.m.

Miles Today: 203

A short drive today, as planned, due to the bad weather up north. I hit the road at about 6:00 a.m. from the I-20 rest area west of Augusta, got to Atlanta around 8:15 or so, then spent the next hour in mostly stop-and-go traffic on the I-285 loop around the city. Finally free of that, it was just another hour to get here, back at the Flying J I called home two nights ago. So I've had lots of down time today to get myself cleaned up and do a load of laundry, too.

As it looks now, I probably could have pushed north into TN and KY and driven through rain today, but as I was leaving this morning I didn't know where the freeze line was. Better safe than sorry. Now I'm hoping that the active part of the storm passes east of my intended route overnight so the roads up north can get cleaned up by the time I get to them tomorrow. I plan to head up I-75 to Chattanooga, cut northwest across TN to Nashville, then north from there through Louisville and Indianapolis on my way to soutwest MI. We'll see how far I can get.

Speaking of nasty weather, we do have the possibility of severe thunderstorms here tonight. Right now the storm cell is over Alabama, so I'll have to keep an eye on that in case I'll need to seek refuge inside the building.

A note to reader "hrr": I do know about the plug-in coolers. Bruce, my trainer, had a nice one. I'm hesitant to spend a lot of coin on accessories for the truck since I don't know yet how long I'll be in this "career". But one would come in handy. Then again, it would be nice to have for trips in the family car, too. So that's something to consider.

That's my report for today. Please leave a comment (or two) letting me know what's up in your world. Thanks for reading, and, as ever, truck on keepin'.