DATELINE: KANSAS CITY, MO, 4:20 p.m. CDT
Miles Today: 421
Lots of rain today. Well, that's it. Thanks for reading.
No, no, I'll elaborate some more. It wasn't all rain all day. I arose this morning to my watch alarm at 4:00 after finally getting a good, long night's sleep. I hit the hay at around 7:00 last night, worn out from the long day plus several nights of poor sleep. So the 9-ish hours of continuous shut-eye last night were very welcome. I got a shower at the truck stop, grabbed a sandwich from their convenience store for breakfast, and hit the road at 5:00.
As the sun rose, I could see it was rising behind a cloudy sky, and those to my north--where I was headed--were very dark. I didn't encounter any rain for about 2-1/2 hours, when I neared Oklahoma City. Once I hit the highway loop around the city, the skies opened. Funny, that's what was happening when I left the town on Monday, a torrential downpour. So I guess I should talk to the city leaders about some sort of fee to keep me away from their town. I stopped at the Flying J in town--where I had spent Sunday night--to get today's second breakfast. There's a Sonic right across the street, and I just love their SuperSonic Breakfast Burrito. So despite the rain (and lightning) I dashed over for one. Well worth it.
Once back on the road, I was driving through rain of varying intensity for most of the rest of today's trip. The last couple of hours were dry, though, and I arrived here in KC just before 3:00 local time. I'm camped for the night at yet another FJ, this one where I had stayed way back in the first days of my solo career, a night or two before New Year's Eve. Feel free to refer back to those posts to refresh your memory.
That's about all there is to tell about today's happenings. I do get to sleep in tomorrow before I need to head north and east to eastern Iowa for my evening delivery, so perhaps I'll have two nights in a row of real, good rest. Though that may depend on how well tonight's entertainment, a "few" hands of online poker, go. Hey, I'm on a hot streak (which I'm probably jinxing my mentioning). I've entered 7 sit-n-go tournaments (single-table, 9-player games) the last few days and finished "in the money" in all 7; 3 third places, 3 seconds, and I finally won last night. So I'm gonna sign on and try again. But I've strayed from my sign-off.
Have a good night, thanks for checking up on me, keep the comments coming, and keep on truckin'.
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2 comments:
Why do you suppose you're doing so well in those tournaments? Must be because you don't have to deal with the inhibiting distractions of wife, dog, kids, etc. Well, good for you. Hope you can keep it going! Now, get some better weather for the 2nd half of your trip!
Well, I see it's only been 4 months on the road and already you're degenerating into online poker? Or was it the burrito for breakfast? You really should stick with cold pizza; as you remember from your college days that's the way to pass the exam, or almost anything else! It's also evident that you're getting many good samples of "spring rain" from around the country in your travels. Maybe you could do a study on the acid content of the rain in various locales? Just a thought. Keep on truckin'!
--- John F.
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