DATELINE: ROANOKE, VA, 6:00 p.m. EDT
Miles Today: 389
Just a simple drive in the country today. I woke up a bit before 7:00, took a shower, had some cereal for breakfast, and hit the road before 8:00. I did stop in Spartanburg, SC for second breakfast (McDonald's Steak, Egg, 'n Cheese Bagel meal--haven't had one for a while), but otherwise nothing remarkable to tell as far as the trip goes.
One interesting note, though. For the last few day's I've been listening to "The Lion's Game" audiobook by Nelson DeMille. (I finished it today.) It's a long book about a chase to find a murderous Libyan terrorist loose in the U.S. The interesting bit is that his first victim, and American military officer murdered in England, lived--and his wife still lives--in Ann Arbor. It also came out in his profile that his religion was Lutheran, so it's a good bet that this fictional character and his family would have been members of my church back home. Just an interesting thing to think about.
In yesterday's post I mentioned my dinner at a Chinese Buffet restaurant. I forgot to rave about one of the dishes I had, called Coconut Chicken. I know many of us are familiar with a dish with the same name, which usually consists of large, butterflied shrimp covered in a breading that includes coconut, and is deep fried. This dish was different; smaller non-fried shrimp in a sweetish sauce that obviously had coconut milk as its main ingredient. Boy it was good. Guess I'll have to investigate that recipe.
That's enough for the past now. Back to the future. My next assignment is to grab a loaded trailer here tomorrow morning and haul it to Newark, NJ, to deliver it Monday morning. So tomorrow night I'll be posting my next update from somewhere in the northeast, anywhere from Bethel, PA to somewhere in NJ. Truck stops are few and far between in the Newark area, and along my route in NJ, so I may have to stop in PA then drive into the city in the morning. But I'll tell you about it tomorrow.
Thanks for lending me your eyes for these few minutes. Drop me a comment or question or two, and keep on truckin'.
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3 comments:
You mean Coconut Shrimp? Go ahead and find a recipe - want some for your next home visit? And find another shrimp-lover to share it with you (yuck).
Hey, you haven't yet answered my question about horns...
New question: With all the sitting, and eating in restaurants, are you packin' on the pounds?
Since TRT is rather lax when it comes to answering readers' questions, I'll field MRR's latest. Nope, he's still a hunkalicious hottie. Of course, when on the road he has limited exercise options. When he's home he usually manages to get out and run some - and he eats better (and more) than when on the road.
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