ON THE ROAD AT LAST

October 9th

The first day seemed a little surreal.  It started off very nicely

1. Left the nhouse at 6:30 AM. appeared to have everything packe and in order.
2. Reached Jacksonville by 9:00 AM. Had breakfast with my childhood Pal Charles Harvey. Chas and I have known each other for longer thqan either of us can remember.
3. So far, so good. Parted Company. Missed the turn for Interstate 10 and ended up bogged down in construction north of Jacksonville.
4. Lost an hour or more. Got headed in right directrion.
5. Yota ran out of gas just east of Pensacola.  She coughed and stuttered her way onto an exit ramp
6. We were in a bad neighborhood..A bunch of people hanging out under an overpass.
7. I asked some Homeless guy to watch Yota, paid him 5 bucks and left walking to get gas.
8. Came back with gas after half an hour.  the guy was gone,but Yota was still in one piece.
9. Came to New Orleans to meet another friend, Jim Saylor. Discovered I didnt put his number in my new cell phone.  It's almost 10:00 PM,  and I still gotta go check into a motel.
10. Am I having fun yet?    Don't know.....

Guy