I strike an odd figure in many places. Sometimes it is my size, other times it is an unintentional act of completely disregarding my surroundings. Earlier today, for example, I’m sitting in the parking lot of a discount grocery store with the window down in our car. Not that strange, I know. It’s not like

Some other things of note. Again, this is so I can understand my own notes later. Mt. Vernon, Indiana, one of three Mt. Vernon’s I passed at high speed (Virginia, Iowa) Rebel Yell in Paducah, Ky. Why my son loves country music Can’t make it to Knoxville. We made it to Knoxville. Blue Ridge Parkway.

That would be: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio. We also visited Washington, DC. To be fair, the time in Kansas was all at 70 mph for 20 minutes. We stopped in all the other states, either to sleep, eat, or stretch. What prompted this modern