you're doing something i've always wanted to do. good stuff. keep it coming.

are you partying in these towns you're stopping at?

Posted by djsunyc:

you're doing something i've always wanted to do. good stuff. keep it coming.

are you partying in these towns you're stopping at?

Uh oh... UK Road Trip Everybody!

(Day 7) driving through Tennessee

Almost there... today I finally crossed the Mississippi & entered Memphis




A friend of mine suggested I stop by Beale Street & check out some of the blues bars out there, so I did & had lunch.






BB King's joint




random photo op










FedEx Forum across the street from Beale








home of the Memphis Grizzlies




Rock n Soul Museum next to FedEx Forum




live street blues band on Beale Street








Beale Street was pretty cool, but don't wander around Memphis outside this area, it's SERIOUSLY ghetto!... as I soon learned after stopping off to get gas just outside of downtown... pumped my gas & rushed out of there with a quickness! Reminded me of my Gary, Indiana experience on my 1st roadtrip out West, only instead of redneck crack addicts wandering around, this time there were just a lotta random black folk looking at me funny & a buncha drug dealers hanging out on the street corners... not the place you wanna be caught after dark... actually, not the place u wanna be caught, period.

Got back on I-40 & noticed these hawks were flying overhead scanning around for roadkill maybe? who knows... there were a lot of them though.




the rest of Tennessee pretty much looks like this... at least the roads are nice & smooth on the Interstate... lotsa troopers though, so don't speed around here.




Holed up in another boonie town place called Cookeville about 100 miles West of Knoxville, TN right now. I should be reaching my destination tomorrow... YESSS!!! Gonna take a few swigs of Nyquil & pass the fugg out now. G'nite.

(Day 8) the final stretch...

Woke up with about 11 more hours to go... stocked up on some eats & decided I'd drive straight through only stopping for gas along the way. That's right, I'm gangsta.




Was good to finally get off I-40 for a change... I'd been on this ****in' road for the past 5 days...




... all the way from the Rockies to the Appalachians.




I had to stop off in some small town to get gas again... figures this is the place I end up at.




The drive through Virginia was very scenic though, I enjoyed the last stretch while the daylight lasted...




It's always interesting to see how people live in places I would otherwise never get a chance to see.






There were lots of rolling hills with farms & plantations built all around the Interstate on this stretch.








Well, that was a serious mission & a half but I'm finally here... hope u enjoyed the pics I took. For anyone who maybe tempted to take this drive themselves someday, take my advice - just fly to wherever the fug you wanna go & take pics when you get there. The Rockies in Colorado & the Grand Canyon in Arizona are definitely worth a visit. Everything else was pretty much boring & monotonous driving. Please do not attempt this drive on your own. Only professionally trained road ninjas such as myself should ever attempt this drive by themselves.

that's my turbo boost gauge... SRT4 Neon comes w/that gauge stock w/a 2.4L 4 cylinder turbo... i used to be all into that whole Fast & the Furious import racing scene back in the day so i bought this car in '03 cuz i wanted something that was quick off the line that i wouldn't have to mod to get my kicks out of it & wouldn't break my bank account... this car has served me well over the years & can beat the crap outta some cars that are twice the price... i'm gonna graduate to a more luxury sports car the next time around but this has been by far the most reliable & fun car i've ever owned.

for now, that's the plan... hopefully gov't jobs have not been as effected as the public sector jobs in my field... at least now i'll be able to drive up for Yankee games this season.

i think my timing was off on catching the right Clinton, but hopefully Obama's got some minority opportunities open w/some of his interns.

yeah, i was gonna dip down South to visit my cousins if i'd made good time, but the drive took me longer than i thought it would & by yesterday i just wanted to get to my destination & konk out.