Tulsa road trip begins
I plan to…
- Visit my sister and Jared in Tulsa.
- Check out a school and meet up with some folks in Denver.
- Potentially visit Sioux City and Omaha.
- Jet back to the east coast for Shmoocon 2009 in DC.
- Check in on some colleagues in the Constitution State1.
Road tunes! Fy-Ah Fy-Ah: Bob Marley and the Wailers (disc 2 of 3). Bob Marley as you probably haven’t heard him before: rockin’ steady. Romance and praise for Jah layered over (traditionally Christian?) hymns are the dominant themes. Be sure to absorb the groovy bassline on “Back Out”.
There’s something surreal about listening to smooth Reggae while driving 50mph on an expressway in a whiteout, passing a snowplows throwing snow towards the median and sparks toward me.
The weather got real nasty so I stopped in Erie for a room in a La Quinta (free weefee, indoor pool, ”’hot”’ breakfast). The front desk dude tried to pull a fast one and charge me $60 for the room. “I’d like the $50 room from the [giant 30ft jumbotron] sign out front”. “Most people don’t want that room. It’s next to the vending machines… ” He paused. “Are you sure?”. “Yep”. He lightened up. “Yeah, I’d probably take that room too – easy access” he laughed.
By good fortune, an excellent Sergio Leone western was playing on AMC.
dad sent me this link – now i can read about what you’re doing while you’re here with us, while you’re here with us! how exciting. also i’m glad you stuck to your guns with vendy man @ la quinta – really for ten extra bucks you could have had an aslan stay with you. heh – hope todays roads are treating you better – white-out-free and such even though that might cut down on the… surreality of it all. see you tmrw!