Upped my Apple Music subscription for this trip. Started a station based on Gamgstas Paradise and immediately after that it went to Backstreet Boys. Later it went from California Love to I’m a Believer, the Smash Mouth cover.
Back to the drive. Ttyl.
About to leave Dallas. If I go any further this’ll be the furthest I’ve ever driven from the Shire.
gross
Stopped at a gas station, they sell Trump hats so ofc there’s poop on the bathroom walls.
gross
Status report. I am now in West Memphis. I have decided to stay here for the night to allow myself to recuperate. I have gotten a sleezy motel room.
Forgot to remove CW. Whatevs the motel is probably gross lol.
God I wish I could check in and sleep. Fuuuuuck me why is check in in the afternoon!? I literally can’t go anywhere else for a nap!
Forgot to mention. At one point on the highway everyone came to a complete stop for like 30 minutes. By the time I got to the front they had cleaned up most of the accident. All was left was half the road scorched black and a semi trailer crunched up and mangled like a soda can.
We were also stuck next to a field and crop dusters flew by doing they thing. Pretty sure my car got some pesticides on it.
Finally! A bed!
Hot shower.
12 ish hours of sleep. Hell yea feel like a new bird.
There’s a Waffle House down the road.
Turns out the Waffle House was closed. So I decided to head in the direction of Chicago and thought I’ll just find something else. Turns out there’s nothing for 100 miles. Fuck.
Night some gas station fried chicken. Ought to tide me over a few hours.
At a rest stop called the Trail of Tears rest stop. Beyond the insensitivity there’s nothing here that actually mentions the forced migration. There is a generic memorial to the armed forces and one for a literal pig.
I do hear some crows so that’s cool.
200 more miles til Chicago! God I’ve seen so much damn corn.
Seen two sex shops in the middle of large fields. Feel like I should have checked one out.
Spose I should mention I made it to Chicago hours ago.
