son of adventures in vacationland

today's adventure included driving from vacationville to graceland. there were myriad sights to see along the way.

have you ever seen where they've put a guardrail across a former exit ramp? it's weird - sort of spooky and ghost-towny. makes me wonder who used to use that ramp and where do they exit now? or, maybe there was like one person who used it and they died and nobody needs the ramp anymore. i am not talking about closed off rest areas. i realize why those places get closed off. i am talking about actual exit ramps that actually leave the interstate. with a guardrail womp-womp-womp right across it and the pavement all cracked and weeds growing up. weird.

and what about that car where they get right beside you and then they go the same speed that you are going. i mean, there you are in the right hand lane, and this car pulls up in the left as if to pass and then just sits there. i use the cruise control, so it's not me that is speeding up, it's them that are slowing down. what is this, a car convoy? a carvoy? jeebux. so, i'll speed up and try to get away from them, break the logjam and let the others cars thru, but what in heavens name causes people to do that in the first place?

sometimes you can see a road running beside the freeway and it's not a major road and you can tell it's not used much at all. it's just a country road. but, when you look over there, sometimes it looks like a really good place to go for a run. i'll be all like - hey, that looks like a really good place to go for a run, maybe i will go run there sometime. then i remember i am like hundreds of miles from home and so maybe not so much with the running there.

today i saw a super 7 motel. super 7? is that like, not quite super enough to be a super 8?

i also saw a truck with this stenciled on the back - "tmi waltonky". it was a business truck. this was a business name. what kind of business do you think it was? hint: i may not have read it prigzactly correctly.

and, last but not least, i skillfully snapped this pic for you. yes, i was driving at the time, but no worries, i was also mostly awake. you don't see something like this everyday, do ya now?