not necessarily in that order
After a couple of days of hard, flat-out running I am finally at a point where I can slow down a bit and take a break. After two days in a row of getting up at 5:00am (which I dearly hate) I can go to sleep tonight without setting my alarm and just wake in the morning when my body is ready.
On the way down I-95 I stopped at the NC/SC line and visited South Of The Border. Yeah, it's a miserable tourist trap and all that, and it's truck stop, Porky's, is a real dive, but I wanted to do a quick bit of shopping. I used to have a really nice Mexican blanket poncho that I had purchased there several years ago and wanted to get a new one.
Sure enough I did find one and amazingly enough it is even the identical colors of the old one. Kind of a maroon with white and other colored accents in it. They're not exactly the most fashionable things in the world but on those days when it's really too warm for a coat but there is still a chill in the air they're quite comfortable.
Now if I could only find one like the old alpaca wool one I had. Very soft and very warm. It was made by South American Indians, so I doubt I'll be finding another one like that unless I get a chance to visit another international pow wow.
I left SOB and headed on down into SC for a bit before stopping here, just North of Florence, for the night. I bought some Gatorade and a sandwich inside and settled back into my truck for a movie and some nice, relaxing knitting. It feels good to just chill out after the past couple of hectic days.
Only 8 more hours of driving to Tampa so I'll be there some time tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully early enough to get a little more relaxation in tomorrow evening. Then home for some serious hard-core goofing off.