Day 2: Tennessee to Arkansas

Today was brought to you by a whole lot of rain. So much rain that it made the drive almost unbearable and the scenery unappreciated. I'm a bit drained so bear with me as I pen this blog entry.

We started the day about a half hour outside of Knoxville. We got on the road about 45 minutes after we wanted to but quickly made up that time when we entered Central Time! That was about the most exciting part of the trip as the rain began around 830 this morning and I think it's still coming down as I write this.

Rain battered us as we drove through Knoxville to Nashville and then Memphis (finally). Stopping in any of these cities would have been nice, but the weather really made it impossible and not really worth it. The weather continued to worsen and we put off our lunch stop until Memphis. Alas, that stop was a bit of a mess as it took three different gas stations to find a pump that actually worked and we ended up wasting a good half hour or so getting gas and waiting for our fast food to be ready.

Hank was a bit of a pain today. He's starting to realize that we're really far from Virginia and it's taking really long for us to take him back to his apartment. He's also not getting as much exercise as he usually does and spends much of the day Eeyoring out the window or huffing at us from the backseat. He made some foolish attempt to play/pull out of his collar when we stopped for lunch and that did not end well for him. However, he is still on track to achieve his goal of pooping in every state on the trip.

We made it to our hotel outside of Little Rock by 530, just in time to watch the Broncos lose this game in an embarrassing manner. Dinner was left over KFC, honey mustard pretzels, and vending machine soda. Maybe one day soon I'll have a fruit/vegetable/something green.

We're going to try to make it to Amarillo, TX tomorrow. It would be another 9 hours of driving, but the weather actually looks good tomorrow so we shouldn't be hampered by that. With our current pace, we would actually make it to California by Wednesday at the earliest or Thursday if we didn't go to Vegas. We're trying to find someplace to stop so we can slow down our pace and get to California on Friday.

No pictures taken today because of the weather and I've misplaced the adapter once more so I'll try to find that tomorrow when it's much dryer.

And I only have our driving distance for Day 1 at the moment:
Miles: 477.0
Time: 8:49

Day 2:
Miles: 588.3
Time: About 10 hours


Til tomorrow!

- Kate