Travels throughout Georgia

Two days down, two to go. Started in Vidalia, moved on to Hazlehurst, now in Statesboro and then Savannah tomorrow. Vidalia is home of the sweet onion, Hazlehurst has nothing to offer, Statesboro is an interesting little town and home of Georgia Southern University. Savannah is a great southern historic city with outstanding architecture, food and of course Tybee Island.

Tybee was not only the site of my 2nd Half Marathon, and current PR, but also the place that my lovely bride and I tied the knot in a beautiful sunrise ceremony on the beach just over 4 years ago.

I may get a chance to run in Savannah tomorrow, although temps are going to be near 100. Otherwise this will be purely a business trip and I can look forward to getting home on Friday night. Hoping to meet Gerri, Chelsea and Heather downtown for dinner before their crazy summer schedules start.

Gerri and I will be flying out of Charlotte on Saturday morning to LaGuardia and flying back on Monday afternoon. Looks like viewing, service and burial for my grandmother will all happen on Sunday afternoon. Probably dinner with Don and Warren on Saturday night and then Gerri and I can wing Monday.

Hockey is in the third period, so I guess I'll call it a night, and settle in for the evening. Hopefully this game doesn't go three OT's too.

On the Road Again

Monday June 2, 2008

After a trip to Vermont and a few days at home, it's time to get back to work. That means leaving home for parts, sort of known. After finishing up lots of paperwork this morning, I finally got on the road around 2:00pm. Destination, Vidalia, Georgia

Two routes available. You can go back roads at just over 200 miles or highways more than 100 miles more. Since it was a beautiful day for driving, I selected the slower but shorter back roads. The directions from Street Atlas were less than spectacular, but with some luck and a decent sense of direction I eventually made it in about 4:30 hours.

The great part about driving is being able to get caught up on my Podcasts. Since I haven't been traveling much, my iPod was jammed with over 100 podcasts just waiting for me. I listened to my old buddy Steve Runner @ Phedippidations, three Dave Ramsey podcasts and a new one with a guy named Chad that speaks fluent Japanese. I listen to the English podcasts. Luckily, I have many more hours in the cars this week to knock out some more.

After arriving in Vidalia, I grabbed a quick dinner at Zaxby's, Blackened Blue Salad, then did my evening shop at the Krystal restaurant. I stopped by the water tower to take the picture. This is near the small park with lots of Little League and softball games going on. There is a 1/2 mile paved running/walking path in the park that I used last time I was here. I may or may not use it tomorrow.

I finally made it to my hotel. Here is a snapshot of the front. The hotel is nice enough, although the room was about 90 degrees when I got here and after an hour or so the air conditioner is still struggling to get the temp done into the comfortable range. I won't be happy until there is frost on the windows:) I'm going to travel with my camera and see if I can find an interesting pic or two to add to my blogs. I still have the final chapter of my marathon blog to finish tomorrow, and hope to get back running again Tuesday afternoon/evening.