More or less.So, Starbucks has plenty of outlets to plug your laptop into, but you have to pay to use their internet. McDonald's has free WiFi, but NO outlets. But McD's does have the cheaper coffee.
Pilot truck stops have the best coffee though. It's $1.29 for a 16 oz. cup and you get your choice of Kenyan, Colombian, Dark Roast, Intense Energy, Pilot House, Decaf, Hot Cocoa, Vanilla, Hazelnut, or Pumpkin Cappuccinos, Amaretto, Irish Cream, or French Vanilla flavored creamers, cool or room temp half and half, Splenda, Equal, or the real thing, and what seems to be a truck stop invention: STOK. It's a shot of caffeine that recommends you don't do more than two shots a day. We should have gotten the 36 oz unlimited refill mug for $15 that first day. When I think of all the coffee we could have been drinking 24/7... well, I get a bit emotional.
Last night was by far the coldest night in the back of the truck. I even bought my $5 blanket last night and it didn't really help that much. I'm thankful we missed any snow that might have hit us up north.
We ended up renting a movie called "Hack!" last night. Horrible. Though Gabe liked it more than "Hatchet." This one also had Kane Hodder in it; he's everywhere! But the star was Winne Cooper herself, Danica McKellar. She has not aged at all. It also featured Juliet Landau from Buffy and Angel. It was kind of a "Scream" rip off, but really poorly written. There was a foreign exchange student hot girl whose accent kept changing. So she was either from England, Spain, or the Bronx.
Didn't mention it yesterday because I had to break the news to my dad first, but the wireless card I borrowed from him broke yesterday morning. It was freak accident. We had my laptop in the back of the truck uploading some video when the wind or something shifted the weight of the truck and a few things fell over and pushed my laptop up against the side of the truck. It basically crushed the card. We spent an hour at an AT&T store in Knoxville seeing if they could fix it or replace it. It seemed like they were going to cut us a break at first but then the boss showed up and threw out accusations like "When did YOU break it?" So, it was going to cost $250 to replace it. Not what we wanted to hear. So we're doing without for now. We'll buy another one when we get back to Texas.
Battery about to die...
2 comments:
So you broke the news to the Pops, did ya? How did he take it? I think I'll drop by their house later and take them cupcakes, just in case.
It sounds like you two have learned a lot on the road. I'm glad. That's what this trip is all about (well that and promoting GEM).
Thanks for the blog. I, along with many others, look forward to reading them.
Hope your dad wasn't upset! (Too much!) Gotta love the technology that allows you to bring your experiences on this trip to the masses, though, huh?
Experiences...you two are getting lots of them!
The 'brave new' world of choosing which flavored coffee to opt for (and which ones to NOT mix - lol!), truck stop showers, sleeping on cold floors (even if it is in a secured truck!), scrambling for WiFi hotspots, getting lost in every city you visit (well, almost!), dealing with traffic cops, meeting new fans, plucking up the courage to say 'hi' to celebrity icons, and the list is growing!
What an amazing time to be alive!
Just don't ever lose the amazement, ok? And keep blogging, even if there are no photos or videos to upload! Some of us are hooked!
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