Blogs from Tennessee, United States, North America - page 102

Blogger: Katie Location: Harmony, TN on the road Day Three on our fabulous adventure. Time on the road: 10:35am Time passed into TN: 10:48am Miles to go until Nashville: 284 Well, we got a later start this morning than planned as I mentioned in my earlier blog. Today we sort of took our time. Now it's time for my criticisms of our hotel: No minifridge or microwave like the springhill suites, no separate bathroom and sink area, weird seat attached at the end of the shower as if its a handicapped bathroom, but the water will never reach someone on the seat, there is only wired internet access and the cord is very short. They also keep it hanging in the armoir. That's weird. Also, we were literally right next to the highway. NO FREE ... read more

Blogger: Katie Location: EBF, TN, potentially near Dickson. Or Shiloh Welcome to central time. We just pulled off to get some more gas, use the bathroom and eat. DJ and I have been on a weird eating schedule today, I think that might be why I felt weird. We stopped at this really nice on/off Horizon gas station with a Backyard Burgers place. At the food place I discovered my new favorite drink: Sobe Lean cranberry grapefruit drink. At first I said that sounds weird, but now I love it. DJ got talking to this guy who saw our license plate and asked him about it because his insurance company is called Fortis. That's kinda interesting. It is always interesting to hear DJ talk to people because he adopts their accents really quickly. I think ... read more

Howdy from Hurricane Mills, TN. I’m semi officially on “Tulsa Time”. I’m in central time, but haven’t reset my watch but will before I call it a night. Had a very smooth and uneventful 1st day. Covered 369 miles today and arrived at the campground just before 4 pm local time (CDT). This KOA campground caters more to folks who are passing through. Many stay only one night. As you will see in the attached photos, they simply start up at the end of a row of pull thru spots and then fill in down the line. Our “toads” stick out a little but no one is going to be driving behind us. As I was setting up, I talked with the neighbor on one side of me. They are from Dunn, NC and he ... read more

April 29th 2007... read more

It's official. It's 2:09 a.m. and I just purchased my non-refundable ticket to Santiago, Chile. My non-refundable return flight is from Lima, Peru, which gives me good motivation to travel once I'm through at Valparaiso where I'll be studying Spanish for six weeks. Here's some general information about where I'll be and some pre-departure research I did that you might find interesting: What is my trip? I'll be studying for six weeks at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso beginning June 10th and ending July 20th. I'll study Spanish and Latin American culture and get to live with a host family who will feed me and shelter me during my stay. After this, I'll take another six weeks and travel towards Lima, Peru and see as much as I can on the way. I'll have ... read more