Friday, April 10, 2009

Charleston to Athens -- Apr 10th

It's official! A lot is two words. Learn something new every day.
I went to Windjammers last night and was accidentally on Omaha time, I arrived after the band instead of an hour late like I expected. Everyone was clearing out by then, and it was lame, cool place, cool location, but nothing much going on after the band was done. Oh well, I went back to my hotel and had a beer with myself, surfed the web, and watched tv.
I woke up this morning and headed out around 11. Drove around Mt. Pleasant and just marveled at the houses again. I grabbed a bite to eat at this little bbq dive place called Big Momma's or something like that. It was buffet or cafeteria style, and I didn't make the same mistake and order two lunches. I did only finish about half, but it was really good, my eyes were just bigger than my stomach. I had vinegar and red pepper pulled pork, hush puppies, fried okra, mac and cheese, and hash. I headed out of Charleston around 1 and took the highways to Augusta, GA where the 2009 Masters just happened to be going on. I knew I wouldn't even try to get a hotel room there, but I thought I'd walk around and mingle and maybe get some photos. I didn't get any good photos really, but I got a good walk in looking for some. I did get to meet John Daly, however, he was selling and signing merc and taking pics with people, so I did that. Definitely the highlight of Augusta for me. Other than the golf course, Augusta was kind of a shithole. Moving on...
I left for Athens around 5 and arrived about 7, went to the football stadium and drove around downtown. Met a nice girl outside the stadium and then it started to rain, so I was in a hurry to get my camera back to my car, and now I'm regretting not getting her number to hang out at the game tomorrow. The game I'm talking about is the University of Georgia spring game tomorrow at 1. That should be fun, then I'm off to Atlanta after that tomorrow. I decided to just take it easy tonight and hang out in my hotel room, even though it's probably a really fun night to go out here. Got another pretty good deal, I'm in an America's Best motel for 42 bucks and it's huge! King bed, couch, and everything else I need including, of course, wi-fi. Trying to keep these a little shorter, I noticed I was a maniac. Out.

3 comments:

  1. Posts have been awesome. Keep it up. If anything, you've inspired us as you've posted more in a couple weeks than we have in 6 months. I love hearing about your thoughts and insights in each city. It sounds like you have been on a great diet since on the trip.

    Kristin and I are both wishing you a happy Easter. Hope everything goes great meeting your dad this weekend. Keep us informed.

    Can't wait to see you guys in September.

    Peace. Papeks

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  2. Don't worry about the blogs getting too long. It's great reading about your awesome adventures. I assume you're at your dad's tonight, so I'm anxious to hear how that went.
    Love, Mom

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  3. Thank You, Happy Easter to you both as well. My father and his wife are good people and I'm having a good time. We talked for hours, had a couple beers, and played wii.
    As for my diet, it's bad. I am eating junk for snacks and not working out. But at least the restaurants I've been going to are really tasty.

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