Nice little send-off
Today, I spent much of my time in Cherry Alley Cafe, Lewisburg. I told folks that if they wanted to say good-bye, I’d be there.
A bunch of people did drop by. Rodger and Gary had breakfast with me and that was a bunch of fun. Jessie from Cherry Alley joined us for a bit. After that, I quickly ducked out to hit the Natural Food Store. Chris and Kate helped me out with some amazing trail mix and such. They’re great. Thanks!
I wandered back into the cafe and met up with Marjorie and Leo. Later, Freddie, Jeff and Jen showed up. I also got to see Wes and Gillian who work at the Cafe. I wanted to see DJ, but his car was sickly. Feel better, little Focus.
After the Cafe, I headed up to Sarah’s. She couldn’t make it to the cafe, so I drove to Bloom. We took in Becky’s art show and then had pizza. Nikki also called. She forgot that I would be at the Cafe. I doubt I’ll see her before taking off tomorrow morning at 9am.
Tomorrow morning at 9am, it’s supposed to be cold. Tonight could set records, they say. It’ll possibly dip into the 20’s. There may be frost in the morning. I’d like to leave at 9am, but am very ok with waiting till it warms up a bit.
The number one question today was “are you ready?” Yes. I’m physically ready. The bags are packed. There is a place for everything and everything is in its place. But I’m not mentally ready.
Thankfully, after a long ride to West Virginia, I have two days off to visit. Olivia is up and it’ll be nice to see her. Those two days will give me time to buy what I’ve no doubt forgotten in Pennsylvania and basically just get mentally prepared for Scoot 66 to start in earnest.
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Bon voyage ,hasta la vista(or linux),arrivederci,ttfn(ta-ta for now).Oh and Haribol.
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Eric reply on April 30th, 2008 6:18 am:
Well thanks!
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Hey Eric,
I think feeling like you’re not (emotionally) ready, or ready in general, is a sign that you are in fact ready for the trip. I know, this introduces a whole lot of conceptual questions–what does it *really* feel like when you’re *really* not ready, etc–but I think it’s wise to just ignore those. And besides, you’ll have time when you’re on your trip to become emotionally ready, if you’re not already. Which you are, I think. Anyway, scoot well!
Gary
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Eric reply on May 1st, 2008 9:31 am:
Well, as it turns out, I’m not physically ready for this either. Sure, a 350ish mile day is probably the longest I’ll do on this trip, but still. Wow. I’m beat.
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Gary reply on May 1st, 2008 12:34 pm:
In the words of Johnny Cash, Drive On. Sleep first, though….
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Hahahhahhaa!!! I love the picture!!!
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Hey Eric!
I found your blog via the R66 News page, which I check daily. I have been planning my own trip down the mother road for several years now as well (in a Jeep Wrangler), and will be leaving May 27 from Minneapolis to Chicago to begin. Considering my excitement, I’m thinkin’ you must be about jumping out of your skin now. I’ll be following your progress and wish you the best of times (and some good luck/road Karma!).
Peace,
Dale in MplsMn
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Eric reply on May 1st, 2008 9:33 am:
Since you’re in a Jeep (or any larger vehicle, really), you’ll be able to do some of the road that the rest of us can’t. That’s pretty cool. We did some of it in 2006 – accidentally rented an SUV, so we decided to abuse it a bit. Well worth it.
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