AUGUSTA GA - We spent the morning downtown, scoping out such sights as the Jimy Carter Presidential Library and Museum, the John Lewis Mural, and the Ebenezer Baptist Church before landing at our pre-paid parking garage spot for the day ( Read more... )

SALEM -- Somewhere in the transfer between the taxi and the hotel room last night, my auto credit card disappeared. (I keep credit cards for separate functions.) After getting "no" from the cab company, I declared the card lost. But it wasn't a completely lost morning; another of the guests needed a jump on their vehicle, and once I figured out ( Read more... )

THE ROOK OF MORMONSLC -- During my morning paper run, I was very impressed with the convenience store clerk. He had no arms below the elbows, yet was able to take my $2 and return 50 cents change. I shouldn't be complaining anytihng ( Read more... )

OVERLAND PARK, KS -- This morning, we forewent the customary complimentary breakfast for breakfast at a McDonald's atop I-44, 60 miles outside of Tulsa. (However, due to the rising sun, our alternate seating area had an obscured view of the traffic ( Read more... )