November 15, 2008 - Saturday
Big day of driving. Ozark, Arkansas - to Biloxi, MS. Biloxi? Where did Biloxi come from?
We checked out of the Lamplighter B&B in Ozark, then had breakfast with Fred & Jo at the Ozark Diner (thanks for picking up the tab - again, Fred), then said goodbye and got on the road by 9:37 - heading across I-40. Fred had overrulled both "Leila" and "Streets & Trips" - nixing both a route thru Birmingham AND a route thru Chattanooga - saying that it would be quicker to head straight south from Memphis to link up with I-10. So we headed down I-40 to Little Rock (again) - then over to Memphis - and actually went *right* by the exit to Graceland - but decided that we didn't have time to visit Elvis - and headed on down I-55 in the overcast.
I am getting really tired of overcast. I NEED to see some sun - but not today.
We got a bit of excitement when we tried to get online with the Aircard to book the hotel for the night. Kathy figured out that we could stop in Biloxi, MS, a city we've been hearing about as a resort community for awhile - so pulled out the Aircard to find a hotel. Uhhh... Aircard tells us that our password is blocked. Uhhh... why??? So she found a phone number, we called, and found out that Sprint had *mailed* our bill - and hadn't bothered to *email* anything to let me know that since we hadn't paid - that they shut off our service. Hmmm... So they asked how soon we could make a payment. I told the very-professional and helpful person (not being sarcastic at all, the Sprint representative was VERY helpful) that as soon as they turned on the service we could get online and use our banking website to pay them. So... as I was completing the sentence, Sprint turned the service on again. Ummm... thanks. We made the payment, Kathy made a reservation, and on we went. Cool!
No real problems - just let Leila lead Monroe and we pulled up to the Quality Inn in Biloxi at 7:30PM. 629 miles in one day! We intended to just unload, then go back out for dinner and some casino-ing, but there was a big, 2-person jacuzzi tub *in* our room, sooo welll... we never left the room and that's also why this post is a day late: never unpacked the computer - even though there were Waffle Houses on *both* sides of our hotel (yes, I've been really missing "Waffle House" since we got West of Texas: NO "Waffle Houses" out there - so I've been anxious for a "Waffle House" fix).
Good times. Good times *together*.
And we passed quite a milestone today: A total of (ta-da!): 10,004 miles as of today. Thanks for "riding along with us".
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