CROSSING THE PONTCHARTRAIN

Moving painfully slow. I could swim across faster!

HOUR 29: SLIDELL

NEXT STOP: NEW ORLEANS!

HOUR 28: HATTIESBURG

This not Hattiesburg. But a beautiful site nonetheless. I snapped this one in Alabama. I'm a sucker for anything old and industrial against a bright blue sky

I dont have anything else I want to tell you at the moment. So I'll just post a few more pictures.

Maybe its because one of the funniest professors I ever had made one too many jokes about the marriage of rebar and concrete... But I always get the biggest smile on my face when I see a pile of rebar.

Hour 27: I think we are now past the Point of No Return!

So, I've pretty much been lying to everyone, including Jennifer, up to this point in time. I get a lot of, "Oh! You're such a good friend for helping her move down there!" yadda, yadda, yadda.

The honest-to-God reason why I did all this "for Jennifer" is really just for my own selfish, emotional, immature NEED to postpone saying the .... *sigh* .... inevitable & unavoidable...... "Goodbye, darlin". I just now fast-forwarded in my mind to Tuesday morning when it WILL happen, and I will be stepping onto a plane (sorry Amtrak, but this love affair is over) without this lovely girl by my side, and i'll be flying back up to New York City - without - my JRowe.

Jennifer, I am that little stray puppy mutt that you just could not lose on your way home. (my god, what a corny post!) Just look at me following you all the way down to NOLA! Woof!

30 hours on this BORING train filled with funny looking people with funny accents just to put off the inevitable for another couple of days. Just to spend more time with YOU.

So, now that you know how much I selfishly love you,

YOU BETTER MAKE THIS WEEKEND A LOT OF FUN!


Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

HOUR 26: MISSISSIPPI I SEE YOU

Finally feeling close but we are still 4 hours away. These are gonna be the toughest miles to cover. I'm feeling fed up now and bored with the nothing-but pine-trees that line our corridor. I want some challenging terrain to view!

Listening to Gregory Isaacs to mellow out my mood for a bit...and dreaming of my celebratory drink with friends and family upon arrival. I can't wait!

Until then I'll have another BYOL drink with Kurt.

Turkish we are arriving now in Meridian. You better make a run for it. ;)