12
2006
I would drive 400 miles...
...and I would drive 400 more...
Mike and I set out this morning from Atlanta and are now in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
Before we set out, I applied Rain-X to the windshield and replaced the wiper blades. It turned out to be the best decision in the history of driving: It started raining after we left Chattanooga and hasn't stopped. There's nothing like driving in the middle lane of an Interstate between two semi-trailer trucks while sheets of rain reduce visibility to a few car lengths and water flows on the road's surface keep your tires from making direct contact with the asphalt.
We've discovered that driving long distances can be made quite tolerable with regular (but not too frequent) stops and iPods full of music. Some video-capable digital cameras don't hurt either. I've been doing the driving so far, so I don't have (m)any pictures to post yet, but Mike is uploading photos and videos to Flickr and Vimeo. We're also keeping a travel log, which we'll probably post when we get back.
Tomorrow is our visit to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, which should result in more photos and videos. We'll be betting on video horse racing and hopefully venturing to the Maker's Mark distillery.
Check out Make it Happen for more trip details, including our rules of the road.