We are going thru Memphis. It is dinner time. Ruben required that we eat at Marlowe’s Ribs & Restaurant, as seen on Diners, Drive-ins, Dives.
We have eaten here before, both together on a previous Tennessee driving trip. He got the 2 BBQ choices and 2 sides. I went light with the BBQ Baked Potato… sad thing there is no such thing as “light” here except those brightening the room. It was 2 taters back-to-back with pulled pork, cheese and sauce on the side.
Now we must let it settle… and off we go.
Sunrise.
The place where Debbie A., a former coworker, and I had a blowout on the way moving her to Las Vegas.
The huge cross that was over our shoulder as it happened (now ahead of us on our trip).
East bound and down, load ’em up and truck it. We’re gonna do what they say can’t be done. We gotta long way to go and short time to get there…
18 hours ta go…
So we had to take US 24 to Colorado Springs due to US 50 being shut down due to an accident. Which actually took us past Pike’s Peak (Photos). It did set us back a few hours so we stopped at the Road House. Ruben restored his energy with a steak and tater.
At this point I had a problem with bouciness of the truck and was a bit aggravated, a little motion-sickened, and tired. Popped two Dramamine and slept off and on to Amarillo.
Yep, Amarillo. It’s not as far as planned but we will still use this last day for an all out pedal-to-the-medal marathon… 18 hours to go.
BTW… the two bumped mountain is not Pike’s Peak but something that made Rube and I chuckle. I have no clue why? 🙂
The town of Leadville, CO. if you like snow… wow. This is where measure it in “feet”… unlike our dandruff showers in ATL.