Friday, October 4, 2013 - Shreveport, LA to Fort Worth, TX

We made it halfway! Well, a quarter of the way really, but we're halfway to halfway! Couple days in Fort Worth for a great visit with my little one (who's getting bigger every time I see her) and the exciting arrival of the first processed films back! We'll whet your appetite with just a hint of what's in store, but by and large, I'm pretty pleased with the results and think we should definitely continue on. Heh heh.

When we left Shreveport we left the main road and stopped for lunch in a little town on the back road called Van. It's the home of the Van Vandals (interesting choice). Our producer found a family restaurant that was a barn inside a warehouse. It was a good lunch.

More from the road when we get back on tomorrow.  Stay tuned. Love you, B. Nice

Thursday, October 3, Meridian, MS to Shreveport, LA

Today started out with good weather and a complimentary breakfast that was pretty good! The staff of the hotel all assembled in the lobby to meet us and give us a warm send off for our trip. They heard about our story and the purpose of the trip and they asked me to say a few words. I got kind of emotional because it touched me so much that they were genuinely interested and cared for our cause of TBI. That's the thing with a TBI, sometimes the emotions go from guard rail to guard rail. I almost never know how I'll be feeling from one moment to the next. This was really cool.

Then we rolled down the road, took some more photos, stopped for a stretch and had an amazing lunch at a place in Jackson, Mississippi called Walnut Hills Round Tables and Tea Room. We all sat around a big round table that had a lazy Susan in the middle. As soon as we sat down our waiter started bring out dishes to put on the lazy Susan. Coleslaw, collard greens, black-eyed peas, the best fried chicken any of us had enjoyed in a long time! It seemed to go on and on. Sweet tea and banana pudding for dessert. It was amazing! They couldn't have been nicer.

We road out of town over the Mississippi River and a very cool bridge. I can't wait to see those pictures.

Speaking of getting my photos back, FedEx is playing a large role in this this project. Here's a shout out to FedEx. Hope they don't lose any of my film! Soon we'll be getting them back. Hoping to have a preview of the first batch in Fort Worth.

And you know, speaking of windshields, some days are good, some days are bad. Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield. I had a pretty good day today. I felt like the wind between the bug and the windshield.

A friend from high school set us all up with a super dinner at Chili's. Should have a great sleep tonight in Shreveport and on to Fort Worth tomorrow! Can't wait to see my little one. Better get my rest!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - Auburn, AL to Meridian, MS

We had an exciting morning in Auburn. Just as I was getting ready to go to the fitness center of the hotel to have a little workout before hitting the road again, the power in the entire hotel went out! Never a dull moment. We re-packed our bags and just waited it out, trying to figure out what to do if the power stayed out through our scheduled departure time. (Our producer is really strict about the schedule!) The hotel staff was willing to help get us down. Our room was on the 4th floor! We floated the idea of calling the fire department. Then the power came back on. We actually rolled out of Auburn ahead of schedule by 5 minutes! The Beast was nice and clean. It had gone through the carwash in Auburn so the windows were nice and clean for photos. Our route took us to Selma, AL for lunch. The Twitter-verse has been super helpful in directing us to great lunch places. We drove over the Edmund Pettus Bridge and hit Water Street which has seen a lot of history from Civil War time to Civil Rights movement.

Selma AL

On to Meridian, MS.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - Savannah, GA to Auburn, AL

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Savannah is a beautiful town. Old houses around park squares in town. Can't wait to see those pictures.

Today we made our way from Savannah to Auburn. It shows on the map as Columbus, but we pushed ourselves a little farther to Auburn. Long driving day, but we got good pictures and had a couple of fun stops.

This is Savannah's bridge at sunset.

This is the road toward Alabama.

We also finally made a lunch stop with BBQ. The picnic spot we picked had a strong presence of the manure from the cotton field across the road, but we enjoyed.

This is our mandatory aftenoon Starbuck's break! This was a nice Starbucks in Columbus, GAWe do landscapes and selfies.

Monday, September 30, 2013 - Myrtle, SC to Savannah, GA

I'd taken a lot of rolls of film between home and Myrtle Beach and planned to send this days films off at the end of the day FedEx to the Lab for processing. I can't wait to see the results. It's been very exciting and challenging to do this trip and keep up with all of the great shots going by from my view in the car. Oh yeah, life is therapy, but when you're in a really nice hotel - Work OUT!

On route to Savannah, we chanced on another great lunch place called McClellanville Diner. We took our food down to another park on an inlet and ate with the No-See-'ems and the Spanish Moss (don't ever touch it - it's got bugs in it!).

Here's everybody.