12:02 - Doccs remembers that he leaves his phone on the floor in the apt. Have to turn around.
12:06 - Journey re-begins (Eminem's Crazy in Love gets us re-started)
12:08 - Brown forgot his BlackBerry. Have to turn around again. Journey is once again at a halt.
12:40 - Leave the grocery store.
Menu: 8pk of Riptide Rush Gatorade
6pk of Water
2 Ham and Cheese Sandwiches
8 plums
Doccs packing the cooler
12:48pm - Enter New York State
1:00pm - Still in NY. On our way to NJ aka Dirty Jersey, New Jerusalem
1:15 - Enter NJ
1:50 - Brown almost puts us 6ft under a truck. Mike yells "YO YO YO YO YO YO" as his he sees his life pass before his eyes...
2:00 - Town of Clinton, NJ. First stop for gas....and a tin of Kodiak for Doccs.
2:15 - Leave the gas station with an Iced Coffee for RB, but sans dip for Doccs. Driver change. Mike is now behind the wheel.
3:00 - I-78 in Pennsylvania. Doccs still driving. Talking to one of his players (who he mentions is TERRIBLE)
3:45 - RB taking a quick nap. Wakes up to MM singing "We aint got no AC" to Tom's Petty's You dont know how it feels
4:00 - Harrisburg, PA - Listing to Slick Rick
5:00 - Cross into Marlyland. Despite seeing a state line warning sign, Mike passes the the "Welcome to Maryland" sign. The first sign missed of the trip.
5:28 - Miss the "Welcome to Virginia" sign. Since this would be 2 in quick succession, we decide to turn around and catch it on the way back. STUPID
5:40 - On the return this is the pic we end up with
You can see the VA sign behind the roadwork sign...6:00 - In Virginia still. Mike still driving. Listening to Can't Stop, Won't Stop by Young Gunz. Mileage Check - 113820/364 Miles Driven
6:40 - Brown takes over behind the wheel. Talks the Michael Grins about driving to Nashville (150 miles off our route) to possibly stay the night with a friend of ours from high school. Mike says "this could get ugly"
7:00 - Somewhere in VA
7:20 - Mike puts on the movie Four Brothers
8:00 - Cross into West Virginia. 7 Hours into the trip. Not even close...
9:00 - Just finishing Four Brothers. Still going strong. Do we stop, or keep going through the night....
9:15 - Van Wilder goes in
10:00 - 20 miles from Bristol TN, 200 miles from Knoxville. Still going strong
10:11 - Pull over to take a pic of the "Welcome to Tennessee"
11:00 - Gas Up/Driver Switch (MM)/Bathroom break/coffee break
11:30 - Wedding Crashers
11:50 - Just pass knoxville and hit our first stint of traffic
12:00am - Still in traffic. No end in sight. "True love is your soul's recognition of its counterpart"
12:22 - Finally out of traffic
1:00 - At Exit 52 on our way down to exit 2. RB wakes up from a quick nap to Mike reaching into his lap to grab the pad to log the 1am mark. (note: the notepad was in Brown's lap. Quite a way to wake up...)
1:45 - Ace Ventura
2:00 - 59 S Just crossing into Georgia headed to Birmingham
(CROSS INTO CENTRAL TIME ZONE)
1:50am - Stop to eat at a Waffle House (the only thing open) in Fort Payne, Alabama. Mike orders a double order of hash browns with cheese and a grilled cheese with bacon. RB orders a sausage egg and cheese (He had on for breakfast about 15 hours earlier...)
2:00 - Leave the waffle house and head back on the road. Mileage count - 114387 (931 miles in.) Over halfway there. Brown is the new captain of the ship.
2:10 - Its warrior time. Gladiator is now playing. Mike says Brown needs to tighten up. I have no idea why.
3:00 - Doccs sleeping. Still in Alabama
4:00 - We stop for gas and re-snack up for the remaining 10 hours. 15 hours into the drive ans we look like we have been driving for an hour. True Warrior style...1048 total driving miles. About 700 more to go.
-- Brown sips on a low carb, Monster energy drink. He thinks its going to work but little does he know, our bodies are working on their own
-- Mike packs a lip
-- The moonlit night in Alabama is Bea-uti-ful
5:00 - Brown wakes up from a short nap only to miss the picture of the Mississippi sign!!
6:00 - 114668 (1212 miles in)
6:30 - Brown takes over
7:00 - Still on 59 in Mississippi. Cash Rules Everything Around Me
8:00 - I-12 West. 20 minutes from Hammond, LA. Mike wakes up.
8:35 - Mike is impressed with Brown's driving time. 2 hours at this stage is very impressive. That's the way to step it up
8:40 - Stop at McD's to energize our bodies.
9:00 - Mike starts the home stretch after deciding to go to BK instead because the line at the Golden Arches was crazy long. Breakfast of choice for RB? A sausage egg and cheese. His third in 24 hours.
11:00 - I-10 W headed toward TX. State line anytime now....Still Tippin by Mike Jones is playing on the ipod
11:17 - Enter Texas! Only a couple hours remaining. 115049 (1593 miles driven)
22:26 hours driven, 24:26 total travel hours
11:36 - Second traffic jam of the trip. In the TX heat and no AC, this jam could not have come at a worse time. SWEATING BALLS!!
11:48 - Out of traffic. Home free? We will see....
12:00pm - Brown takes over behind the wheel and if he keeps texting and driving, we will be dead.
12:10 - Speak with Naida who lives in Florida (about 5 hours late). She tells Mike that Tracy is coming to RBs party. Mike cannot wait....
12:30 - We are now over 24hrs into our drive and Mike is finally starting to fall apart. Its raining and that doesn't help the drive. About an hour left in our drive though. The end is near but can we make it without anymore delays?
12:40 - Mike wants an AC and a bed
12:41 - Htown 30 miles away. Hips Dont Lie is playing. We want to meet Shakira.
1:00 - We are now in Houston
1:17 - We finally arrive at Garrett's House. Norma meets us to let us in. We can now shower, and sleep. Most importantly, in AC.
FINAL MILEAGE:
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