Well, I’m home again, after 1500 miles of driving from NYC to Texas and 2000 miles of flying , I am dead dog tired. First thing on the agenda was taking a nap! We had a great time though! This was my third trip flying up to New York to visit Lisa since we met thru our blogs nearly two years ago and every trip has been a helluva lot of fun. We found this small, but great restaurant that served Argentine cuisine in Manhattan and stuffed ourselves on delicious chorizo sausage and an amazing sampler of empanadas. Damn the food was so good, we will definitely be going back to that one!

We went downtown to meet a friend of Lisa’s at Harry’s Bar at the Helmsley Hotel and ended up passing thru Grand Central Station. Although I’ve been there before, years ago, it’s always awe inspiring to see it again. The inside of the terminal is so huge and cavernous with gigantic chandeliers and beautifully done marble work that you can’t help but feel overwhelmed by the scale of the place.

On the drive down, the high points were the beautiful mountain scenery in Virginia and Tennessee and a too short lunch stop in Nashville where we lucked out on finding a cool restaurant called Big River Brewing in the heart of the old town. It was directly across the street from the Hard Rock Cafe along the river front and the food was delicious!

Continuing on, just after crossing the Mississippi River into Arkansas, we were amazed at the number of 18 wheelers on the road. It seemed like there were 10 big rigs for every car we saw, causing me to remark that it seemed like everyone in Arkansas must drive one of these things. This got us to talking about about the ways of truckers and the type of life they lead on the road, away from home and I ended up telling Lisa a secret about one of the favorite pastimes of these guys when they’re driving.

Looking at the photo above, you can see that the driver has quite a vantage point for a nice view of the passenger’s seat in every car that passes them on their left on the highway. The next time you’re in the passenger seat on the interstate, look up at the driver as you pass a truck, you’ll notice that the driver will almost always be looking down at you as you pass. What they’re hoping for is a good view up the skirts of any female passengers. Of course, the best ones are pantiless and sitting somewhat carelessly thinking that no one can see anything. At the very least you might get a nice view of some very shapely legs or cleavage. I know this from personal experience, I drove a big truck for a short while some years ago and I can tell you that the view is much, much better than you might imagine.

Occasionally you run across a female passenger that knows this and takes full advantage of it by deliberately flashing the truck driver as they speed by. Hey, it can get monotonous driving for long hours and thousands of miles like those guys do, sometimes it’s the only entertainment they get!

Further on, we stopped and met Tish which was really cool! She is funny and witty and treated us to a great meal at a local, yet famous cafeteria called Bryce’s. Unfortunately we didn’t get to visit long, we still had quite a ways to go to get to Texas and I had an early morning flight back to New Orleans.

I did get to turn Lisa on to Waffle House food and waffles and Ally da Pup was a lot of fun to have along. Ally is very afraid of car travel though, poor thing had to be tranquilized most of the drive time but she seemed to enjoy the numerous rest stops and motel stays. We did our best to keep her occupied.

Anyway, I had a great time and now I need to get lots more sleep. I’m sure we’ll have more later, hope you guys stayed out of trouble! Have a great weekend!