The 2005 Nokia Sugar Bowl Trip Road Journal

1/1, Mile 0.0, 9:23 AM

We're off! Team Sugar Bowl! A band of seven Hokie fans pile into our two vehicles and hit 460. Led by Midnight Eagle, we take off for New Orleans. Today, we are Montgomery bound for a stay at the Oteys'. More later...

-Tom

1/1, Mile 56.1, 10:24 AM

Our first major "incident" of the trip has occurred. Sixteen miles ago, a traffic sign warned us of an Incident Ahead. Little did we know, or expect, that we would be completely stopped on 81 a short time later. This brings to mind several nightmarish times on this very road. Our nearest best guess as to the cause of this delay is that a truckload of mutant chickens jackknifed across the interstate, spilling all of the fowl onto the road. Then, a boulder fell onto the chickens.

10:32 AM

Our best guess was wrong; apparently, there's someone on the bridge ahead wanting to jump. We'll be moving soon, we hear, but we don't know how the situation ended. We hope everyone's okay.

-Bret

1/1, Mile 128.0, 11:44 AM

Welcome to Tennessee. Goodbye Virginia!

-Tom

1/1, Mile 166.7, 12:45 PM

Subway for lunch and back on the road.

-Tom

1/1, Mile 258.7, 2:17 PM

We stopped for operation "Capture the Flag," to ensure the VT flags on Midnight Eagle are secure. Operation completed. NOTE: Shortly afterward, we lost the flag that we weren't worried about. Godspeed, little flag.

-Bret

1/1, Mile 374, 4:00 / 3:00 PM

Crossed into Alabama and the Central Time Zone. Can you say "Time Warp Dance?"

-Tom

1/1, Mile 393.1, 3:14 PM

Gas at Citgo and a stretch break. We're in Fort Payne, AL. Matthew notes that this is the hometown of country supergroup Alabama. Oh, my aching legs!

-Bret

1/1, Mile 393.1, 3:31 PM

Back on the road again.

-Tom

1/1, Mile 479.3, 4:44 PM

Driver switch off of Interstate 459 in Alabama. The Derby Parkway exit. We both just completed a U-turn across three lanes. Apparently, Alabama has plenty of six-lane roads just laying around waiting to be used. The exchange was successful, and Tom will be guiding us to our final stop in Montgomery. Birmingham is so close I can taste it! And it tastes like celery.

-Bret

1/1, Mile 578.1, 6:14 PM

Pulled into the Oteys' for the night. Woohoo!

-Bret

1/1, Mile 578.1, 8:35 PM

Too tired to writeweagkjwowlkejzzzzzz....

-Bret

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