Day 12: Dover DE to Brooklyn NY via Philly

Bit of a hike today, took 13 through Wilmington DE and South Philly, lots of traffic. Good food at the South Philadelphia Tap Room, lots of meandering through industrial zones, finally through traffic on Staten Island and on the Belt Parkway, now with babushka and dyedushka, no driving for awhile. 

Day 11: Chapel Hill NC to Dover DE via Chesapeke Bay Bridge-Tunnel

Long drive, long bridge, good meal at Mojo's in Salisbury MD, nice beach at Kerr Dam in NC, NYC here we come!

Day 10: Cleveland TN to Chapel Hill NC via Ashville NC

Smokey Mountains are awesome, nice and steep too. No more armadillo roadkill, now back to deer and raccoons. Ashville has a super fun pinball museum and arcade, everything working and unlimited play for a flat fee. 

Day 9: Memphis TN to Cleveland TN

Beale Street, glimpse of Graceland, then highway 64 across Tennessee, beautiful rolling hills country. Stopped at David Crockett State Park on the Trail of Tears and walked a few steps of the trail itself. Tomorrow to Ashville NC to play pinball and then on to somewhere around Norfolk VA. 

Day 9: Memphis, air conditioning now not working consistently - UPDATE: Fixed!

Seems my 100% fix rate (one data point) with the air conditioning is now significantly less than 100%. Fortunately it is quite nice here in Memphis, 70'sF and breezy. I think my laziness will win out and we will just wait until we arrive in NYC to diagnose and fix it. 

Update: Ah ha, I found the loose wire, fix rate back up to 100%!

Day 8: Bentonville AR to Memphis TN

Crystal Bridges Museum has an interesting art collection, then went east through the Ozarks and lots of rain, BBQ in Jonesboro at Demo's Smokehouse, then through more driving rain to Memphis over the Mississippi River. From I55 the I40 bridge looks quite sparkly. While unloading luggage spoke with a drenched motorcyclist who had ridden through the same downpour, glad he made it. 

Day 8: Bentonville

Visiting a couple companies here, recommendations for Egg&I, Pressroom, Herman's (BBQ), Big Rub truck near 21c. How much of the $3.2b dividend does the Walton family invest in this area?

Get the Brown Sugar at the Pressroom :)