Craziest Week Part 2:
Ok...picking up where I left off...
I arrived at David's right at midnight. The 4 hour drive which I was in dread of for fear of becoming bored and falling sleep at the wheel, was actually not that bad and with the help of a surprising phone call which lasted the final hour plus of the drive, it went by relatively fast (the phone call was from a girl in the hospital from a car wreck which I had helped on the side of the road one night a week before...more on this story later). David was asleep on the couch and their newborn, awake and crying, was being tended to by David's mother...who I was a little shocked to see there. I took up residence on the other couch and tried to get some sleep...tried...between the baby crying and hospital girl phone call part 2, which would provide David with excellent fodder on our long road trip, I think I got a few hours of sleep in.
Friday, March 4th, 2011:
Woke up, took a quick shower, and was ready to go. We left out just a little before 8am, a later start than we had hoped for. David took the first shift at driving seeing how he got more sleep than me and I hate driving in the Metromess.
11:22am - We cross over into Louisiana, my first time in the state. We contemplate whether we have enough time to make a detour down to Mardi Gras in New Orleans...knowing full well we didn't.
12:26pm - We stop in Arcadia, LA to grab a quick lunch at McDonald's and switch out driving duties.
The rest of the drive to Pensacola went like this:
2:50-Jackson, MS...cross one more state capital off the list; switch driving somewhere between Jackson & when we cross the border into Alabama at 5:47 (my first trip to Alabama)
6:25-We get lost in Mobile in the dark trying to find the Bay Bears minor league baseball stadium, the Garmin lady is to take most of the blame.
7:30-Cross into Florida...another first
8:01-Meet up with Craig and Danae...thank God! At this point the 12 hour back and forth insult laden drive, which was all in good humor, was beginning to take its toll on me...again my long phone calls with a girl in the hospital provided a lot of the material.
Craig & Danae drive us on base to see the spot where they will be getting married the next day...right by the beach...I was impressed by how clean the sand was...not like the trashy shell and rock littered beach in Corpus. Florida 1 Texas 0. Then they take us to a sports bar to grab a bite to eat while we all catch up over a few adult beverages. We all had traditional bar fare, wings and beer, and all was going well...until the first karaoke singed took the stage. Once we heard what we were in for we all downed our beers like we were suddenly back in college, finishing off what we had and our fresh pitcher just delivered to our table, paid and left that place as the 2nd singer was in the middle of his song...think about that...that all took place in less than 5 minutes! If you are a fan of bad karaoke then look no further than Brew Brothers bar in Pensacola, FL on a Friday night!
We left and went back to Danae's apartment to for the night...the wedding, a close call with the Pensacola police, and my wondering how the hell baseball players can dip snuff and be functional enough to play a baseball game at the same time...where all to come on Saturday. Part 3 of this crazy story: Freddie Mercury is Alive and Well....in a few days...
Can't wait for the "rest of the story".
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