G.A.R.T. - Day 3

My road trip thus far:

Thursday - despite my best efforts, I worked late and left town an hour after I said I would. That's the curse of driving - you think you can make it up on the road. Just my luck there were a couple of accidents clogging up the freeway. So unfortunately, I got into Plano after supper time. Still, it was good to see Jeremy and his daughter Erin.

Jeremy's 14 year old cat slept with me that night. But she left sometime in the night - that tramp.


I tried to get a family shot of Jeremy and Erin before I left, but Erin wasn't cooperating.


This was her best shot. But my framing was a bit off.


Friday - Left Plano in the morning for Nashville. Kathryn plays tennis on Fridays, so I didn't have to be at her place until 8:30 that evening. That gave me time to check out the Clinton library in Little Rock. I was pleasantly surprised with Little Rock. It's a cool little town.



Next, I stopped in Memphis for a late lunch. I wandered around downtown until I found a rib place called Rendezvous. Cool place - it's been around since 1949. The pork ribs were ok. I later read on-line that their ribs are highly rated. I guess I prefer Texas-style BBQ.

Got into Nashville and went out to a nice brew pub for dinner with Kathryn. She also has a 14 year old cat (male and huge) who's pretty friendly. Her 2 other female kitties are younger and a bit more shy.

Saturday - left in the morning for Indianapolis. It rained hard most of the way, which is just draining. I got in early, so I went to a Target near my motel to see what different merch they carried. I was surprised to see they sold liquor and beer - things you don't find in Texas. I bought a 6 pack of honey wheat for later. Looking up at a store clock, I suddenly realized that Indy is on East Coast time, so I had lost an hour. I ended up getting to the North American Handmade Bike Show a couple of hours before they closed.

The show was packed - much more so than the San Jose show a couple of years ago. I was getting a little claustrophobic, so I left after about 90 minutes. Eh, it was long enough to check out all the booths and talk to some of the frame builders I didn't know. I'll stop back on my way out of town tomorrow for one last look. Definitely lots of bike bling - and lots of fixie types.

It had been a long day, so I bagged dinner with some of the Serotta forum-ites, and I no-showed on the talk Ben Serotta was giving at one of the local bike shops. Instead, I bought a half dozen White Castle sliders and washed them down with the above mentioned beer from Target.

Off to Chicago tomorrow...

Oh, and here are some of the bikes I liked from today...