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The long trip home, part one – Monday, May 7
7 May 07
The long trip home will take seven days, from Athens, GA to Windsor, ON, via Milwaukee WI.
Today we toodled across North Georgia, experiencing the unexpected heights of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the devastating lows of the Coconut Bay Cafe in Manchester, Tennessee.
The Coconut Bay Cafe is actually sort of a roadhouse dinner place whose Monday special is domestic longnecks for a dollar fifty. We opted for the two-for-one margaritas. Funny thing is, when you order two margaritas and are told “y’know, ther two fer wahn”, you figure that’s Tennessean for “you’re getting a deal”, but it turns out to mean “you’re getting four”:
One nice thing about the Coconut Bay Cafe: we got to watch a little hockey.
Opening face-offs are my specialty. Jodi wasn’t particularly fond of the decor. We only found the Coconut Bay Cafe because it’s right next to the Ambassador Inn where we are staying tonight. Jodi tells me Manchester, TN, is home to some kind of Bonobo festival, but fortunately it’s not now so we don’t have to wade through the hippies and the chimps to get to our chips and salsa. Tomorrow we’re planning to get up early (but it won’t seem early, it’s the Central Time Zone—it’s like we left daylight savings behind) and drive into Nashville, where we will bum around and hope to find interesting things that aren’t the Grand Ole Opry.
Posted by pzed on May 7, 2007 at 8.50pm
Categories: cyrenaics, graven images
Comments on "The long trip home, part one – Monday, May 7"
The huge concert thing in Manchester, TN is called “Bonnaroo” (http://www.bonnaroo.com) – and after taking a look at the tour lineup you should be really glad you weren’t there at the same time. I’ve heard the entire town just explodes with insanity and residents are left to clean up the wreckage when the whole thing pulls out of town and leaves a mess in its wake.
Posted by Mouse on May 10, 2007 at 9.13am :: link
