Sat. Feb.14th

Saturday, Feb.14th & Valentine’s Day, 7:45am
Weather – pretty much the same as yesterday only warmer at 8-11 Celsius
Gas report – lowest we’ve seen so far at $1.77/gal
Despite yesterday’s marathon, according to S&T we start out 200 miles behind schedule.
This stretch of I65 continues to show the results of the ice storm that occurred in this region one week ago. Uprooted trees, split trunks, tree tops, large limbs, branches of all sizes hang over the guard rails covering the shoulder of the road such that the right highway lane barely misses the fallen debris. Our motel parking lot had 4 large tree removal rigs so the cleanup must be in progress.
Today has been largely uneventful compared to the previous ones. No breakdowns, bent or broken anything. Even some good news. I finally finished ripping the FMQ stitching from across the bottom of my latest artquilt. I’m thinking of hand quilting that section since I have no machine. I will have to buy thread and also some batting as would like that section to be more trapunto-like.
We’ll finish the day in Little Rock, Arkansas. At the moment it is 5:37 and we have about 30 more miles to go. When we entered Tennessee, the clock moved back one hour so today will be almost as long as the previous ones in ‘real’ time. Have but 3 pictures, none of which is particularly artistic or …