All Things Bubba

Scranton, PA this morning
I am in Raleigh, North Carolina, roughly halfway to Florida. It was a pretty awful drive. Not as awful as driving overnight from Vero Beach to Houston in a straight shot, but pretty awful. No snow or ice, luckily, but torrential rains and fog so thick you couldn't read the overhead signs even when you were right under them. It was really creepy, in a Stephen King kind of way. I almost expected pterodactyls to emerge from the mist.

It was very tiring, since it was so darned hard to see, between the fog and rain and mist thrown up by other vehicles. Every once in awhile, it would clear just a little, and it would be like, "Wow! It's actually kind of fun to drive when you can see where you're going."

The scenic lookouts were a joke. You couldn't see anything except fog. I had planned to stop and take pictures along the way, but there was really no point. Hopefully the weather will be nicer on the way back. This must have been a really big weather system. I don't think I've ever driven all day and not gotten out of the rain. I kept expecting it to stop...but it never did.

The hardest part of the drive was the last bit. I thought I was home free...but I couldn't find the hotel. I overshot it, and had to turn around. Only it was one of those roads you can't turn around on. I ended up driving around in circles in strange neighborhoods. It got dark, and the rain got really heavy. I stopped and got directions at a Walgreens and a gas station. The first person I asked was no help. She said she had just moved to Raleigh from New York!

John Fay has posted a projected Reds roster. He says Andy Green, Jolbert Cabrera, Jerry Gil, Drew Anderson, Jerry Hairston and Andy Phillips "all have made strong cases for the 25th man spot." But he picked Andy Green to get the job. Andy Green?!