I'm staying with my friend Geoff this evening, who graciously offered to put me up when we met yesterday. Last night at the hotel was good, but I'd probably rather save the $45 difference after I subtract the breakfast I'm buying him to thank him for hosting. In any case, the day started out early again, I think I've just become used to waking up early thanks to the hostel. I was up at 7, after having lazed around in bed and "slept in" and I went down, had som...

Not a really long day today, the drive lasted only about six hours including stops, and I'm settled in a hotel room in St. Louis. I'm taking the car to a mechanic my friend Geoff knows tomorrow, and with any luck, they'll be able to take care of the Air conditioning leaking problem. I started off the day pretty early, not as early as yesterday, but woke up with a pretty painful neck cramp, making me unable to turn my neck more than about 70 degrees to the left....