Joe: Ok, I need to get this out right up front. This is not my first trip through the lovely state of Tennessee, but it will hopefully be my last. This state is just weird. The vibe is just so strange. The day started with a stop at a Buc-EE's. For the uninitiated, this place is like Disney for the toothless. They have a Jerky Bar! I stayed outside, so we zipped Marji up in her Yankee armor, and sent her in. She came out with Brisket Tacos (for breakfast), a bag of the freshest Gummi Bears I've ever had, and a little container of little balls of raw cookie dough. Breakfast of champeeens!

Tennessee is also the dead bloated deer capital of the world. I think the deer are so tired of the truck traffic on I40, they have taken to kamikaze tactics to try to take out the truckers. The deer a clearly losing.

The day was capped off with a Thunderdome style gauntlet run through Memphis. Let me just say that I encountered the most aggressive assholes behind the wheel I have ever seen. This place must be the birth place of road rage.

So, we bid Tennessee ado with the personal hope that I never have to find myself driving through here again. To quote Charlie Daniels:

"I think I'm gonna re-route my trip

I wonder if anybody'd think I'd flipped

If I went to Tucson via Omaha! "