Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Sprint, my cellphone provider, has really awful coverage. After leaving western Nevada, only in Denver and Salt Lake was I able to dial out or receive calls. There aren't many Starbucks. Only passed on, in Frisco, CO. In Green River, where I stayed last night, two motels advertised Internet access on their front signs, but only offered a wired PC in the lobby. Too bad none of them offer WiFi. If they only knew they could. Clearly enough of their customers want Internet access to make it a marketing issue in some places.

Blogging dinners while driving across country isn't really a viable idea. The drive is huge, and I have no idea how far I'm going to get in any given day, or what the weather is going to be like, and that's what drives the route choices. People in various locations where dinners might happen need to plan a bit in advance, and the drive doesn't allow for that. Also, hours and hours of driving doesn't leave me feeling like having dinners with large groups of people. It's a nice idea. But one that requires some more thought. I'm basically driving to NY by the route that makes the most sense to me, as I drive, hour by hour. It's hard work. To give you an idea, I've been driving for almost three full days, and if you take a map of the US and fold it in half, I'm still in the western half. Heh. Tomorrow I will be in the eastern half. Before lunch.

Anyway, I gotta sign off. The connection is very flaky. I'll try again tomorrow night.