Day 2-Nashville

Well as should always be expected when planning for the unknown and unexpected-most things will not go as planned.

First off-greatly underetimating what could be carried in a car my beloved solar oven creation needed to be left behind! With my smaller vehicle and laundry that had not been packed space was at a great minimum and an 18" square box could not be accomendated and was left cubside. I took the piece of plastic that went over the top, and will use for an at-home solar oven.

Second-even if the solar oven was brought along we have had nothing but rainy skies and clouds. Not only is there no sun which would have been needed for the solar oven but roadside barbeques and hanging outside of gas stations to tap into their electricity are not so easy to utilize.

Admisdst terrential rains we gave up trying to create lunch and went to a Mexican restaurant. The guacamole was made with "A little dairy" so I settle for lard free beans, lettuce, rice and salsa  in soft taco. Anticipating the need for an afternoon snack, I ate 1/2 and saved the second 1/2 for an afternoon snack.

By the time we got to the hotel in the evening we were both bone tired and could only manage to order a room service salad. Horrible!!!Iceberg lettuce and dried up pieces of carrots in fact if I hadn't embellished the salad with an apple, handful of sunflower seeds and a thinly sliced leek there would have been nothing redeeming about dinner at all.

Today was in room coffee which my travel mate brought from Bisbee and instant oatmeal. food was hard to access particualrly frustrating since we were both starved by the time we got to find a place to eat. Lexington, Kentucky had limited vegetarian options and we ended up in an overpriced boutique restaunt where I got a fried green tomato and mixed greens salad and a plate of sweet potato fries.

Our plan of attact tonight was to hit Nashville and heat the now unfrozen split pea soup with  Artesian bread. Problem is we have been searching for some Artesian bread for the past five hundred miles and have not found any yet. So tomorrow the search goes on for good bread.

Instead I had hotel vegan pizza (peppers, onions, and canned black olives). Not great and great momentimum for making my our own food tomorrow.