Didn't get up until after 10am on account of late painting night. Simon (Friend's fostered cat) was again active after lights out, and I had originally thought that either Simon or Iris had found Simon's collar (that Friend #4 took off on account of ball 'n chain dragging sound I mentioned from night before) and were playing with it in the hallway at about 4am. Turns out the noise culprit was a cat toy one of them had found that had a bell on it.
The fruits of the Saturday's painting labors were more evident in the daytime light.
I had all but one of my leftover slices of chicken parm pizza for breakfast, and in helping friend with a few small items around house (including failed mirror hanging in her daughter's room -- toggle bolt was needed), I was packed up full and on the road by right around 1pm.
I stopped at Vulcan Park to buy postcards on the way out of town, at friend's recommendation. I had been to Vulcan Park the 3+ years ago when I visited and had the full experience for taking the elevator up to the top and walking around the steel grate balcony below the statue. No need to do that again today. Good sightlines though even from the base overlooking the downtown area of Birmingham.
It was an 8 hour drive from Birmingham, AL to Shreveport, LA. A lot of driving, and I hadn't thought about the fact that I was also crossing the entire state of Mississippi. It was probably the worst so far for getting drowsy while driving thus far for trip -- resorted to tactics of listening to music to sing along to, opening windows for cold air, impromptu seated ab crunch exercises, etc. Firmed up my plans for next legs to be shorter drives (to each Ft. Worth, Odessa, and El Paso TX cities instead of bypassing one to gain a night).
Got to hotel at 9pm. I had booked a night at the Hilton there in Shreveport since it was relatively inexpensive. There were hotel/casino options right there in downtown that were cheaper, but I decided I wanted quiet and dependable when I booked.
Doing some quick searching on Yelp yielded that most places, and all breweries, were closed on Sunday night here in Shreveport. Made plans to grab in-town early lunch before leaving, I booked Ft. Worth TX accomodations (an AirBnB above-garage unit in a residential neighborhood), and worked on this blog some. No dinner this night -- had ate last slice of chicken parm pizza on last leg of drive, as well as more fudge that I have had with me since trip start. Also killed a bag of honey roasted peanuts I had bought at some point. Had decided I didn't want a 9:30pm+ heavy late dinner, and with grazing I wasn't hungry anyway.
Once I decided to call it a night I fell asleep very, very quickly and got a solid good night's sleep in Shreveport.
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