That was Wendy's assessment of our somewhat "celebrity" status in the Murphy, NC WalMart. As we went to pick up some octane booster for EZ (who had ingested some rotgut fuel in the mountains that caused her lifters to break out in song in the climbs), we ran into a group of local teens who pointed to us and shouted "BABE Rally!" in a good-natured manner. Guess there is something to be said for cruising around in a car with a fin. Chicks dig the fin...
Anyhow, it is too late to come to any meaningful conclusions about the day, which was filled with driving challenges galore, not the least of which was the descent of the Tail of the Dragon - a rather serpentine 11 mile stretch of US 129. Compounding the late hour is the fact that the Murphy Best Western has high-speed Internet connectivity in the most general of senses.
While it might be faster than a tin cup and string, it leaves much to be desired otherwise. In some parallel universe a civilization was born, matured and ceased to exist in the time that the first "G" in Google managed to grace the screen. Thank heavens for the Verizon card, which seems to work pretty well and doesn't require someone to wake Mabel up at the telephone switching office when another web page is requested.
New pictures are up, accessible via the Photos tab at the top of the page. On to Birmingham, AL for Day 4 tomorrow.
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