Two Brothers

New IS350

We're here!!!

Home sweet home!

227 miles

First Sign of Los Angeles

403 miles

403 miles to go... We're approaching Phoenix, AZ. We have another five
and a half hours.

999 miles

999 miles left to go. We're somewhere in west Texas, about 200 from the
border. We're getting really excited. Hopefully we will spend the
night in Phoenix and tomorrow it will just be a short 5 hour drive to
LA.

Two Hours with New Orleans

We spent two hours in the Big Easy yesterday. Some things have changed,
some things haven't. A year after Katrina, there are still signs
everywhere of the disaster - most suburbs in NO are empty, abandoned
houses, closed businesses.

Downtown was busy with people walking around but most businesses were
closed. The refurbished Superdome is looking like its former self and
not the symbol of despair of Hurricane Katrina.

Going in Uptown, where Tulane University is located, things get better.
Tulane is near 100% repaired. The old student center is being replaced
with a new modern glass structure and there is a new modern dorm.

In the French Quarter, nearly all businesses were closed, even Emeril's
NOLA. Those that were open are open only on certain times and days.

Finally before we left New Orleans, we wanted to fill up but could
hardly find an open gas station. We drove around for an hour and
finally found a packed Chevron.

A year after Katrina and NO has made little progress in its recovery
efforts. Its really sad.

85mph Camry versus Bird

We hit a bird, actually the bird hit us. He did a kamikaze suicidal
dive and boom! Here's what left of the poor guy. RIP.

2204 miles

We decided to call it a night. We're somewhere around Panama City, FL
after 9 hours of driving. We're exactly where we wanted to be but we're
going to get an early start and hopefully end up in San Antonio, TX by
tomorrow night.

Road Trip Camry

2597 miles left to Los Angeles

We're on the road, driving from Miami to Los Angeles, for our big move
to SoCal. We rented a 2006 Toyota Camry. We're traveling NW on the FL
Turnpike. 2597 miles to go. Its already been eventful, I spilled a cup
of coke on the passenger floor of the rental car. Oops. Another rental
car has fallen victim to Tommy Chang. HAHAHA!

A Decade at TigerDirect is coming to an end

One more hour left of my employment with TigerDirect. Today is a day of mixed emotions. Although I had thought that I would be happy to finally leave Tiger, I'm sad to go. Looking back at my nine and a half years, its been filled with good times, smilies, opportunities and fun despite the daily pressures and challenges. I will look back at my years here with great memories. Ten years is a long time and its been a good ride.