Well after 20 hours of driving I can say that we've finally made it half way. I've just woken up from a quick stay in an Amarillo, Texas (Google Map) hotel where we stopped to take a break from the drive. We'll have some dinner and keep trekking - expecting to make it to San Francisco around dinner time Tuesday.

We've had a lovely drive so far - it's gone quite quickly. We stopped at a Waffle House in rural Tennessee and chatted it up with a surly woman named Lorretta who says she used to live in Hollywood (Pine and Hollywood, to be precise). Somewhere in Western North Carolina we were driving (me with my giant pink sunglasses on) and look over to see a rather handsome young man flashing a big smile over. I mouthed over to him "Hey, baby" - we clearly break out in laughter and almost ran off the rode. The young man slowed down as to avoid our gaze further. Good times.

The best moment of the trip yet had to be, though, when I popped in the CD I burned before I left of my favorite Disney tunes - including such hits as "Part of Your World" from The Little Mermaid, "I Just Can't Wait to be King" from The Lion King, and "One Jump Ahead" from Aladdin. Oh, if only you could have seen it. It included a personal performance from myself - a one night only gig I must say - of "Poor Unfortunate Souls." I thought I made a rather dashing Ursula. As for Troy, he gave a stunning debut singing the opening song from Beauty and the Beast ("Bonjour!"). It was really something to see. Do ask him to repeat it; you might just find yourself the lucky guest at a Disney musical review. As for me, like I said it was a one night only gig.

In any case, we must depart. San Francisco or bust!