Slow Progress

[kevin_standlee]

I really dawdled on the trip south, taking some seven hours to drive only about 240 miles, including a one hour meal stop at Tolly's Restaurant in Oakland. I was introduced to this place by my old friend Rick Hallock, and I try to stop here whenever my schedule fits doing so.

The Holiday Inn Express Central Point is a nice enough place, but the room doesn't have a refrigerator (I've come to expect them in HIX properties), and the heating/cooling unit doesn't have a "fan only" setting. I do appreciate that internet is available in both wired and wireless versions. Having got checked in and the train photos uploaded, I'm going to eat dinner and watch one of the rugby matches I downloaded on Friday.

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[redneckotaku.livejournal.com]

Is this the big US Tournament weekend that happens in San Diego every February? I have seen some Rugby, but I can't really find it on often enough on my local Sports Networks (Comcast Mid-Atlantic or Mid Atlantic Sports Network.)

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

No, this is the Super 14, an southern hemisphere professional league with teams in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. I watch my games by download from MediaZone.

The US rugby scene is decidedly second-rate by comparison to these Super 14 teams.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Oh - Oakland, Oregon. Y'know, I've driven past that town dozens of times, never knew there was a reason to stop there. Well, I'll try to remember for next time.