days 7, 8 and 9

On day seven I woke up in Colorado Springs, got an oil change then headed for the "Garden of the Gods." it was pretty cool there was like big rocks and stuff, there were a TON of people there though, then I headed for Amarillo Texas. I got stuck in traffic on the interstate for a good two hours only moving about one mile total in the whole time. I eventually got to Texas and still had about an hour of driving before I got there and I saw this gigantic storm that I was driving straight into. It was like the sky was divided into two halves, one was this black storm with pouring rain and thunder everywhere, and the other half which was behind me was happy blue skies with sun shining it was bizarre. As I drove further and further into Texas I got more and more into the middle of the storm. I could literally see where the lightning was striking and it was really close to me! But I did make it to Amarillo and after a little confusion I found a parking lot to stay at.

Yesterday I woke up and immediately hit the road and drove east all the way through Oklahoma city and about halfway through Arkansas, after ten hours of driving I decided to cut my day a little short and find somewhere to stay so I found a campground, I got a shower and I got to do some laundry :-) I even got to cook food! The only bad thing was that it was really humid and I really don't like that. But all in all not a bad day

Today I packed up and set off for Memphis Tennessee, I made it there in only like two hours and found Graceland. Graceland is the home of Elvis Presley which is now a museum/memorial type thing. It was pretty cool to see all of Elvis's stuff but it was a little expensive. There were countless creepy old men with big sideburns that tried to talk like Elvis. It seemed a little harder for the ones that didn't speak english... Right now I am at a starbucks in a town called Jackson which is about an hour from Memphis. I found a parking lot I think I am going to stay at tonight. :-)