I got my eyes examined. only minor improvements. My left eye continues to be a lazy bastard that doesn't want to focus.

Tried on frames and had M take pictures and some how they are all completely unflattering. I was going to post them on FB but now I'm not. You also can't really tell the variations in the glasses for some reason.

I was very drawn to these [link] but they are too big for my face (the earpiece didn't fit very well behind my ears) and I don't really like the color but those were the ones I kept trying on.

Then I think these were ones I liked-- the clear bottoms meant it didn't look so heavy on my face [link]

and M liked these [link]

and there were a pair that had red half frames that I kind of liked but I don't see a picture , i really wanted to see if they had another color. Also if those green ones had been in a different shade of green or blue or purple I would have had a hard time saying no to them. I don't know why I was just drawn to them.

Oh, read it wrong, it's $125, the $200 is for an additional guest to everything. Not that that makes a big difference, the actual thing would be the least expensive part of the trip but it feels different.

Looking into how impractical taking the train would be. Pretty darn impractical but maybe not prohibitively so?

No, train would be silly, none actually stop in Baton Rouge (something I think about whenever I listen to Me and Bobby McGee) and any possible route would take way longer than I'd actually be there for the reunion. Alas.

But flying+car rental+hotel isn't too bad. I mean, a lot to drop in one weekend in the normal way of thengs but it's kind of a big event. OTOH, I'm trying to be frugal.

Well, more than two months from now, I can think about it some more.

Baton Rouge...Me and Bobby McGee

I always figured, since they were "busted flat," that they were planning to hop a freight train.

On the other hand, KCS ran the Southern Belle between Kansas City and New Orleans, and it stopped at their station in Baton Rouge. Last run was November 1, 1969, so just about the time the song was written.

Nice! Now I can think about that every time! Thanks!

Not only am I in neither Iceland nor Spain for tomorrow's eclipse, I'll be on a Zoom call so I can't even watch online. I'll have a window open just in case I get an opportunity but I'm hosting the call so probably not. Glad I at least know several people who are out there to experience it!

Could be. Or hitchiking, which was still a thing you could think about without considering being chopped into little pieces in the sixties.

Or hitchiking

"Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained...."

Well it’s pretty cloudy here in Iceland so not looking good for the eclipse later. hopefully the cruise Pix and ND are on managed to find them a sunny spot!

Sigh. Pouring rain now so does not seem likely that the weather will magically clear up. Ah well.

I don't think there were trains even going through BR when I lived there, not even freight, but maybe they passed through parts of town I didn't go to. It felt like my hour-long bus ride to school went everywhere but of course it did not actually. Later than the song took place, of course.

Hardcore weather ~ma, meara! You just need a few minutes of clearish skies, it could happen!