Every Single Exit Has a Cracker Barrel (Day 3584 - 9/17/19)

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Jeff is preparing some coffee from himself, Stephen, and Mallory. He says that he has used this Chemex coffee filter less than 10 times since he first bought it. Chaz says that it's because Jeff is usually the only person in their house who drinks coffee. Stephen says that he has been at their house a good handful of times when Jeff has used that coffee filter. They are able to do Breakfast Stream today because Chaz and Jeff did a lot of stuff to make it happen. Venser is following Chaz around and meowing.

Then, there is a clip from Breakfast Stream where Stephen says that he can't keep holding his plate of toast because the plate is heavy. Stephen says that the plates he uses at home are the plastic 25 cent plates that he has been using for over 10 years. Mal tells him the plate is heavy because it's stoneware ceramic to which Stephen asks if ceramic is stone. Mal and Jeff then try to explain to Stephen what stoneware ceramic is to his confusion. Afterwards, Stephen talks about how unique the stream was today since they didn't test anything and just went straight into the stream. Chaz says that he thinks he swore right at the beginning of the stream. Stephen says that he thinks both he and Jeff swore within the first 10 seconds of the stream, but it's fine since he can just bleep it out.

Venser is still meowing at Chaz and Jeff says that it's probably because he wants food. Jeff says that Chaz's duty is to give the cats food. He explains that when he gives the cats food it doesn't seem to count for them. Stephen talks about how Chaz is normally at work at this time, but he took a half day off to do the stream. Chaz has to go to work now, so they are leaving and driving 6 hours to their hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee. He doesn't know when they will see Chaz and Jeff again, but they might come visit before the end of the year. Stephen tells Chaz that he can bring Venser when they visit if he wants to. Jeff sarcastically says how that would be a great idea especially with Venser meowing for the entire 14 hour drive to Myrtle Beach. Venser then tries to bite Chaz's hand because he stopped petting him.

They are currently driving through Kentucky. Stephen says that Kentucky is beautiful and it kind of reminds him of West Virginia. Kentucky doesn't quite have the level of mountainous roads on the highway like in West Virginia, but the vistas are beautiful. Stephen talks about how they are staying in a hotel in Knoxville because he didn't feel like driving all the way home. He says that dividing the trip home into 3 days is nice because they just have to drive for 6 hours and then they can relax. Lately, Stephen has felt like driving for long amounts of time feels like nothing to him. He doesn't know if it's because he's getting older or that he's driven so much. Mal says that they also sat in a plane for 14 hours. Stephen says that even the long flight didn't seem long to him. His legs were uncomfortable during the whole flight though. Stephen says that he feels more comfortable in a car. Mal agrees and says that she would rather sit in a car for 14 hours rather than be on a plane for that same amount of time. Stephen says that it's probably because of the subconscious feeling that you can stop a car at anytime. There are also exits all over the place where they can stop and get something to eat or drink. Then, he talks about how they will be arriving at the hotel in 2 hours. He says that they had stopped to get gas and had to turn the car off, but the car was able to turn back on again. So, he's not sure why the car died in Wisconsin.

Later, they are the Marriott Bonvoy Hotel. Stephen talks about every exit in Tennessee seems to have a Cracker Barrel. Then, he says that they are going to have dinner at the only restaurant around here--Cracker Barrel. Mal got some roast beef and Stephen got some pancakes.

Back at their hotel room, Mal says that she is so full. She explains that she was really hungry, but she ate too much. Stephen talks about how the air conditioner in this room is loud and freezing. He says that the air conditioners in the hotels they stayed at in China were never cold enough. They could physically change the temperature on the air conditioner, but the air conditioner would never reach that temperature. He says that he could understand if the air conditioner couldn't make the room cold enough in Shanghai or X'ian because it was really hot in those places. But, Beijing wasn't hot, so the air conditioner should've worked. Stephen says that he and Mal like to sleep with the room being at 68°F which is 20°C. The air conditioners in their hotels in China never even got close to that temperature. It was difficult for them to sleep in the beginning since they were so used to sleeping at a colder temperature.

Stephen says that they don't have a schedule tomorrow. He mentions that it would've been nice to leave early enough to make it back for Lunch Bunch, but they are still too far away. They would have to leave really early in the morning to get back in time and Stephen would rather spend this time to relax. Stephen says that they were busy every day they were in China and then they stayed up for over 24 hours coming back from China. They are also now driving all the way back home. So, getting a chance to relax this evening is nice.