Before I left for the day, there was one other thing I forgot to mention in my last entry. I had stopped in a Taco Bell in Knoxville, Tennessee, to pick up some lunch when around 10 or 15 high schoolers entered the establishment. One tossed something in the trash and found that when he did, the garbage can replied "thank you" from a speaker in the front.

This made their day. All of them started buzzing about "did you hear the trash can?" and "the trash talked to you, man! It thanked you!" As a result, as more of their friends streamed in, each of them was greeted with "Hey man, throw something in that trash can!"

I was unaware that a talking garbage can could generate such a furor among local teens. I guess there must not be much to do in Knoxville.

And now, back to the road. The journey continues.