USA

En route Hwy #65 exit#230

After the conditioning of my truck after three days of stop I left KOA-campground around 9:40 by driving round Chicago to enter on Hwy #65 towards the south. After a lunched stop in Hobart I found a bivouac at the exit #230 on a small road by installing my truck on the roadside of what should be an allotment, not traffic. It was 14:25 and the outside temperature was of 33°C, good night!

Bivouac exit #230

En route road #52

Yesterday evening around 24:00 whereas I swam in a sauna! A car ground around my truck. 15 to 20 minutes later the car of the Sheriff of the county stopped and the Sheriff informed me that I could not remain at this place. After discussion he agreed to lead me so that I discovered, early morning, being the annex of the Sheriff's office. I left it to go to Indianapolis by stopping at Walmart in Lafayette. Then I continued by the road #52 in the direction of Lebanon. I warned a garage given up at the edge of the road which accommodated me for the bivouac. But half an hour later a police car came close to my vehicle. The police officer questioned to me, asked for my papers which he looked carefully. After discussion, good child, he accepted that I remain there. These two representatives of the law were pleasant. On the road there was no police car, from which did leave? How were they informed? Are they connected to a satellite constellation which detects a strange vehicle? But reality is probably simpler,… especially no conspirationnism.

Bivouac Sheriff's Annex

Bivouac road #52

Nashville

I left the garage ruins around 7:30 with the intention to visit Indianapolis Museum Art, IMA, where I arrived around 9:00 I discovered that it opened at 11:00. I went my way death in my heart. I jumped also Louisville to arrive in Nashville around 17:00 to bivouac on the carpark of Walmart & Lowe's, the latter has a Wi-Fi spot. But there are panels of prohibition of overnight, to follow. On Hwy #65 a crank had sat on the roof of its car stationing on shoulder. Since Detroit I ran on the Time Line North-South between the hour of coast-east and the hour of the center. I am now in the Center time zone (US & CA

Walmart / Lowe's

Bivouac	??

On Hwy #65

Franklin

Mercedes-Benz

The night carries advise. Early morning I looked for the address of the Mercedes-Benz workshop on Internet to go there as of the opening hours, 7:00. It was a good decision because when I started my truck, the icon of the indicator appearing as an engine was light. I was the first. With much of kindness the team dealt with me listened to my explanations in approximate but comprehensible technical English. I was waiting in the living room then around 10:00 the person in charge explained me that he had got in touch with Germany and that it was necessary to make an upgrade of the software of the computer of my truck. He was on standby to take delivery of it. Around 13:30 he returned towards me to tell me that all was ok and in good state of run, phew. Arrived around 6:45 I left the workshop around 14:00 to return on the carpark of Walmart/Lowe's.

iPhone picture at MB	MB explanation

In the evening while returning to the Walmart carpark I had a doubt. I sent e-mail to Achim of ORC to know if the updated software were compatible with EURO 3. His answer, received in the small hour, was dubitative. Consequently I returned to Mercedes-Benz to ask a question by showing it. Nobody could answer; it was necessary to ask Germany. I waited in the living room. Around 9:30 I decided to go to visit Nashville while returning to Walmart to take a direct bus for the downtown area where I arrived around 11:00. There are not many curiosities. I started with State Capitol. Then, First Center for the Visual Arts exposed objects of Vienna Secession, unfortunately No-Photo. I walked in Lower Broadway Ave where all on-air-conditioned bars diffuse Country-music thundering. Finally I immersed myself in the Country Music Hall of Fame which on two levels tells the story of the country music with its most famous singers. But it is necessary to be American to appreciate. I went back by bus to Walmart carpark where the temperature was 38°C to external and 42°C to interior of my truck. In real time I exchanged e-mails with Mercedes-Benz which made it clear me that there should not be problem after discussion with an MB engineer. As ORC's Achim I was dubitative.

State Capitol

First Center for Visual Art

Broadway Ave

Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum

On Hwy #65

Smyrna

On Saturday morning while starting my truck the engine icon remained lit. Knowing the Mercedes-Benz garage is open on Saturdays I went back there to speak with the receptionist. It was very short, “Come back on Monday at 8:00 am". Due to this new situation but alas not unexpected, Indeed I preferred that it occurs as of now. I returned to Walmart to profit from the Lowe's Wifi connection . I did not wish to remain on the carpark because trucks were able to station the weekend while letting turn the engine! I found a campground in Smyrna to about 40 km eastwards from Mercedes-Benz garage in Franklin. Oh miracle, it is shaded.

Mercedes-Benz of Nashville

I-24 campground