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Trying to fit in a road trip to the Twin Cities. Haven't been to Minneapolis in umpteen years, unless you count the airport. Half the distance to Detroit and even a couple of hours closer than Chicago.
In about 6 weeks I will be on a little road trip in a place where people usually drive properly - many time zones to the east of here. Probably a needless splurge...but you only live once.
Said hi to the Idaho gov outside a lunch spot one time but not having a TV, I didn't recognize him until later. Ditto one of the other reps around Boise.
Met Larry Craig once too, but luckily I never ran into while changing planes in MSP. :shades:
DC is a fun place to visit in spites of all the pols.
Went to the 'Big E' a multi state fair in Western Mass.
We took a friend of my oldest daughter's who is from the mid west.
It was fun walking around eating all those bad foods, walking through each of the 6 New England states buildings, and the agricultural buildings with all the animals.
When we got back to our house, the Nascar race was on the tv, and she said I want to go to one of those.
I said sure next spring we will go to the track they are showing on tv.
It's pretty easy trip from CT, 4 hour drive, 5 hours at the track for the Saturday race, 4 hours back.
I'm pretty sure she going with us to South Bend next month for the football game, so I think we have a new road trip buddy, or sort of a new 3rd kid.
http://www.infowars.com/tsa-confiscates-camera-deletes-footage-of-checkpoint/
Maybe Fintail will stop in in the next week or so with tales of his latest autobahn driving.
I'm off to Toledo tomorrow. :shades:
But the weather report looked good so we are in the van again this week, also with the cloth seats. Only thing I miss about the Outback is the heat; otherwise the leather seats in it aren't all that great for longer trips.
Gas surprised me - never saw it more than a dime cheaper than what it is a few blocks from my house. Didn't think to price diesel.
And only had three deer jump out in front of us today, all in a row.
Anyone else going home from Grandma's house?
Los Angeles, Sacramento, Reno, Virginia City, Bishop, Panamint Springs, Death Valley and back.
(Don't ask why we decided to move a couple of blocks from them LOL. But the snow was firm enough this evening to actually get to the Lake Superior beach and enjoy a nice sunset).
I miss the high desert country and our occasional Sierra trips.
http://ponderosascenery.homestead.com/ponderosab.html
At least not yet. Seems like states are backing away from that these days. Love Hawaii, but it takes BIG mullah over there!
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/15-892-Paradise-Ala-Kai-Dr-Keaau-HI-96749/2118- 979667_zpid/
A POC fixer down the street from me just sold for $350k. I have spent time on every major island and fell in love with this area. If you are a high roller this would be my current idea of a good buy.
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/15-977-Paradise-Ala-Kai-Dr-Keaau-HI-96749/2117- 991008_zpid/
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14-4708-Alapaki-Ln-Pahoa-HI-96778/2114498789_z- pid/
http://www.vrbo.com/5124
In what has been described as an evil hoax, the town of Bethel, Alaska, has learned it is not getting a Taco Bell. Not now. Not ever.
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/14/nation/la-na-nn-taco-bell-alaska-2012061- 4
For alcohol related problems, the police blotter out of Dutch Harbor is becoming world famous.
Our next leg got us out of TX to Hope Arkansas. Had a nicer room at the Best western for $71 per night. Also had the best BBQ of the trip at Jake's. Drove by Bill Clinton birthplace and had nice weather. Filled Chevron West Memphis AR for $3.11.
We drove from Hope AR to Paris Landing State Park Inn, TN. Nice room overlooking the lake for $70 per night. We hit Paris during the annual catfish festival. The hotel had all you could eat catfish and hushpuppies. Very good meal and stay. Next day on to Ohio via Bowling Green, KY. Went to the Shaker Museum. Tried to visit Mammoth Caves and the waits were too long for the tours. We did get Shell gas in KY for $3.29. We spent the last two days here in Ohio. Plan to leave in the morning for Indiana. 2595 miles so far at $509 or 19.6 cents a mile
to be continued.......
On the bright side, the fumes around Midland from all the stripper wells probably would have gotten to you if you had found a room there.
Next time, try stopping at McDonalds a couple of hours before your destination, get on their free wifi, and scope out some places on Travelocity or Expedia. You could even Priceline one that looks okay.
Surprised the lines are long at Mammoth so early in the season. Maybe because of the sequestration?
I'm not a big cave fan but Carlsbad was more impressive, but a bit further away for many people.
The other US cave I'd be interested in is Kartchner Caverns in Arizona. It sounds like a neat one; reservations used to be hard to get but I'm not sure if that's true now.
On the Road Again......
Got a cousin in Midland in the oil patch biz; don't keep up with her frequently but glad to hear business is booming.
Good to hear the Jetpack is working well for you. The reviews for it are lousy.
Was that the one at Pleasant Hill? Near Lexington/Versailles?
http://www.shakervillageky.org/
Are you hitting the Air Force Museum near Dayton, OH.
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
http://www.shakermuseum.com/
We did not get up to Dayton. Kind of skirted around Columbus and Cincy and headed on the back roads across IN. I did like that area around Versailles, KY. I could live there on one of those gentleman farms.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/05/04/worst-traffic-cities/2127661- /
Sad to read that the marginal motel/hot springs in Jacuma has closed in SD County; sounded like they ran it into the ground the last decade. It was a fun stop the one time we went there; probably too far south for getting to your house and you'll be heading for the barn by then anyway.
I have an inch high stack of trip lists that I've kept since 1980. Finally got around to photographing each one so I can throw the hard copies away. After a trip I usually make a note or two about the trip on the list and they are fun to revisit and jog our memory of where we've been. Thus the urge to look up the Jacuma motel. Looks like we were there in '99.
Head north of Santa Fe and hit Chimayo. Buy a rug. Or three.
We may do that. A good friend of ours moved there last year. She has been after us to come visit. I remember the rug factories from the 1970s when we spent a lot of time in NM. Albuquerque is not a bad city to get around in. I still have a bunch of nieces and nephews there along with my sister. They live 45 miles SE of the city. A person could do worse than living in NM. I would like to take 412 out of Woodward, OK to Taos via Cimarron canyon and Eagle's lake. Then down to Chimayo and SF. Depends on the weather. Colorado is still in the grips of winter snow. My Sequoia is a 4x4 with good all weather Michelins. Just not real interested in seeing snow up close and personal.