Monday, November 28, 2011

Thanksgiving Post (part 4)

The trip was fantastic. We had such a good time. Solstice really seemed to enjoy the time spent w/ Jean & Tiffany which makes me happy because I was afraid she was bored. As far as the drive home is concerned, along w/ the licence plated already listed, we saw the following: Illinois, Alaska, Louisiana, Colorado, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, & Nebraska. All in all, 33 states & 1 province. The music on the way back consisted of a nice collection of rock, country, & classical:
Friday -
Allman Brothers: Fillmore Concerts
Grateful Dead: Reckoning
Rachmaninoff (2 times)
Beatles: One
Violent Femmes
Saturday-
Car Talk
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me

Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire (2 times)
Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker (2 times)
Ryan Adams: Jacksonville City Nights (2 times)
Whitey Morgan & the 78s (2 times)
Phish: Billy Breathes (2 times)

And now for the final installment of the ship's log... enjoy!
10:18 - Depart from Doolin Inn after breakfast
10:26 - Turn on Bond St.
10:30 - Bought cheese @ Kroger's
10:42 - Burger King fries
10:57 - Questioned the news that the new Mars Rover will only talk 8 1/2 months to get to Mars
11:12 - Cheated death*
11:23 - passed the BP from which we got direction the night before... it's called Ron's Market
11:45 - Arch rock adventure on the side of the road**
11:53 - Cumberland Falls State Park
12:05 - Saw a slew of snails
1:30 - On the road again
1:50 - Barn photos 3 & 4
2:20 - Busted out pie
2:44 - City of Berea
2:46 - Bond St.
3:10 - Barn photos 5&6
3:13 - Fort Boonesboro
4:18 - Back on the road
4:20 - Saw a sweet waterfall***
4:30 - Marveled @ stone fences like the stacked ones in Ireland
4:35 - Barn photo 7
5:20 - Killed the cheese
5:25 - Offroading through a Kentucky field to get a sunset photo
5:49 - Realized that the "Franklin Y'all" water tower is actually the "Florence Y'all" water tower.
6:00 - Ohio
6:36 - 1st sighting of gas under $3:00#
7:15 - Gas @ a BP station. #.02 per gallon, $37.00, 1456.8 Miles
8:05 - City of Wapakoneta: Dinner @ Waffle House
8:20 - Toast allergy confusion##
8:50 - Neil Armstrong Museum%
9:50 - On the road again
10:25 - Michigan
11:09 - Home%%


*Turning off if US 27, Sara: "Oh My God, we're gonna die!!!" She almost missed the turn & then may have overreacted a tad.
** We pulled off into a fire station parking lot to see the arch & a huge dog came out of the woods. There was a lot of noise which suggested another huge dog, but it was actually a tiny lap dog. They were funny friends.
*** After turning around on Redneck Blvd.
# In Franklin (not Florence), OH
## Sara had to explain to the server that she isn't actually alergic to toast, but rather to the gluten
% It was closed but we saw stuff outside. Got a picture of me by the Moon thing, but only later realized that a picture of me mooning it would have been awesome
%% Neighbor's Xmas tree confirmation after the little melei that occured a couple weeks ago

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