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Hobby Thread - December 7, 2024 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread.
We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin and it landed on a theme of the road trip for this week. Apparently the Wheel is interested in hearing getting out on the open road. Please make sure you have made a bathroom stop before we get underway. The road trip has many different flavors. Could be a family vacation to see more of the world, a tour of national parks or wine country or baseball parks, a holiday voyage to spend the holidays with relatives, a spontaneous decision to jump in the car for an irrational but perfectly explainable trip to see a concert or a sporting event. Some road trips have structure and others are much more random. Some are about the destination and others are more about the journey. Some are about sharing quality time with those around you and some are about hating anyone in your limited space with the passion of a thousand suns. Are road trips a hobby? For the leisure traveler, they are often an integral part of exploring the world and making memories. That counts as a hobby. For those held hostage in the back of a station wagon or minivan for hours on the way to see relatives you do not really know or remember, it may not be much of a hobby. At this point, what does it matter? Either way, there are likely to be stories and memories.TRex is otherwise occupied this evening, so will be ducking in and out of tonights thread. Look after yourselves and each other.
As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Even though it is arguably religion, college football is fair game. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.He started with a 1979 Ford LTD Country Squire wagon, then added plenty of fake wood paneling, a Metallic Pea paint job, and doubled the headlights for no good reason. A total of five Wagon Queen Family Trucksters were built for the original National Lampoons Vacation. Filmmakers needed them all to account for the seemingly neverending string of bad luck the Griswolds encountered on their ill fated cross-country drive to Walley World. An original wagon went on the auction block at a 2013 Mecum auction with no bites on its $35,000 price tag. The same wagon was later snatched up from Hemmings for nearly $40,000. But, the whereabouts of that version and its four siblings are currently unknown.
Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a theme of writing? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If road trips are not your thing and you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different hobby next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com Do not make me turn this car around.
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Welcome Hobbiests
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 05:30 PM (fwDg9)
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First
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:31 PM (QfvaV)
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Dang it.
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:32 PM (QfvaV)
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It's not a road trip if you don't go to waffle house
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:32 PM (QfvaV)
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They shouldn't be, but road trips are in the past very sadly
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 05:33 PM (fwDg9)
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The World's largest ball of Twine. 500 quatloos for the reference.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM (gGMRM)
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Cadillac Ranch is the one in Amarillo?
I visited years ago. I was able to see that Cadillac used the same rear axle for almost 40 years.
I visited years ago. I was able to see that Cadillac used the same rear axle for almost 40 years.
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM (QfvaV)
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I visited years ago. I was able to see that Cadillac used the same rear axle for almost 40 years.
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM (QfvaV)
If it ain't broke...
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM (QfvaV)
If it ain't broke...
Posted by: Reforger at December 07, 2024 05:39 PM (xcIvR)
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Yes, Cadillac Ranch is outside Amarillo. We've been there, too, on our way to New Mexico.
We have one ironclad rule for our road trips: it's the only time we get to buy Cheetos.
We have one ironclad rule for our road trips: it's the only time we get to buy Cheetos.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at December 07, 2024 05:39 PM (FEVMW)
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I live along Route 66, so there are a number of old roadside attractions nearby, and even some that are still around.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 07, 2024 05:41 PM (BpYfr)
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It's not a road trip if you don't go to waffle house
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:32 PM (QfvaV)
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Heh. I ate breakfast there this morning, but I would not classify it as a road trip as it's only a couple miles from my house.
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 05:32 PM (QfvaV)
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Heh. I ate breakfast there this morning, but I would not classify it as a road trip as it's only a couple miles from my house.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 07, 2024 05:42 PM (BpYfr)
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The World's largest ball of Twine. 500 quatloos for the reference.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM (gGMRM)
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Weird Al Yankovic?
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM (gGMRM)
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Weird Al Yankovic?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 07, 2024 05:43 PM (BpYfr)
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Love me some road trips. Last was in October to Utah from central TX. Had a great time. Stayed in a neat old motel on Route 66 in New Mexico. Drove by the backside of Monument Valley. Favorite gas station on this trip was a Toot'n Totum outside Lubbock.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 07, 2024 05:44 PM (uc++Y)
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Husband and I roadtripped to Texas for thanksgiving, and it was the first time in our marriage that it was just the two of us. Before, it was never "roadtripping," it was moving, and with kids and dogs and cats and uhauls, it's not fun.
This was lovely. We could stop when we wanted, saw beautiful land from Arkansas to Texas, at home packed sandwiches in a gas station parking lot with Pringles and Little Debbie Swiss rolls and thought it was amazing. I would love to do this more, and to travel the US, since I've never really done that. Yes, I think it's a hobby and a durn good one!
This was lovely. We could stop when we wanted, saw beautiful land from Arkansas to Texas, at home packed sandwiches in a gas station parking lot with Pringles and Little Debbie Swiss rolls and thought it was amazing. I would love to do this more, and to travel the US, since I've never really done that. Yes, I think it's a hobby and a durn good one!
Posted by: Moki at December 07, 2024 05:44 PM (wLjpr)
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Road trips are mostly in the past. We made the trip from the west coast to Yellowstone and back 18 months ago. It took eleven days doing it in a minivan with a quarter dozen (new word?) kids. It all takes time effort and money but we can keep some of the old ways alive!
Posted by: HappyFun at December 07, 2024 05:44 PM (aIURK)
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Slug Bug!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 07, 2024 05:47 PM (/lPRQ)
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Amarillo...just about 10 years ago, when I drove myself from AZ to MD to start my job out here, Amarillo was my first overnight stop (starting from Tucson) - ate at the Big Texan - mediocre beer, but the steaks were great.
Road trips...not so much multi-day trips, but the 10 years I've been in MD, love driving the country roads to the next town (or two) over for a good diner, brewery, vineyard, etc. Used the drive from Sykesville MD to Hanover PA for two of the four kids (so far) as a good learner's permit longer drive. About an hour to a good diner in Hanover for breakfast (Dutch Country Restaurant, for those in the area).
Road trips...not so much multi-day trips, but the 10 years I've been in MD, love driving the country roads to the next town (or two) over for a good diner, brewery, vineyard, etc. Used the drive from Sykesville MD to Hanover PA for two of the four kids (so far) as a good learner's permit longer drive. About an hour to a good diner in Hanover for breakfast (Dutch Country Restaurant, for those in the area).
Posted by: MD_Mike at December 07, 2024 05:48 PM (BouEL)
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Haven't been around the hobby thread for awhile . Completed a few more paintings if anyone has any interest to view.
Stuppleart.com
Stuppleart.com
Posted by: polynikes at December 07, 2024 05:50 PM (tK3Zm)
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The World's largest ball of Twine. 500 quatloos for the reference.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM
I thought it was "The biggest ball of twine in Minnesota"
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:35 PM
I thought it was "The biggest ball of twine in Minnesota"
Posted by: Cybersmythe at December 07, 2024 05:52 PM (iZEhM)
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I'm planning to take a road trip next year. LibertyCon or bust!
Posted by: Cybersmythe at December 07, 2024 05:53 PM (iZEhM)
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We did part of US 66 from Amarillo to, I guess, Santa Fe a few years ago. I sent my son a picture of Tucumcari with the comment that it was Radiator Springs. Coincidentally Cadillac Ranch was a messy mudhole the day we were there like it is in that video.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2024 05:54 PM (/y8xj)
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We did the penny passport Stuff with the kids. Also had a metal base to place magnetic states we visited.
Did most of the traveling when they were young, when we both were able. Cancer and dialysis made it more difficult later on.
Did most of the traveling when they were young, when we both were able. Cancer and dialysis made it more difficult later on.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 05:54 PM (SSBCb)
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Took younger child to see "The Thing" in AZ on a return drive from a wedding in Dallas. Also got pecan pie in NM and at Bushes Chicken in...Odessa? First time in ages I'd eaten gizzard. Yum.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 05:58 PM (SSBCb)
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The World's Largest Frying Pan was also in the same road trip.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:58 PM (gGMRM)
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If you visit Monument Valley make sure to see the mittens up close. If you decide to take your vehicle on the overpriced fee 'road' through the valley make sure you have adequate suspension and ground clearance.
PS: The injuns are out to rape you, monetarily that is.
PS: The injuns are out to rape you, monetarily that is.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 05:58 PM (/U5Yz)
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I drove from Louisiana to NYC after grad school and decided not to take the east coast route but rather went through the Smokies and West Appalachia then cut across to NYC. Almost just decided to stop and live in the mountains it was so beautiful from where I had come from.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 07, 2024 05:59 PM (D6PGr)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 06:00 PM (LkLld)
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Road trip test
Posted by: blaster at December 07, 2024 06:00 PM (Ti8Jc)
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We used to play "I Spy". Someone would be "it", and that person would choose anything they could see outside the car, e.g. "trees". The "it" would then recite, e.g.:
I Spy
With my little eye
Something that begins with...T!
And everyone would try to guess. Whoever guessed right got to be the next "it". Sometimes the players would run out of guesses, and then you could ask, "can you still see it?" After all, T might stand for "train tracks" that were passed by a while ago.
With novice players, S for "sky" could be surprisingly hard to guess.
I Spy
With my little eye
Something that begins with...T!
And everyone would try to guess. Whoever guessed right got to be the next "it". Sometimes the players would run out of guesses, and then you could ask, "can you still see it?" After all, T might stand for "train tracks" that were passed by a while ago.
With novice players, S for "sky" could be surprisingly hard to guess.
Posted by: Bombadil at December 07, 2024 06:01 PM (MX0bI)
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Also, Mexican hat rock (Mexican Hat, UT) which is nearby Monument Valley is pretty cool.
https://tinyurl.com/3473dsfc
And it's free to see!
https://tinyurl.com/3473dsfc
And it's free to see!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:03 PM (/U5Yz)
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Pressed coins?
When we went to the train station to pick up visitors my dad would let me put pennies on the tracks.
THAT is a pressed coin!
When we went to the train station to pick up visitors my dad would let me put pennies on the tracks.
THAT is a pressed coin!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 07, 2024 06:04 PM (d9fT1)
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Amarillo was my first overnight stop (starting from Tucson) - ate at the Big Texan - mediocre beer, but the steaks were great.
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We always eat at the big texan whenever we're in Amarillo.
The rattlesnake IPA. Is pretty good if you like IPA's.
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We always eat at the big texan whenever we're in Amarillo.
The rattlesnake IPA. Is pretty good if you like IPA's.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 07, 2024 06:04 PM (ivTDU)
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The World's Largest Frying Pan was also in the same road trip.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:58 PM (gGMRM)
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The world's 2nd largest rocking chair is just up the road from my town. It used to be the world's largest rocking chair but some assholes in Illinois decided to build a bigger one along Route 66 back in 2015 or so...
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 05:58 PM (gGMRM)
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The world's 2nd largest rocking chair is just up the road from my town. It used to be the world's largest rocking chair but some assholes in Illinois decided to build a bigger one along Route 66 back in 2015 or so...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 07, 2024 06:04 PM (BpYfr)
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Kind of a bummer. When we had the stamina for road trips we didn't have the time. Now we have the time but the required proximity to bathroom facilities is limiting.
If we were to do road trips, I imagine something like "Travels With Charley": self-contained and using back roads to see the countryside, not highways ten lanes wide.
But we keep a good set of paper road maps, just in case. My trust in GPS ended the time it kept telling us to go through Breezewood, PA even after going 100 miles into Ohio.
If we were to do road trips, I imagine something like "Travels With Charley": self-contained and using back roads to see the countryside, not highways ten lanes wide.
But we keep a good set of paper road maps, just in case. My trust in GPS ended the time it kept telling us to go through Breezewood, PA even after going 100 miles into Ohio.
Posted by: JTB at December 07, 2024 06:04 PM (yTvNw)
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Road trips are fantastic.
Took one through N AZ through Monument Valley, down to Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelley and back through Shiprock. We stopped where we felt like it.
Only reservations were in Monument Valley. Stayed at The View Hotel on the rez. Expensive. But well worth it. Absolutely spectacular.
Took one through N AZ through Monument Valley, down to Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, Canyon de Chelley and back through Shiprock. We stopped where we felt like it.
Only reservations were in Monument Valley. Stayed at The View Hotel on the rez. Expensive. But well worth it. Absolutely spectacular.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:05 PM (kbbUi)
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My Dad took us to all the Six Flag locations.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 07, 2024 06:05 PM (D6PGr)
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Wife was able to get a rental@ Yellowstone, but unfortunately was in late Feb and all snowed in. Kids still had fun with the snow and subsequent hot chocolate. Ended up going into Idaho (ate some tasty pie), drove across Montana to Little Bighorn, visited Devil's Tower, and went to Mount Rushmore. Weather was beautiful. Got caught in snowstorm on way back and had to stay in Montana for the night. On way back home stopped @ Promenntory Point (older child loved all the trains and Legos).
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:06 PM (SSBCb)
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I have reservations about making reservations to travel through the reservation.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 07, 2024 06:06 PM (D6PGr)
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Posted by: polynikes at December 07, 2024 05:50 PM (tK3Zm)
Put the full URL (including the http) in the URL box, and it will make your nic a link.
Put the full URL (including the http) in the URL box, and it will make your nic a link.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 07, 2024 06:07 PM (d9fT1)
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If you visit the corner in Winslow,AZ on a Rte. 66 trip make sure you're strapped and chain your wallet to your belt.
https://tinyurl.com/57vbv9tt
https://tinyurl.com/57vbv9tt
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:10 PM (/U5Yz)
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I can’t resist flattened pennies. Maybe one day I’ll make something out of them, perhaps a face mask for my cats.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
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I have reservations about making reservations to travel through the reservation.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 07, 2024 06:06 PM (D6PGr)
Are you worried more about ticket scalping or hair scalping?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 07, 2024 06:06 PM (D6PGr)
Are you worried more about ticket scalping or hair scalping?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (VNX3d)
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I guess you could say that roadtripping is a hobby of the wife and I.
Since the kid grew up it's just us two and we do 3 or 4 a year depending on stuff.
I really used to look forward to the trip into Orroville "the short way" which is logging roads that some of which only recently got paved.
Then half the drive burned up in the last few years (including where we go) so it's sort of depressing visiting her side of the family these days.
Since the kid grew up it's just us two and we do 3 or 4 a year depending on stuff.
I really used to look forward to the trip into Orroville "the short way" which is logging roads that some of which only recently got paved.
Then half the drive burned up in the last few years (including where we go) so it's sort of depressing visiting her side of the family these days.
Posted by: Reforger at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (xcIvR)
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My father and more reluctant mother introduced me and my siblings to the great outdoors.
Our first time to Yosemite NP, we were in short sleeves; totally unprepared for October snow.
We had a canvas tent and generic sleeping bags. My baby sister had her eyes freeze shut. There is a picture of me, without gloves, throwing a snowball from atop a 6 foot bank of snow. In short sleeves.
Our first time to Yosemite NP, we were in short sleeves; totally unprepared for October snow.
We had a canvas tent and generic sleeping bags. My baby sister had her eyes freeze shut. There is a picture of me, without gloves, throwing a snowball from atop a 6 foot bank of snow. In short sleeves.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:12 PM (u82oZ)
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polynikes very well done, Bravo
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:12 PM (fwDg9)
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40 If you visit the corner in Winslow,AZ on a Rte. 66 trip make sure you're strapped and chain your wallet to your belt.
https://tinyurl.com/57vbv9tt
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:10 PM (/U5Yz)
Been there. Also meteor crater and petrified forest.
https://tinyurl.com/57vbv9tt
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:10 PM (/U5Yz)
Been there. Also meteor crater and petrified forest.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:13 PM (SSBCb)
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Evening, travel folken,
I haven't been on a road trip in a while. In '93 I drove from SE Lousy-ana to Guadelupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, just across the NM state line from Carlsbad Caverns -- the same mountain range in both. My theme for that one was Dwight Yoakum's "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere."
In late '01 I relocated by car from Denver to Da Swamp (yes, I as myself every day why I did that), motoring in the big Mercedes 420SEL with Linda's smart black cat Marie-Antoinette in her carrier on the passenger seat. Marie was known as a meower, so I was positive I'd be dealing with that the whole way. Nope; she settled right down and was good quiet company.
The CO, NM, and TX parts of the trip were fine It was when I got back into LA that the humidity and bad roads that I'd fled four years before came back and slapped me. The Benz looked back over its fender and said "Boss, do we *hafta* go here?"
I haven't been on a road trip in a while. In '93 I drove from SE Lousy-ana to Guadelupe Mountains National Park in west Texas, just across the NM state line from Carlsbad Caverns -- the same mountain range in both. My theme for that one was Dwight Yoakum's "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere."
In late '01 I relocated by car from Denver to Da Swamp (yes, I as myself every day why I did that), motoring in the big Mercedes 420SEL with Linda's smart black cat Marie-Antoinette in her carrier on the passenger seat. Marie was known as a meower, so I was positive I'd be dealing with that the whole way. Nope; she settled right down and was good quiet company.
The CO, NM, and TX parts of the trip were fine It was when I got back into LA that the humidity and bad roads that I'd fled four years before came back and slapped me. The Benz looked back over its fender and said "Boss, do we *hafta* go here?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 07, 2024 06:13 PM (omVj0)
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Biggest injun scam in the southwest is the Four Corners.
Pay $8 a person (CC only) to see lines on the ground. The restrooms are never open.
Pay $8 a person (CC only) to see lines on the ground. The restrooms are never open.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (/U5Yz)
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41 I can’t resist flattened pennies. Maybe one day I’ll make something out of them, perhaps a face mask for my cats.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb)
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If you visit the corner in Winslow,AZ on a Rte. 66 trip make sure you're strapped and chain your wallet to your belt.
https://tinyurl.com/57vbv9tt
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I didn't know it was that bad there. When I was at the corner, I was out of the car for about five minutes taking pics. And then I was out of there.
https://tinyurl.com/57vbv9tt
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I didn't know it was that bad there. When I was at the corner, I was out of the car for about five minutes taking pics. And then I was out of there.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (ivTDU)
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40 If you visit the corner in Winslow,AZ on a Rte. 66 trip make sure you're strapped and chain your wallet to your belt.
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That's a shame, we took the obligatory photo there years ago. Some locals looked as us strangely, but not in a rapey, thieving, murderous way. They were just taking it easy.
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That's a shame, we took the obligatory photo there years ago. Some locals looked as us strangely, but not in a rapey, thieving, murderous way. They were just taking it easy.
Posted by: Scarymary at December 07, 2024 06:15 PM (uc++Y)
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49 41 I can’t resist flattened pennies. Maybe one day I’ll make something out of them, perhaps a face mask for my cats.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb)
Are you back in the hospital, Jim, or are you still there from a couple of days ago?
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb)
Are you back in the hospital, Jim, or are you still there from a couple of days ago?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 07, 2024 06:15 PM (VNX3d)
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What's the minimum distance to qualify travel as a "road trip?"
Is an overnight stay in a roadside motel required?
Is an overnight stay in a roadside motel required?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 07, 2024 06:15 PM (BpYfr)
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18 ... "Haven't been around the hobby thread for awhile . Completed a few more paintings if anyone has any interest to view.
Stuppleart.com"
Hi Polynikes,
Thanks for the reminder about your site. While I always enjoy the landscapes, that lighthouse and especially the Japanese tea garden really catch my eye. The perspective and use of color is enchanting.
Stuppleart.com"
Hi Polynikes,
Thanks for the reminder about your site. While I always enjoy the landscapes, that lighthouse and especially the Japanese tea garden really catch my eye. The perspective and use of color is enchanting.
Posted by: JTB at December 07, 2024 06:15 PM (yTvNw)
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Only reservations were in Monument Valley. Stayed at The View Hotel on the rez. Expensive. But well worth it. Absolutely spectacular.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:05 PM (kbbUi)
Stayed there several times, Monument Valley is probably my favorite spot in America. The restaurant across the street, Goulding's, is good food, not great food, but I don't know what it is about that place, I absolutely love eating there. Fry bread....OMG. Guess it's hard to screw that up.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:05 PM (kbbUi)
Stayed there several times, Monument Valley is probably my favorite spot in America. The restaurant across the street, Goulding's, is good food, not great food, but I don't know what it is about that place, I absolutely love eating there. Fry bread....OMG. Guess it's hard to screw that up.
Posted by: John Ford's Ghost at December 07, 2024 06:16 PM (xtKM4)
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52 49 41 I can’t resist flattened pennies. Maybe one day I’ll make something out of them, perhaps a face mask for my cats.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb)
Are you back in the hospital, Jim, or are you still there from a couple of days ago?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 07, 2024 06:15 PM (VNX3d)
Still here. Since Dec 1st.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb)
Are you back in the hospital, Jim, or are you still there from a couple of days ago?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 07, 2024 06:15 PM (VNX3d)
Still here. Since Dec 1st.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:17 PM (SSBCb)
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49 41 I can’t resist flattened pennies. Maybe one day I’ll make something out of them, perhaps a face mask for my cats.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb
I see some possibilites.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:11 PM (jgmnb)
Or a breastplate?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (SSBCb
I see some possibilites.
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:17 PM (jgmnb)
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Our second trip there was in summer, with the same canvas tent.
The first night, we did not secure our food well. A hungry bear was rummaging in our larder near the picnic table. I never asked what my parents thought of it, but we were very quiet in the tent.
The next morning I saw that the bear had taken a 12 pack of single-serve Kellogg's Snack Pack. The Sugar Pops and Frosted Flakes were empty, near the larder, feeding the bear.
Dumb ol me followed the trail, seeing more boxes ripped open and eaten. I got to the end, and saw one box that was untouched. I said to myself "If a hungry bear will not eat this, then I won't either. " Fortunately, the bear was gone, because I could have been a better meal.
The untouched box was one of Shredded Wheat. And I have never eaten it since that day.
The first night, we did not secure our food well. A hungry bear was rummaging in our larder near the picnic table. I never asked what my parents thought of it, but we were very quiet in the tent.
The next morning I saw that the bear had taken a 12 pack of single-serve Kellogg's Snack Pack. The Sugar Pops and Frosted Flakes were empty, near the larder, feeding the bear.
Dumb ol me followed the trail, seeing more boxes ripped open and eaten. I got to the end, and saw one box that was untouched. I said to myself "If a hungry bear will not eat this, then I won't either. " Fortunately, the bear was gone, because I could have been a better meal.
The untouched box was one of Shredded Wheat. And I have never eaten it since that day.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:19 PM (u82oZ)
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My 47: I ASK myself every day why I relocated.
With the big Park Avenue, I drove to Little Rock in Nov. of 07, and to Knoxville in May of '09, to see some mountains and consider both as possible new homes. Neither grabbed me, but I liked the people and the landscapes. There are some steep hills in N. Little Rock, and people there told me they get ice storms now and then. Handling ice on those hills would be tough.
The most recent thing was in May of '14, a shakedown cruise for the new-to-me Buick Regal: Palo Duro Canyon in the Panhandle of TX, near Amarillo. I got to visit the Cadillac Ranch. Two days' drive out, several days there, and two days back. Again, coming back into Lousy-ana was the hard part.
With the big Park Avenue, I drove to Little Rock in Nov. of 07, and to Knoxville in May of '09, to see some mountains and consider both as possible new homes. Neither grabbed me, but I liked the people and the landscapes. There are some steep hills in N. Little Rock, and people there told me they get ice storms now and then. Handling ice on those hills would be tough.
The most recent thing was in May of '14, a shakedown cruise for the new-to-me Buick Regal: Palo Duro Canyon in the Panhandle of TX, near Amarillo. I got to visit the Cadillac Ranch. Two days' drive out, several days there, and two days back. Again, coming back into Lousy-ana was the hard part.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 07, 2024 06:19 PM (omVj0)
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Been there. Also meteor crater and petrified forest.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:13 PM (SSBCb)
Our ranch is ~60mi from the Petrified Forest and painted desert. Meteor Crater is cool but, pricey tickets at $29 Adult.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:13 PM (SSBCb)
Our ranch is ~60mi from the Petrified Forest and painted desert. Meteor Crater is cool but, pricey tickets at $29 Adult.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:19 PM (/U5Yz)
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When I was at the corner, I was out of the car for about five minutes taking pics.
Same trip mentioned above, we stopped there and I tried to get a pic of my wife through the window of the flatbed Ford but I don't think she got the ref so she just stood on the other side looking through the cab.
Same trip mentioned above, we stopped there and I tried to get a pic of my wife through the window of the flatbed Ford but I don't think she got the ref so she just stood on the other side looking through the cab.
Posted by: Oddbob at December 07, 2024 06:19 PM (/y8xj)
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Up in Lassen NP, we had a bear claw a Tupperware bowl. That was in demand for all of us for Show and Tell.
None of the stories we told was as dull as reality.
None of the stories we told was as dull as reality.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:20 PM (u82oZ)
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We I was a kid, we had a camper and went places from around 1966 - 1976. Been to somewhere in neighborhood of 35 states, lots I wish to see but doubt it.
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:21 PM (fwDg9)
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Grandma had a Lord's Prayer squished penny.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2024 06:21 PM (63Dwl)
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Are you allowed to kill those bears?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:22 PM (SSBCb)
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Day rides on a motorcycle.
Start in Phx, east to Safford (buy something for lunch), take the 191 (used to be the 666) to Morenci. Stop at the open pit mine overlook and eat lunch, marvel at the size of the 'tonka toy' trucks until you see an little 'ant' next to one and realize it is an F150.
Then continue north, watch out for big horn sheep standing in the middle of the road (glad the brakes were good!). Next stop Hannigan Meadows 9600 ft in the cool pines. You brought your heated vest, right?.
On through Alpine, and Show Low and then start back winding through the Salt River Valley (it would be a NP if the Grand Canyon wasn't in AZ).
And then mosey on down back into the saguaros carving through the mountain passes.
600miles in 12hrs, a great way to spend a day on a motorcycle.
Start in Phx, east to Safford (buy something for lunch), take the 191 (used to be the 666) to Morenci. Stop at the open pit mine overlook and eat lunch, marvel at the size of the 'tonka toy' trucks until you see an little 'ant' next to one and realize it is an F150.
Then continue north, watch out for big horn sheep standing in the middle of the road (glad the brakes were good!). Next stop Hannigan Meadows 9600 ft in the cool pines. You brought your heated vest, right?.
On through Alpine, and Show Low and then start back winding through the Salt River Valley (it would be a NP if the Grand Canyon wasn't in AZ).
And then mosey on down back into the saguaros carving through the mountain passes.
600miles in 12hrs, a great way to spend a day on a motorcycle.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 06:24 PM (H5xXN)
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Wolfus Aurelius
Just was at Palo Duro Canyon last month. The State Park Service is Disneyfying the place. But it is a stunning, unexpected Texas vista.
Kansas farmers with contour plowing and the right cover crop could solve that soil erosion problem.
Same trip I saw Cadillac Ranch. Underwhelming.
Just was at Palo Duro Canyon last month. The State Park Service is Disneyfying the place. But it is a stunning, unexpected Texas vista.
Kansas farmers with contour plowing and the right cover crop could solve that soil erosion problem.
Same trip I saw Cadillac Ranch. Underwhelming.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:25 PM (u82oZ)
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I would say most bizarre trip just for going was on Maui driving to Hana, after a all day drive could see the town from hights and turned around and went back to Lahaina.
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:25 PM (fwDg9)
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Family road trips in the station wagon with me and my younger brother alternately getting along and fighting in the middle seat..... dad yelling, driving on Independence Pass in S Colorado, waving a whiffle ball bat at us as we crawled into the very back, laughing while he cursed, mom screamed and he nearly killed us all driving off a cliff.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:26 PM (46TUD)
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When I lived in CO, I took many a morning or day trip to various parts of the state. With the 280CE coupe, I drove down I-25 to Walsenburg, took U.S. 160 over to Alamosa, and visited Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Monument. It's amazing. Great white dunes that make you think of Saudi Arabia, and then you turn and see the white-capped gray peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
The Benz and I came back up a state highway to Salida, then over on U.S. 50 to Canon City and back to the Interstate. On a string-straight piece of road, I ran the car up to 100 and was having a fine time, until a sign loomed up: "WATCH FOR BISON ON ROAD." I slowed down quick.
My late cat Arizona's ashes I scattered up in the mountains near Winter Park, CO. I figured he always thought he should have been a bobcat and somebody made a mistake; so I sent his ashes to dwell among His People.
The Benz and I came back up a state highway to Salida, then over on U.S. 50 to Canon City and back to the Interstate. On a string-straight piece of road, I ran the car up to 100 and was having a fine time, until a sign loomed up: "WATCH FOR BISON ON ROAD." I slowed down quick.
My late cat Arizona's ashes I scattered up in the mountains near Winter Park, CO. I figured he always thought he should have been a bobcat and somebody made a mistake; so I sent his ashes to dwell among His People.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 07, 2024 06:26 PM (omVj0)
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65 Are you allowed to kill those bears?
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:22 PM (SSBCb)
We camped (in an RV) at Loup Loup Pass in north central WA one time and the camp host was glad to see I was open carrying. He said manyy wolfpacks and Grizzly's were in the area. He said, one warning shot and if they fail to disperse, shoot them in the face.
Posted by: jim (in hospital in Kalifornia) at December 07, 2024 06:22 PM (SSBCb)
We camped (in an RV) at Loup Loup Pass in north central WA one time and the camp host was glad to see I was open carrying. He said manyy wolfpacks and Grizzly's were in the area. He said, one warning shot and if they fail to disperse, shoot them in the face.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:27 PM (/U5Yz)
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Our road trip game in the car was the Volkswagen game.
1 point for a bug, 2 points for a Van, 5 for a Karman Gia, and the rest I forgot. We got good at scanning the roads.
1 point for a bug, 2 points for a Van, 5 for a Karman Gia, and the rest I forgot. We got good at scanning the roads.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:27 PM (u82oZ)
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>>I would say most bizarre trip just for going was on Maui driving to Hana, after a all day drive could see the town from hights and turned around and went back to Lahaina.
That's a fun drive.
That's a fun drive.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 06:28 PM (LkLld)
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64 Grandma had a Lord's Prayer squished penny.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2024 06:21 PM (63Dwl)
I see a lot of pennies with crosses punched in them. Don’t quite know how to feel about that. On the one hand, a penny is practically worthless, so a cross gives it some value I suppose. On the other hand isn’t it some sort of crime to deface coinage?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2024 06:21 PM (63Dwl)
I see a lot of pennies with crosses punched in them. Don’t quite know how to feel about that. On the one hand, a penny is practically worthless, so a cross gives it some value I suppose. On the other hand isn’t it some sort of crime to deface coinage?
Posted by: Eromero at December 07, 2024 06:28 PM (jgmnb)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:28 PM (46TUD)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:29 PM (u82oZ)
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I've a pressed penny from the Jungle Gardens at Avery Island.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 07, 2024 06:29 PM (3+8sI)
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66 Day rides on a motorcycle.
Start in Phx, east to Safford (buy something for lunch), take the 191 (used to be the 666) to Morenci. Stop at the open pit mine overlook and eat lunch, marvel at the size of the 'tonka toy' trucks until you see an little 'ant' next to one and realize it is an F150.
Then continue north, watch out for big horn sheep standing in the middle of the road (glad the brakes were good!). Next stop Hannigan Meadows 9600 ft in the cool pines. You brought your heated vest, right?.
On through Alpine, and Show Low and then start back winding through the Salt River Valley (it would be a NP if the Grand Canyon wasn't in AZ).
And then mosey on down back into the saguaros carving through the mountain passes.
600miles in 12hrs, a great way to spend a day on a motorcycle.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
You may enjoy this chaps utube channel.
https://tinyurl.com/3jnj8dde
Start in Phx, east to Safford (buy something for lunch), take the 191 (used to be the 666) to Morenci. Stop at the open pit mine overlook and eat lunch, marvel at the size of the 'tonka toy' trucks until you see an little 'ant' next to one and realize it is an F150.
Then continue north, watch out for big horn sheep standing in the middle of the road (glad the brakes were good!). Next stop Hannigan Meadows 9600 ft in the cool pines. You brought your heated vest, right?.
On through Alpine, and Show Low and then start back winding through the Salt River Valley (it would be a NP if the Grand Canyon wasn't in AZ).
And then mosey on down back into the saguaros carving through the mountain passes.
600miles in 12hrs, a great way to spend a day on a motorcycle.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
You may enjoy this chaps utube channel.
https://tinyurl.com/3jnj8dde
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:30 PM (/U5Yz)
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Oh man, road trips. Before I was married I'd spend my vacation flying somewhere, renting a car and driving aimlessly for a week. Get hopelessly lost, stop, get an ice cream cone and try to figure out from the atlas where I was and where to go next. Stop for the night in a small town, have breakfast in a diner while reading the local newspaper.
Even after I got married, there were long trips with the dogs. Cincinnati to Olympia and Denver, Reno to Cincy. Driving to Westminster. Spent one Thanksgiving ferrying Smudge home from Wyoming.
Now that we have the RV, it's Her Majesty that does the road trips. When she was campaigning Delilah, she'd be gone for three weeks or even a month at a time.
I've spent a night in 49 states thanks to all this.
Oh man, road trips. Before I was married I'd spend my vacation flying somewhere, renting a car and driving aimlessly for a week. Get hopelessly lost, stop, get an ice cream cone and try to figure out from the atlas where I was and where to go next. Stop for the night in a small town, have breakfast in a diner while reading the local newspaper.
Even after I got married, there were long trips with the dogs. Cincinnati to Olympia and Denver, Reno to Cincy. Driving to Westminster. Spent one Thanksgiving ferrying Smudge home from Wyoming.
Now that we have the RV, it's Her Majesty that does the road trips. When she was campaigning Delilah, she'd be gone for three weeks or even a month at a time.
I've spent a night in 49 states thanks to all this.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:30 PM (dxSpM)
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We camped (in an RV) at Loup Loup Pass in north central WA one time and the camp host was glad to see I was open carrying. He said manyy wolfpacks and Grizzly's were in the area. He said, one warning shot and if they fail to disperse, shoot them in the face.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Loup Loup is an awesome camping spot. Skied there. Snowed one Memorial Day weekend. We went to the rodeo in Twisp/Winthrop.
Awesome.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Loup Loup is an awesome camping spot. Skied there. Snowed one Memorial Day weekend. We went to the rodeo in Twisp/Winthrop.
Awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:31 PM (46TUD)
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Not long after I moved to CO, I took a trip over Labor Day weekend to Taos, NM. I left U.S. 160 before Alamosa and drove down through "the oldest town in Colorado," San Luis (founded 1858 or something like that, so not that old). They have a beautiful bronze arrangement of the Stations of the Cross just outside of town, leading up a hill to a colorfully painted Spanish-stye mission.
In Taos I lodged at the famous Taos Inn, where Hollywood people of the '20s and later stayed: a nice cool cabin with thick shutters to keep out the summer sunlight. I really like northern NM.
In Taos I lodged at the famous Taos Inn, where Hollywood people of the '20s and later stayed: a nice cool cabin with thick shutters to keep out the summer sunlight. I really like northern NM.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 07, 2024 06:31 PM (omVj0)
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77 {{{nurse ratched}}}
Good times.
Are you still close to your brother?
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Kind of? He has worked at Starbucks corporate for almost 30 years. We have some things we just don't talk about.
Good times.
Are you still close to your brother?
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Kind of? He has worked at Starbucks corporate for almost 30 years. We have some things we just don't talk about.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:33 PM (46TUD)
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I think they put 'intent' into the law. If you defame the coin you break the law if you simply do something with it, it's OK.
They're cheaper than washers. Anodes for your aluminum john boat.
They're cheaper than washers. Anodes for your aluminum john boat.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 07, 2024 06:33 PM (3+8sI)
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Loup Loup is an awesome camping spot. Skied there. Snowed one Memorial Day weekend. We went to the rodeo in Twisp/Winthrop.
Awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage
It is awesome. One of our favorite places to go in the PNW.
Awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage
It is awesome. One of our favorite places to go in the PNW.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:33 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 06:36 PM (46TUD)
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Daughter was in RI (yeah, it really is a place), the wife was working and couldn't get enough time off, so I road the bike and picked her up at Hartford CT, we camped in Lebanon CT, rode through all the States (oh, yeah visited with the daughter as well) and then we stopped in Hartford again to put her back on the plane.
I when down to Eureka Springs AK to camp with more friends and then hit the road for a 2 day run back to Phx.
The bike stopped running while on the freeway in OK. I knew what the problem was by the symptoms so on the side of the freeway I stripped all the tupperware off the bike, routed around the fuel cutoff and got back on the road.
I when down to Eureka Springs AK to camp with more friends and then hit the road for a 2 day run back to Phx.
The bike stopped running while on the freeway in OK. I knew what the problem was by the symptoms so on the side of the freeway I stripped all the tupperware off the bike, routed around the fuel cutoff and got back on the road.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 06:37 PM (H5xXN)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 06:39 PM (LkLld)
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There is a sign for Bucee's outside of Newark,NJ.
Posted by: Accomack at December 07, 2024 06:39 PM (w9ItN)
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Do you have road trip stop staples? Provisions and food are obvious candidates, but are there other stores that are mandatory stops on a road trip?
Back in the day, a mandatory stop was a good bar.
Back in the day, a mandatory stop was a good bar.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 06:39 PM (mH6SG)
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I grew up with a road trip each summer, great memories (including fighting with my brother when bored). Twice WA to the UP, twice to So Cal (saw Willie Mays and Drysdale), several to the mountain west. Canadian Rockies for the Centennial.
I've done a few as an adult, the last one 2000 miles to Tx for the eclipse with Carlsbad Cavs, Arches. and Island in the Sky coming back.
A wonderful trip with our kids was to Death Valley in a once in 30 years spring bloom. Also went to Joshua Tree and San Diego on that trip.
I've done a few as an adult, the last one 2000 miles to Tx for the eclipse with Carlsbad Cavs, Arches. and Island in the Sky coming back.
A wonderful trip with our kids was to Death Valley in a once in 30 years spring bloom. Also went to Joshua Tree and San Diego on that trip.
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 07, 2024 06:39 PM (KrKxR)
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A Polish friend of mine went with me on a road trip to Nyack New York. I said do you want to go for a drive? And she was flummoxed by the concept. She told me she had had a red Fiat in Poland which she loved until the Communists forced her out of the country for her Solidarity activities but she said that petrol was so expensive there that just going for a drive was completely inconceivable!
Posted by: Beverly at December 07, 2024 06:40 PM (Epeb0)
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>>Daughter was in RI (yeah, it really is a place)
I've been saying.
Posted by: JackStraw
I know!
East Warwick is where she was teaching.
I've been saying.
Posted by: JackStraw
I know!
East Warwick is where she was teaching.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 06:40 PM (H5xXN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:41 PM (dxSpM)
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We lived in Canada but my parents took us on a lot of roadtrips to the US for vacation. Our closet doors were filled with flags from various tourist areas in the US.
I just thanked my elderly mother for that.
The most impressive were caverns in Tennessee. So beautiful, I still remember it.
When I was about 12, I found ways to pass time in the back of the car.
I just thanked my elderly mother for that.
The most impressive were caverns in Tennessee. So beautiful, I still remember it.
When I was about 12, I found ways to pass time in the back of the car.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:42 PM (jvJvP)
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Chief Joseph scenic highway in Wyoming and the drive thru beartooth pass is amazing. Also the million dollar highway in Colorado.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at December 07, 2024 06:43 PM (ivTDU)
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Wonderful traveling song by Laura Nyro is 'Home.'
Bonnie Raitt's version is fine: https://youtu.be/7hmnRg1Q67E?si=yknc4Sqsw06npVjq
Bonnie Raitt's version is fine: https://youtu.be/7hmnRg1Q67E?si=yknc4Sqsw06npVjq
Posted by: Beverly at December 07, 2024 06:43 PM (Epeb0)
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Do they still have the South of the Border billboards along I-95?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:43 PM (/U5Yz)
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I used to love just driving around, finding new places, taking lots of pictures, etc.
As I grew older, I thought I had begun to hate driving, but it wasn't quite that. I hate not driving but drivers.
As I grew older, I thought I had begun to hate driving, but it wasn't quite that. I hate not driving but drivers.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 07, 2024 06:43 PM (CHHv1)
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she said that petrol was so expensive there that just going for a drive was completely inconceivable!
Posted by: Beverly at December 07, 2024 06:40 PM (Epeb0)
__________
I understand Europeans are flummoxed by American road trips. Like, how can you drive for hours and hours and still be in the same state.
she said that petrol was so expensive there that just going for a drive was completely inconceivable!
Posted by: Beverly at December 07, 2024 06:40 PM (Epeb0)
__________
I understand Europeans are flummoxed by American road trips. Like, how can you drive for hours and hours and still be in the same state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:44 PM (dxSpM)
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87 ... "Daughter was in RI (yeah, it really is a place)"
Oh, it's real alright. And since I moved out 50 odd years ago there is more room. (This was so long ago, a republican could be elected governor there.)
Oh, it's real alright. And since I moved out 50 odd years ago there is more room. (This was so long ago, a republican could be elected governor there.)
Posted by: JTB at December 07, 2024 06:44 PM (yTvNw)
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Haven't been south in 10 years but Pedro is probably still camped at South of the Border
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:44 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 07, 2024 06:44 PM (/HDaX)
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JackStraw
I had a lot of fun in Newport, RI while in Navy Training. I was there for the 1984 America's Cup. Those sail-craft were stately.
I had a lot of fun in Newport, RI while in Navy Training. I was there for the 1984 America's Cup. Those sail-craft were stately.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:45 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:45 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:46 PM (u82oZ)
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I love doing long road trips, especially from the northeast to Florida. Now that there are Buccees in SC and FL the trips are even better.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 06:47 PM (2AW7/)
Posted by: fd at December 07, 2024 06:47 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 07, 2024 06:47 PM (63Dwl)
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I understand Europeans are flummoxed by American road trips. Like, how can you drive for hours and hours and still be in the same state.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:44 PM (dxSpM)
Lol.
Drive Canada....
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:44 PM (dxSpM)
Lol.
Drive Canada....
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:47 PM (jvJvP)
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Have a great night, everyone. Got to make dinner for my wife. Nothing fancy, just comfort food.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 07, 2024 06:48 PM (u82oZ)
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>>I had a lot of fun in Newport, RI while in Navy Training. I was there for the 1984 America's Cup. Those sail-craft were stately.
A lot of them are still here, Salty, repurposed as tourist vessels.
Not all road trips have roads.
A lot of them are still here, Salty, repurposed as tourist vessels.
Not all road trips have roads.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 06:49 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:49 PM (/U5Yz)
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I will say from my road travels the width and breadth of this great nation that the quality of coffee has improved immensely.
I will say from my road travels the width and breadth of this great nation that the quality of coffee has improved immensely.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 06:50 PM (dxSpM)
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Been on a lot of road trips in my life. Coming back from the Plutonium Futures 2014 conference in Las Vegas, I drove the old Route 66 segment from Kingman to Seligman, AZ. Talk about the land that time forgot.
The high point was in passing Peach Springs. The west end of the Grand Canyon was partially visibile and it was like something out of Bladerunner.
The high point was in passing Peach Springs. The west end of the Grand Canyon was partially visibile and it was like something out of Bladerunner.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 07, 2024 06:50 PM (/HDaX)
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I'm near-sighted in one eye and far-sighted in the other.
On our road trips, my Mom drove and Dad would read the maps. I'd always hear..."Hey Stateless, give me your glasses!" Which would then be used as a makeshift magnifying glass.
Thanks Dad.
On our road trips, my Mom drove and Dad would read the maps. I'd always hear..."Hey Stateless, give me your glasses!" Which would then be used as a makeshift magnifying glass.
Thanks Dad.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:50 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 06:51 PM (2AW7/)
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There is a Stuckeys on rte13 in Nelsonia or Metompkin, not sure which, but there it is.
Posted by: Accomack at December 07, 2024 06:51 PM (MeckE)
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113 109
Do you have road trip stop staples?
Stuckey's Pecan Log Rolls. I keed.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:49 PM (/U5Yz)
I haven't seen those in a long time.
Do you have road trip stop staples?
Stuckey's Pecan Log Rolls. I keed.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:49 PM (/U5Yz)
I haven't seen those in a long time.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at December 07, 2024 06:51 PM (VNX3d)
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DH loves to drive, so I let him. I always fetch along the good Canon camera, on the lookout for stuff to paint or add to my References file. Towering cumulous clouds, interesting rock formations, stunning sunsets, picturesque hills/mountains, good waterfalls, fields of wildflowers, grazing deer/horses, old barns, etc. All grist for the Idea Mill (before you can paint, ya gotta have An Idea). The favored activity for drives, besides talking, is singing. We met in choir, so we sing a lot. And often make up our own lyrics as we go ("filking"). There's a lot of driving in CA if you want to get anywhere.
Posted by: tankascribe at December 07, 2024 06:52 PM (HWxAD)
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DX conditions continue to be outstanding. I worked two new countries last week, Norfolk Island and Namibia, and today my first Philippine contact, DU0A on 20m. I'm making hundreds of contacts per week, and I have to force myself to stay off the air two days out of every seven, to maintain pseudosanity.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead at December 07, 2024 06:54 PM (G3lfj)
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I've often thought of working for (or starting my own) driveaway service. Shuttle people's cars from point A to point B.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 06:54 PM (2AW7/)
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Had some really cool motorcycle road trips with my peeps. Most were awesome, a few not so much. Really bad weather can spoil your day.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 06:55 PM (mH6SG)
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Wife of tbodie likes the coin press collecting. When we go on trips I have to find a bunch of pre 1984 pennies (the real copper pennies).
Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at December 07, 2024 06:56 PM (NEGXR)
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Hadn't thought about road trips as a hobby, but yeah, that fits, and often done in conjunction with other hobby interests (aircraft, cars, and uh, fine liquor . . . ) Being retired now makes trips easier to do timewise - biggest so far was two years ago, from NOVA, to Wright-Patt (AF Museum), to C Springs for a mini squadron reunion, Shelby-American Collection in Boulder, all the way north to Hovland MN, and then a stop at New Glarus Brewery in WI. I now look up liquor stores on my routes IOT get the spirits that the fine Commonwealth of Virginia stores do not sell. Looking to do a repeat late summer. Open road, tunes blasting, good times.
Posted by: Patches at December 07, 2024 06:56 PM (GB0ku)
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121 DX conditions continue to be outstanding. I worked two new countries last week, Norfolk Island and Namibia, and today my first Philippine contact, DU0A on 20m. I'm making hundreds of contacts per week, and I have to force myself to stay off the air two days out of every seven, to maintain pseudosanity.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead
I hear you.
17, 12 and 10M have been lit the past few weeks.
Posted by: Apply gp Directly To Forehead
I hear you.
17, 12 and 10M have been lit the past few weeks.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:56 PM (/U5Yz)
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All of my road trips came with hauling a 5 horse trailer.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 06:57 PM (gGMRM)
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123 Had some really cool motorcycle road trips with my peeps. Most were awesome, a few not so much. Really bad weather can spoil your day.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 06:55 PM (mH6SG)
I've been watching a lot of messed up horror movies.
Reading that paragraph was an adventure. I was really worried for you at the end of sentence 2. Better by 3.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 06:55 PM (mH6SG)
I've been watching a lot of messed up horror movies.
Reading that paragraph was an adventure. I was really worried for you at the end of sentence 2. Better by 3.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:58 PM (jvJvP)
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I love road trips! In 2008 I took a solo trip from Laramie to Anaheim for a conference, with stops at the Colorado National Monument, the Arches (unplanned and much too brief), the north rim of the Grand Canyon (had planned to hike 1 day at the north and 1 day at the South, but liked the north so much I did both days there), then through the desert to Cali. I took a different way back, to Vegas and through Utah on I-15 to I-80 at Salt Lake. I didn't have time to do any stops on the way back, so I missed my best chance to see Zion and Bryce.
Summer 2021 was my trip with J from Laramie to Clark Fork and Sandpoint, Idaho; Kalispell and Lake Flathead, MT; then to East Glacier Village for a 1/2 marathon and hiking at Glacier. Went through Cody Wyo on the way back for a guided tour at the firearms museum at the Buffalo Bill Museum.
Those are my best trips so far. Someday I want to do a road trip to Alaska...
Summer 2021 was my trip with J from Laramie to Clark Fork and Sandpoint, Idaho; Kalispell and Lake Flathead, MT; then to East Glacier Village for a 1/2 marathon and hiking at Glacier. Went through Cody Wyo on the way back for a guided tour at the firearms museum at the Buffalo Bill Museum.
Those are my best trips so far. Someday I want to do a road trip to Alaska...
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 07, 2024 06:58 PM (JIkaw)
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123 Had some really cool motorcycle road trips with my peeps. Most were awesome, a few not so much. Really bad weather can spoil your day.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 06:55 PM (mH6SG)
I hate hate hate riding in the rain.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 06:55 PM (mH6SG)
I hate hate hate riding in the rain.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 06:58 PM (2AW7/)
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When my sister and I were kids, and travel was on two-lane roads, the game which our parents usually started us on was 'Cow Counting'. One kid took the left side, and the other the right side. It kept us occupied, keeping a lookout.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 07, 2024 06:58 PM (XeU6L)
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127 All of my road trips came with hauling a 5 horse trailer.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 06:57 PM (gGMRM)
What's it like driving empty versus full?
I'd be freaking the first several times.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 06:57 PM (gGMRM)
What's it like driving empty versus full?
I'd be freaking the first several times.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:59 PM (jvJvP)
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122 I've often thought of working for (or starting my own) driveaway service.
I love that quirky movie Vanishing Point
I love that quirky movie Vanishing Point
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:59 PM (fwDg9)
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One nice thing about hobbies is they can be personal, not public. My drawing skills seem to be at a plateau for now but I still enjoy the process. Can I make that mushroom look realistic or capture the tilt of a bird's head or show the eagerness in a puppy's eyes? The repeated trying is still fun. And learning about techniques and materials lets me appreciate good art. Win-win.
Posted by: JTB at December 07, 2024 07:00 PM (yTvNw)
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I love that quirky movie Vanishing Point
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:59 PM (fwDg9)
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Alan Dean Foster wrote a crazy road trip adventure novel called "To the Vanishing Point." It's about a family taking a trip to Vegas in an RV and picking up an unusual, otherworldly hitchhiker.
Then they take the off-ramp to Hell and things go downhill quickly from there. It's a fun read.
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 06:59 PM (fwDg9)
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Alan Dean Foster wrote a crazy road trip adventure novel called "To the Vanishing Point." It's about a family taking a trip to Vegas in an RV and picking up an unusual, otherworldly hitchhiker.
Then they take the off-ramp to Hell and things go downhill quickly from there. It's a fun read.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 07, 2024 07:01 PM (BpYfr)
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96 Chief Joseph scenic highway in Wyoming and the drive thru beartooth pass is amazing. Also the million dollar highway in Colorado.
Yes, stunning. Also Going-to-the-Sun Hwy through Glacier NP.
Yes, stunning. Also Going-to-the-Sun Hwy through Glacier NP.
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 07, 2024 07:01 PM (KrKxR)
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In May of 2020, we took a road trip to America AKA South Dakota. Ate inside in restaurants. Casino in Deadwood. It was awesome. We recently flew into St Louis. Drove to Springfield, IL. Route 66 has more advertising in IL than NM. Ended up back in St Louis. We would drive to Amarillo quite frequently to get out of NM. Buc-ees should be opening there next week. Tucumcari and Gallup have great Route 66 dining.
Posted by: Oso loco at December 07, 2024 07:01 PM (ILafk)
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I started on some reaper minis that will look similar to these.
https://tinyurl.com/ydsnj6bd
I can blend colors smoothly without an airbrush, after painting all those flames in my previous board game.
https://tinyurl.com/ydsnj6bd
I can blend colors smoothly without an airbrush, after painting all those flames in my previous board game.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (lhenN)
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@ 6 The World's largest ball of Twine. 500 quatloos for the reference.
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My memory trumps your quatloos. That will be 5 tribbles.
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My memory trumps your quatloos. That will be 5 tribbles.
Posted by: Dr_No at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (ayRl+)
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Stateless, not much difference. You just have to always remember to look out for the other guy.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (gGMRM)
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Route 66? Pfft. My favorite highway is/was U.S. 52. It runs from the Canadian border up in N. Dakota to Charleston, SC. One can see (or, could see) a real cross-section of America on that highway.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (XeU6L)
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140 Stateless, not much difference. You just have to always remember to look out for the other guy.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (gGMRM
Thanks.
Probably good advice always...!
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (gGMRM
Thanks.
Probably good advice always...!
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:03 PM (jvJvP)
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132 127 All of my road trips came with hauling a 5 horse trailer.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 06:57 PM (gGMRM)
What's it like driving empty versus full?
I'd be freaking the first several times.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:59 PM (jvJvP)
I did a NY to FL back to NY with my BiL in 3 days hauling a 16ft trailer with a 3/4 ton truck. Empty going down. Generally handling was awesome - with a WDH and sway bars. Did hydroplane the trailer a couple times which was interesting and forced us to slow down.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 06:57 PM (gGMRM)
What's it like driving empty versus full?
I'd be freaking the first several times.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 06:59 PM (jvJvP)
I did a NY to FL back to NY with my BiL in 3 days hauling a 16ft trailer with a 3/4 ton truck. Empty going down. Generally handling was awesome - with a WDH and sway bars. Did hydroplane the trailer a couple times which was interesting and forced us to slow down.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 07:04 PM (2AW7/)
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>>All of my road trips came with hauling a 5 horse trailer.
Done that a few times from MA to FL and back. But more times dragging a boat.
Some of my favorite boat trips have been with my buddy dragging a boat to the Keys to fish. Absolutely horrible until you get past DC but then it's a blast.
Done that a few times from MA to FL and back. But more times dragging a boat.
Some of my favorite boat trips have been with my buddy dragging a boat to the Keys to fish. Absolutely horrible until you get past DC but then it's a blast.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 07:04 PM (LkLld)
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The ball of twine and the frying pan were stops that were mentioned in the movie "Michael".
Posted by: Ben Had at December 07, 2024 07:05 PM (gGMRM)
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Road trips! An appropriate topic, since I am about to embark on one. Will probably get on the road bright and early Monday morning, to drive down to Winter quarters in Arizona. In the midst of tidying the house here up, so it won't look like an absolute pigsty to the poor neighbor who volunteers to pop in to feed the cats. Floors all vacuumed; many dust bunnies sucked to their demise. Will run the Swiffer over the floors that are Swifferable, clean some walls and counters, and I am good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2024 07:05 PM (e6Irp)
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BourbonChicken
They are fantastic.
Working on British Household cavalry of Waterloo and won't be anywhere near that quality
They are fantastic.
Working on British Household cavalry of Waterloo and won't be anywhere near that quality
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 07:06 PM (fwDg9)
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We went to another of our granddaughter's archery tournaments this evening. It was only 30 minutes away, but in another time zone. I took us "the back roads" there during late afternoon.
The drive home, in total darkness was on more traveled roads, all two lane. Mostly because those "back roads" were 1 1/2 lanes at best... and inundated with deer at night. Plus, my wife wanted to see the Christmas lights and not spaz about my night driving.
The drive home, in total darkness was on more traveled roads, all two lane. Mostly because those "back roads" were 1 1/2 lanes at best... and inundated with deer at night. Plus, my wife wanted to see the Christmas lights and not spaz about my night driving.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 07, 2024 07:07 PM (Q4IgG)
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I miss the 'Burma Shave' signs ...
Posted by: Dr_No at December 07, 2024 07:07 PM (ayRl+)
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I used to road trip between Wyo and SC or Iowa and SC fairly often. Loved that trip until I hit Clarksville, TN and it was pretty much a cluster from there until I hit the SC line. Loved the little bit of western KY on I-24 and seeing the Arch was always a highlight for me.
I like to get off the interstate sometimes and US 36 across northern Kansas is one of my favorite drives in that part of the world. Except when you're exhausted and want to get off the road and you see lights and think you're almost to a town and then 30 minutes later they're still the same distance away...
I like to get off the interstate sometimes and US 36 across northern Kansas is one of my favorite drives in that part of the world. Except when you're exhausted and want to get off the road and you see lights and think you're almost to a town and then 30 minutes later they're still the same distance away...
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 07, 2024 07:08 PM (JIkaw)
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When my sister and I were kids, and travel was on two-lane roads, the game which our parents usually started us on was 'Cow Counting'. One kid took the left side, and the other the right side. It kept us occupied, keeping a lookout.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
We paid money for animal sightings. Deer, Elk, Moose, rabbits paid up to a dollar.
Big money was reserved for Zebras and Elephants (before the kids figured out there were no African herds in the US).
Posted by: Mike Hammer
We paid money for animal sightings. Deer, Elk, Moose, rabbits paid up to a dollar.
Big money was reserved for Zebras and Elephants (before the kids figured out there were no African herds in the US).
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 07:09 PM (H5xXN)
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We could never convince our parents to stop to visit the 'Snake Farm' on Airline Hwy near LaPlace, LA ...
Posted by: Dr_No at December 07, 2024 07:10 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 07, 2024 07:11 PM (KrKxR)
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Done that a few times from MA to FL and back. But more times dragging a boat.
Some of my favorite boat trips have been with my buddy dragging a boat to the Keys to fish. Absolutely horrible until you get past DC but then it's a blast.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 07:04 PM (LkLld)
Last few trips south I shoot over to Scranton PA and take I-81 down to I77 into SC before cutting back east to I95. More trucks to tend with but a whole lot less stress by skipping DC and Richmond.
Some of my favorite boat trips have been with my buddy dragging a boat to the Keys to fish. Absolutely horrible until you get past DC but then it's a blast.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 07:04 PM (LkLld)
Last few trips south I shoot over to Scranton PA and take I-81 down to I77 into SC before cutting back east to I95. More trucks to tend with but a whole lot less stress by skipping DC and Richmond.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 07:11 PM (2AW7/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 07:12 PM (H5xXN)
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I road tripped from Laramie to Corsicana twice for a little event held there each year in October. Once with J, once alone. That's a great drive, except for going through Denver and Ft Worth. US 287 almost all the way. Amarillo is an excellent stopping point. The second time I took a different route back, going to Raton NM (adding a new state to my list) and then north up I-25.
The distance from where I live now in SC to Corsicana is almost exactly the same as it was from Laramie. The drive isn't quite as scenic, but still fun.
The distance from where I live now in SC to Corsicana is almost exactly the same as it was from Laramie. The drive isn't quite as scenic, but still fun.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (JIkaw)
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I do realize one thing, when younger could drive all night, no one on road, fast as you dare. But even now I get out sometimes before 5am and can't say look forward to the commute. Could be just because going to work not a road trip, not sure.
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (fwDg9)
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If you can still find a good ‘un, good ole 60s or 70s NOS maybe, one of the (still very) useful analog devices is the AirGuide compass like Gramps used to have. Sticks to the windshield. It is aligned to the compass points and compensated with an adjustment screw to be accurate inside a steel caged car or truck.
Now, when you do exploring roads, regardless of weather or night time or cell phone connection, you can be assured you’re at least headed in the right direction. If you do a lot of road trips and camping exploring you’ll understand why this can be tricky.
Now, when you do exploring roads, regardless of weather or night time or cell phone connection, you can be assured you’re at least headed in the right direction. If you do a lot of road trips and camping exploring you’ll understand why this can be tricky.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (EmvwI)
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Biggest injun scam in the southwest is the Four Corners.
Pay $8 a person (CC only) to see lines on the ground. The restrooms are never open.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (/U5Yz)
No lights, that's why. They couldn't find anyone to wire a head for the reservation.
Pay $8 a person (CC only) to see lines on the ground. The restrooms are never open.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 07, 2024 06:14 PM (/U5Yz)
No lights, that's why. They couldn't find anyone to wire a head for the reservation.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (e6Irp)
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It wasn't a road trip, but occassionally I'd drive a few hundred miles from Columbus, Ohio to Canada to see family and friends.
What was amazing to me was the quality of roads from area to area.
I-75. Ohio. Beautiful roads.
And then you entered Michigan and hell who the hell bombed them, when and why.
And Ontario was pretty good again.
What was amazing to me was the quality of roads from area to area.
I-75. Ohio. Beautiful roads.
And then you entered Michigan and hell who the hell bombed them, when and why.
And Ontario was pretty good again.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (jvJvP)
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Remember while in USAF in Denver area drove to Laramie one Saturday. Still remember that day 40 some years ago
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 07:14 PM (fwDg9)
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I'm up working on a paper and thought I'd check in to say "Grüß Gott!"
I was teaching someone to drive this past year and needed something on the order of 50 instructional hours. This was largely accomplished via two road trips between home (MO) and one of my part-time-sort-of jobs (CO). It wasn't a simple trip out I-70 though, it was more round-robin; I-35 to I-80 to I-25 to I-40 to I-44 and back.
Seeing friends and family all along the way was the best part. But it was nice to see the farms in the Great Plains, the Rockies, and to jump briefly onto Route 66.
Then there was the road trip mid-year from Austria to Venice through the Tyrolian Alps. That was scenic.
Back to writing papers!
I was teaching someone to drive this past year and needed something on the order of 50 instructional hours. This was largely accomplished via two road trips between home (MO) and one of my part-time-sort-of jobs (CO). It wasn't a simple trip out I-70 though, it was more round-robin; I-35 to I-80 to I-25 to I-40 to I-44 and back.
Seeing friends and family all along the way was the best part. But it was nice to see the farms in the Great Plains, the Rockies, and to jump briefly onto Route 66.
Then there was the road trip mid-year from Austria to Venice through the Tyrolian Alps. That was scenic.
Back to writing papers!
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 07, 2024 07:16 PM (5CEo8)
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And then you entered Michigan and hell who the hell bombed them, when and why.
And Ontario was pretty good again.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (jvJvP)
Michigan roads are horrible. Detroit drivers make Mass drivers look like angels.
And Ontario was pretty good again.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:13 PM (jvJvP)
Michigan roads are horrible. Detroit drivers make Mass drivers look like angels.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 07:16 PM (2AW7/)
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155 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Have a safe trip!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 07:12 PM (H5xXN)
From me too!
Also, cats! Nice. I have to check on the ones visiting us....now in month 3.
Again, safe trip.
Have a safe trip!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 07:12 PM (H5xXN)
From me too!
Also, cats! Nice. I have to check on the ones visiting us....now in month 3.
Again, safe trip.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:16 PM (jvJvP)
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Last few trips south I shoot over to Scranton PA and take I-81 down to I77 into SC before cutting back east to I95. More trucks to tend with but a whole lot less stress by skipping DC and Richmond.
The buddy I mentioned owned a boat shop. During the lockdown his business was left open because it was "essential". Hey, welcome to RI. Mine was pretty much shut down.
Elvis and I did a few deliveries for him, to Chicago, DC and Tampa. And I picked up a boat for him in SC and did that route. It was a lot more pleasant drive particularly dragging a boat.
The buddy I mentioned owned a boat shop. During the lockdown his business was left open because it was "essential". Hey, welcome to RI. Mine was pretty much shut down.
Elvis and I did a few deliveries for him, to Chicago, DC and Tampa. And I picked up a boat for him in SC and did that route. It was a lot more pleasant drive particularly dragging a boat.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 07:16 PM (LkLld)
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Remember while in USAF in Denver area drove to Laramie one Saturday. Still remember that day 40 some years ago
Posted by: Skip
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Fort Collins to Laramie on 287 is one of my favorite stretches of road... if the weather's good and the road is clear...
Posted by: Skip
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Fort Collins to Laramie on 287 is one of my favorite stretches of road... if the weather's good and the road is clear...
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 07, 2024 07:16 PM (JIkaw)
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Another great driving song is by Tom Waits, 'diamonds on my windshield.'
Our grandfather made a legendary road trip that actually was reported in the New Orleans "Times Picayune" in 1933. He and a pal decided to break the land speed record driving from New Orleans to Memphis. They averaged 60 miles an hour -- and this was in an era when most of the roads were not paved yet! I assume some adult beverages were consumed when this plan was hatched and also when they got to Memphis.
Our grandfather made a legendary road trip that actually was reported in the New Orleans "Times Picayune" in 1933. He and a pal decided to break the land speed record driving from New Orleans to Memphis. They averaged 60 miles an hour -- and this was in an era when most of the roads were not paved yet! I assume some adult beverages were consumed when this plan was hatched and also when they got to Memphis.
Posted by: Beverly at December 07, 2024 07:17 PM (Epeb0)
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I've seen the world's largest ball of twine in KS. Yes, I like road trips. I've done short ones, since I moved here, so that I can see the towns around me. Garden of Eden in Lucas was fun. I expect to do more overnight trips with the teardrop next year.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 07, 2024 07:17 PM (NQtI0)
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I remember my last real road trip. Right after retiring from the Army a bit more than a decade ago, the Pretty Lady and I wound our way from El Paso, Texas to Lethbridge, Alberta, America's Hat to visit my daughter and the grandkids. Mother-in-law was already there, so she joined on our trip from Lethbridge to Georgia (state, not country) with stops at Mt. Rushmore and Graceland enroute.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 07, 2024 07:18 PM (iVFC6)
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P.S. Thanks as always TRex!
And don't'cha know if you lowercase your "R" you have "Trex." Which sounds like trecks. Which is sort of what road trips are.
Okay, humor isn't my strong suit.
And don't'cha know if you lowercase your "R" you have "Trex." Which sounds like trecks. Which is sort of what road trips are.
Okay, humor isn't my strong suit.
Posted by: SPinRH_F-16 at December 07, 2024 07:18 PM (5CEo8)
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Well I've enjoyed reminiscing about a few road trips and dreaming about future ones, but I've got to do some housework. Thanks TRex for another fun thread!
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 07, 2024 07:18 PM (JIkaw)
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Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 07:16 PM (2AW7/)
The amount of fraud in Michigan government must be huge.
I'd cross the state line and worry about the car until the border. Horrible roads.
They might blame weather, but Ontario and other cold places have nice roads.
The amount of fraud in Michigan government must be huge.
I'd cross the state line and worry about the car until the border. Horrible roads.
They might blame weather, but Ontario and other cold places have nice roads.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:19 PM (jvJvP)
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We made many road trips in the RV when our boys were growing up. They were homeschooled so we could go any time. Those were some memorable extended field trips.
Posted by: fd at December 07, 2024 07:19 PM (vFG9F)
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One of my favorite roads is the Canyon River Road from Ellensburg to Yakima.
Another is the North Cascades Highway.
Another is the North Cascades Highway.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at December 07, 2024 07:21 PM (GhFyc)
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Cisco to Moab on 128 and continue on through Monticello, Blanding, Bluff, Mexican Hat and on to Monument valley. There are about eleventy gazillion roads and overlooks and state and federal parks, bureau land management lands branching off the entire way. Good graded dirt county roads that will handle high clearance 2WD nicely. Carry water and extra food. Years worth of exploration.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:22 PM (EmvwI)
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I usually like to make 300-400 miles a day in the RV, but have done twice that when needed. The trip is more fun if not rushed and you stop and see some interesting stuff on the way.
I've done over 1000 miles a day in a truck. That's not really any fun.
I've done over 1000 miles a day in a truck. That's not really any fun.
Posted by: fd at December 07, 2024 07:22 PM (vFG9F)
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It's kind of road trip related.
When I was jogging, I worked up to 25 kms or so, 2.5 hours give or take. I've run roads I never would have driven.
Also, I've run to so many of the smallest areas around my town. One had a sign with population 2. And I've run every street and sidewalk in a few nearby areas. It was a nice way to see the area.
Occassionally, people would stop me and ask if they saw me a town over. Yeah. They were impressed.
When I was jogging, I worked up to 25 kms or so, 2.5 hours give or take. I've run roads I never would have driven.
Also, I've run to so many of the smallest areas around my town. One had a sign with population 2. And I've run every street and sidewalk in a few nearby areas. It was a nice way to see the area.
Occassionally, people would stop me and ask if they saw me a town over. Yeah. They were impressed.
Posted by: Stateless at December 07, 2024 07:23 PM (jvJvP)
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175 Cisco to Moab on 128 and continue on through Monticello, Blanding, Bluff, Mexican Hat and on to Monument valley. There are about eleventy gazillion roads and overlooks and state and federal parks, bureau land management lands branching off the entire way. Good graded dirt county roads that will handle high clearance 2WD nicely. Carry water and extra food. Years worth of exploration.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:22 PM (EmvwI)
Sounds awesome. Get past my health issues and will have to check it out.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:22 PM (EmvwI)
Sounds awesome. Get past my health issues and will have to check it out.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 07:23 PM (2AW7/)
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Ah, one more thing. Driving music... every time I head out on a trip, I like to play Eastbound and Down and pretend I'm in a Trans Am :-)
And when American Girl comes on the radio, my Jeep turns towards the highway of its own volition.
And when American Girl comes on the radio, my Jeep turns towards the highway of its own volition.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 07, 2024 07:24 PM (JIkaw)
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Incidentally, the “World’s Largest Ball of Twine” is in some dispute. I am not well versed in the particulars.
Victorinix makes the “Genuine” Swiss Army knife, and Wenger the “Original”. Go figure.
Victorinix makes the “Genuine” Swiss Army knife, and Wenger the “Original”. Go figure.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:24 PM (EmvwI)
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We've been road tripping for 7 years now. We've been from Washington state to Key West. Fulltiming is not for everyone. You have to be able to turn on a dime, change your plans and adapt. Monument Valley was my favorite spot. It's amazing. We have seen that America us full of beautiful things, but people are the same everywhere. We have seen kindness and real aholes, but mostly real genuine Americans. I wish everyone could see each other like that.
Posted by: Megthered at December 07, 2024 07:25 PM (Mtips)
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1 mile to the next Stuckey's!
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1/2 mile to the next Stuckey's!
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1/4 mile to the next Stuckey's!
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1/2 mile to the next Stuckey's!
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1/4 mile to the next Stuckey's!
Posted by: Lizzy at December 07, 2024 07:25 PM (u1uWe)
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Two more impressions from my travels.
1) America is an amazing country.
2) Americans are a friendly, generous people. Especially in the South and outside the cities.
Two more impressions from my travels.
1) America is an amazing country.
2) Americans are a friendly, generous people. Especially in the South and outside the cities.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 07, 2024 07:26 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Lizzy at December 07, 2024 07:26 PM (u1uWe)
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Just waiting for the hex head 5mx100mm bolts for the vise jaws, these are not as easy to come by as one would imagine.
Also printing out a Catan 3D game board.
I swear if I knew I would have this much fun 3D printing I would have picked on up years ago.
Just waiting for the hex head 5mx100mm bolts for the vise jaws, these are not as easy to come by as one would imagine.
Also printing out a Catan 3D game board.
I swear if I knew I would have this much fun 3D printing I would have picked on up years ago.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 07, 2024 07:26 PM (XV/Pl)
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Route 66? Pfft. My favorite highway is/was U.S. 52. It runs from the Canadian border up in N. Dakota to Charleston, SC. One can see (or, could see) a real cross-section of America on that highway.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (XeU6L)
Friend Bruce and I did the last stretch of that through NoDak on the way home from the Tx MoMee. That was an fine road trip, too.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 07, 2024 07:02 PM (XeU6L)
Friend Bruce and I did the last stretch of that through NoDak on the way home from the Tx MoMee. That was an fine road trip, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 07, 2024 07:27 PM (e6Irp)
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Word of advice. If you're driving through the Appalachians (e.g., West Virginia to Ohio), don't forget to turn off "avoid toll roads" on your navigation system.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at December 07, 2024 07:27 PM (H/DCV)
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>>We have seen that America us full of beautiful things, but people are the same everywhere. We have seen kindness and real aholes, but mostly real genuine Americans. I wish everyone could see each other like that.
In my experience they are like that all over the world.
In my experience they are like that all over the world.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 07, 2024 07:27 PM (LkLld)
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Now I drive a big rig every day. The road loses it's allure after a while, especially when none of the cool places to visit have parking for semi's.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 07, 2024 07:28 PM (iVFC6)
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Love roadtripping, and have passed that on to my kid.
We like to do day-long excursions here we get in the car and ask him "what direction?" and we take it from there.
We like to do day-long excursions here we get in the car and ask him "what direction?" and we take it from there.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 07, 2024 07:29 PM (u1uWe)
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Four Corners is funny.
Now that we have GPS it has been found that the real '4 corners' isn't where the Navajo nation put up the tourist trap.
4 corners is out in the middle of nowhere with nothing special marking its local.
Now that we have GPS it has been found that the real '4 corners' isn't where the Navajo nation put up the tourist trap.
4 corners is out in the middle of nowhere with nothing special marking its local.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at December 07, 2024 07:29 PM (H5xXN)
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When I was young and a little more foolish than I am currently, we took a road trip from OH to AZ. Near the end of our second day we were starved, after having done a "few tokes over the line", IYKWIM. We pulled into a Jack in the Box drive thru lane to get some grub. We finally got up to that stupid clown that takes your order. Somebody exclaimed "do you smell something?". All of the sudden a voice came from the clown "Sir, your car is on fire!!!". Turns out an ash from the libations had caught a shirt on fire in the back seat. We looked at the clown and just laughed our heads off until we grasped the urgency of the situation. Managed to put the fire out and get our chow. I'll never forget that. Heh.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 07, 2024 07:29 PM (mH6SG)
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174 One of my favorite roads is the Canyon River Road from Ellensburg to Yakima.
Another is the North Cascades Highway.
Springtime is gorgeous in that canyon.
North Cascades Hwy is incredibly overlooked.
Better known is Columbia Gorge and 101 along the Oregon Coast.
Another is the North Cascades Highway.
Springtime is gorgeous in that canyon.
North Cascades Hwy is incredibly overlooked.
Better known is Columbia Gorge and 101 along the Oregon Coast.
Posted by: Hal Dall at December 07, 2024 07:29 PM (KrKxR)
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I did 3 cross country trips. One from WV to CA and two from CA to KY/WV.
Yea, we fled CA after 13 years there.
My son and I were on the CA --> WV ride back in 2013 and stopped in a town called El Reno, OK on May 30th. The next day the town was savaged by a huge tornado.
Yea, we fled CA after 13 years there.
My son and I were on the CA --> WV ride back in 2013 and stopped in a town called El Reno, OK on May 30th. The next day the town was savaged by a huge tornado.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 07, 2024 07:31 PM (Q4IgG)
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My bet road trip ever was with our daughter when she returned to the East from Oakland, CA. I flew out to Oakland and she and I drove her Ford Range (with rear cab) and small U-Haul trailer and her two cats for the journey.
The first leg was from Oakland down to Barstow, and from there we basically drove on I-40 all the way east to I-81 and then I-95 up to Wilmington. The trek took five days.
It was extremely interesting to travel "in reverse" across our great country. One thought came to mind: what if settlers from outside of North America had landed first on the West Coast and then tried to work their way east? The dry country in our West would likely have posed formidable obstacles to their progress and the whole process probably would have taken longer to accomplish.
My bet road trip ever was with our daughter when she returned to the East from Oakland, CA. I flew out to Oakland and she and I drove her Ford Range (with rear cab) and small U-Haul trailer and her two cats for the journey.
The first leg was from Oakland down to Barstow, and from there we basically drove on I-40 all the way east to I-81 and then I-95 up to Wilmington. The trek took five days.
It was extremely interesting to travel "in reverse" across our great country. One thought came to mind: what if settlers from outside of North America had landed first on the West Coast and then tried to work their way east? The dry country in our West would likely have posed formidable obstacles to their progress and the whole process probably would have taken longer to accomplish.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 07, 2024 07:32 PM (xG4kz)
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Antelope OR to Fossil OR is a favorite drive. You're just out in high desert and then you get a view of the Painted Hills. I am hoping to figure out a way to go to SD. I don't like to do long trips because I don't want to leave my old cat alone that long. She travels well but it's no fun for her to go.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 07, 2024 07:32 PM (NQtI0)
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Fookin' typos ...
Fookin' typos ...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 07, 2024 07:33 PM (xG4kz)
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I don’t like to travel much faster than 60 when towing. Nor at night, nor inclement weather. When a good spot is found, then certain laws of thermodynamics apply, and it can be very difficult to get moving again.
Do not try to travel lots of miles. One good thing about the internet now you can check out campgrounds or RV parks or anything else, phone #s, seasonality, amenities, and prices at a glance.
Get the local chain grocery store app. Order your stuff and pickup. This works slick.
Do not try to travel lots of miles. One good thing about the internet now you can check out campgrounds or RV parks or anything else, phone #s, seasonality, amenities, and prices at a glance.
Get the local chain grocery store app. Order your stuff and pickup. This works slick.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:38 PM (EmvwI)
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Ahhhhhhhh, the memories of all the road trips. Grew up in a family with a wide range of ages (I was the youngest, the oldest of my brothers & sisters 21 years older, with a few in between somewhat evenly spaced in ages) and those still living under our parents' roof embarking on a cross country road trip that typically spanned the month of July as we had relatives (grandparents. aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) scattered all over the country. In spite of the different eras, experiences, and participants that we went through this rite of passage during these trips all of our stories about our summer car trips shared tons of fond similarities, especially, the trial by fire when the torch was passed to you as the navigator of the trip, typically when you were in the 8-10 range, armed with nothing but a road atlas a bunch of folding road maps, and if all went well, the ability to operate under high pressure. We never knew how good we had it at the time but we really did get some rich experiences.
I try to incorporate some of that spirit on me & the Mrs.' road trips as I navigate and surprise her with memorable quirky roadside attractions that we both enjoy & appreciate.
I try to incorporate some of that spirit on me & the Mrs.' road trips as I navigate and surprise her with memorable quirky roadside attractions that we both enjoy & appreciate.
Posted by: Max Headroom at December 07, 2024 07:38 PM (iqx+3)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 07, 2024 07:38 PM (2AW7/)
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Word of advice. If you're driving through the Appalachians (e.g., West Virginia to Ohio), don't forget to turn off "avoid toll roads" on your navigation system.
Posted by: MichiCanuck
Word. The missus and I found ourselves on a route through West Virginia that took increasingly rougher and rougher roads until we were driving on a snow-covered gravel road in WV in March.
As the missus put it, "Krebs is using many words" when my sister called us to find out when we would be joining them for dinner that evening.
Word of advice. If you're driving through the Appalachians (e.g., West Virginia to Ohio), don't forget to turn off "avoid toll roads" on your navigation system.
Posted by: MichiCanuck
Word. The missus and I found ourselves on a route through West Virginia that took increasingly rougher and rougher roads until we were driving on a snow-covered gravel road in WV in March.
As the missus put it, "Krebs is using many words" when my sister called us to find out when we would be joining them for dinner that evening.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 07, 2024 07:38 PM (xG4kz)
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Neither of these teams should get a bye. SEC is dreadful
Posted by: Accomack at December 07, 2024 07:38 PM (GxmKP)
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On Trip from Las Vegas ( Nellis AFB( to Grand Canyon, and told of my last minute it just happened down and back up on a day, the night before we stopped at a KFC in Jefferson?
( remember it was some Presidential name) and they had no chicken.
( remember it was some Presidential name) and they had no chicken.
Posted by: Skip at December 07, 2024 07:39 PM (fwDg9)
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We were in North Dakota, stopped at a restaurant stop and I was looking at the vast nothingness on the plains. A trucker came to stand next to me, and said "do you think the pioneers got here and just said oh shit?" We saw a lot of places the pioneers probably said "Oh shit".
Posted by: Megthered at December 07, 2024 07:39 PM (Mtips)
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The best thing about road trips is finding all the weird names for locals. My favorite town name is Bucksort, but the creme de lá creme for names has got to be Fangboner Road. I assume the pharmacy Dracula picks up his Viagra is located there.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 07, 2024 07:40 PM (iVFC6)
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Tankdemon, that is a form of torture, being in an interesting area and not being able to take it in because of work.
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:41 PM (EmvwI)
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To be clear, those pictures are not mine, but the closest to the colors I will be using.
After looking a second time, I have decided to upgrade my plans for the swamp grass and rust.
After looking a second time, I have decided to upgrade my plans for the swamp grass and rust.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 07, 2024 07:43 PM (lhenN)
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Love Bucksnort.
Posted by: Megthered at December 07, 2024 07:43 PM (Mtips)
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“Fangboner Road”. Well, enthusiasm is always welcome, but
Posted by: Common Tater at December 07, 2024 07:49 PM (XQS41)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 07, 2024 07:54 PM (iVFC6)
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I have motorcycled 39 of the lower 48 U.S. States.
99.5% of that, was straight-up solo riding. No passenger, no "group". Total lifetime motorcycle miles logged, exceed 300k.
Somehow, I got very lucky all through the years from 87 to 95, and got the large bulk of those miles underwritten as Corporate Travel.
Workin' directly for the President of a NYSE, Fortune 1000 company, sure did have it's perks.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
99.5% of that, was straight-up solo riding. No passenger, no "group". Total lifetime motorcycle miles logged, exceed 300k.
Somehow, I got very lucky all through the years from 87 to 95, and got the large bulk of those miles underwritten as Corporate Travel.
Workin' directly for the President of a NYSE, Fortune 1000 company, sure did have it's perks.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at December 07, 2024 08:00 PM (Xo+UM)
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"Kind of? He has worked at Starbucks corporate for almost 30 years. We have some things we just don't talk about."
I worked for an advertising firm that had Starbucks as one of its clients. Early early early days. They , like Microsoft.. again early early days, loved to finance their operations off the backs of their vendors, who were hand to mouth as it was.
I was about to not make a payroll, so I wandered into their office in my best Wall Street office attire and told them I was sleeping on their couch in the reception room until they paid their 90 day past due bill.
I actually got paid. It was a rather ugly scene. They wanted me gone. Thirty years ago.
I worked for an advertising firm that had Starbucks as one of its clients. Early early early days. They , like Microsoft.. again early early days, loved to finance their operations off the backs of their vendors, who were hand to mouth as it was.
I was about to not make a payroll, so I wandered into their office in my best Wall Street office attire and told them I was sleeping on their couch in the reception room until they paid their 90 day past due bill.
I actually got paid. It was a rather ugly scene. They wanted me gone. Thirty years ago.
Posted by: Derak at December 07, 2024 08:51 PM (w2IX9)
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Years ago, when only our youngest child was still home, we went on a Southwestern United States "Hole Tour". First, the Grand Canyon, then off to the Meteor Crater in Arizona, ending in Carlsbad Caverns. On the way we stopped and were "standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona, such a fine sight to see. There's a girl my Lord in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me". They had a flatbed truck, a statue of a feller standing on the corner, a real treat! The alien museum in Roswell is worth a visit also.
Posted by: sharps45 at December 07, 2024 09:19 PM (jiPFw)
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Tried several times earlier to post, but for whatever reason those posts were lost. So, I'll try one more time:
I absolutely love road trips. Anytime, anywhere.
Have done 4 cross country trips, on different routes at different times of the year
Have traveled the entire west and east coasts numerous times, and always find something new to explore.
Even do road trips in Europe, which can be very interesting in the winter.
Collected postcards (still have most of them) and state magnets (have no idea where they went)
It's just a great experience to get out of your bubble and go see the world
I absolutely love road trips. Anytime, anywhere.
Have done 4 cross country trips, on different routes at different times of the year
Have traveled the entire west and east coasts numerous times, and always find something new to explore.
Even do road trips in Europe, which can be very interesting in the winter.
Collected postcards (still have most of them) and state magnets (have no idea where they went)
It's just a great experience to get out of your bubble and go see the world
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at December 07, 2024 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I grew up in Omaha and we would do the NE license game on trips. The leading numbers are for the county, in order of population, so Omaha's county was #1, Lincoln's #2, etc. Nowadays I think it starts at #3, Grand Island. I have been doing a running game of it as an adult, though I live in CO so it goes slower; I've been on #30 for a couple years.
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Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement
Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band
AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection
AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
News/Chat