June 2008
19 posts
Monday
Sorry for the delay, things got busy once we got here (spoiler alert: we made it!).
Monday was spent primarily in Nebraska still, though a few interesting things came up along the way. Then we were into Wyoming.
Wyoming was the state I was looking forward to seeing, I am not sure why, I guess b/c it seemed to be the most exotic and potentially interesting place along the way. Especially after...
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
So, Sunday was perhaps even more boring that Saturday (damn you Iowa and Nebraska). I will soon post a review of each state’s rest stops, however, which was about all I saw Sunday except: THE WORLD’S LARGEST TRUCK STOP
So Saturday we made it almost to South Bend, Indiana. And I have to say, there was absolutely nothing interesting to see or mention. I am hoping for some more exciting things out west. The main thing I discovered, which I kind of knew but wasn’t prepared for, was the clash of mine and my mom’s travelling styles and sleep schedules. I am of the “git ‘er done”...
On the Road for the First Time
Saturday we got going. Dropped by sister off at her friend’s house where she will be living for the next month while she takes a summer class.
So after the 1-800-Got-Junk debacle, we ended up having a fine night, dinner at a sushi place. Weird my last meal in New Jersey was sushi. It should have been subs or pizza or something. But I did forget to mention that before the junk guys go there I became amitious and decided to go to a yoga class at a local studio because I have become a yoga junkie and knew I wouldn’t be able to get...
Correction
As my dutiful editor noted, the birthplace of water skiing IS Lake City, Minnesota, which is where the guys from breakfast were from. I was only partially listening to them talk to my mom and thus I missed an important detail. They were very excited about the water skiing festival coming up.
“You may not know this, but Omaha is the birth place of water skiing.”
– Old guy from the continental breakfast this morning. [Editor Fact Check: Lake City, Minnesota: The city advertises itself as the birthplace of water skiing, which Ralph Samuelson invented there. [Ralph Wilford Samuelson (July 3, 1904–August 28, 1977) was the inventor of water skiing, which he first...
1-800-Got-Served-by-a-Girl
Okay so Thursday, as I said, the movers came and took most of my mom’s worldy possessions to some storage facility in Bound Brook. Friday the plan was this: junk guys come, remove all the extra crap she was getting rid of, relax for the afternoon, have dinner with my youngest sister, leave in the morning. Of course, things did not go as planned. The bottom line to this tale is this: if...
Well, I relaized I could type up an entry while my mom drives this morning and just upload it when we get to the hotel tonight, so I will do that as we drive. Currently, we are in Sturgis, Michigan…no, I didn’t know we would go to Michigan either. We were quie chocked to see the Welcome to Michigan sign. We are about to get on the road and I hope to make it halfway through Nebraska...
May 2008
10 posts
Lame Post
Oy. What a day. A fuller explanation to come, but lets just say: - Kumbaya yoga - Fighting with stupid people - Allergies also: - Tempura ice cream
The Plot
So, as this story starts here, I’ve come up from Austin,TX, where I currently live, to Princeton, NJ, to help my mom move to Portland, OR. That’s right, we’re driving. 3,000 miles. Mom and me. And Max of course (see above). The backstory to all this wonderfulness is this: my parents got divorced about 10 years ago, and ever since then my mom has been in a constant struggle...
All Night Long
Well I have arrived here in Jersey, and it is 1:30am now. The movers come at 8am and we have been last minute packing for hours. This may go all night. Back story to follow.