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10-20-2008, 09:00 PM
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Things I have learned so far on the trip.....
1. There is much more un-developed land in the country than I ever knew about.
2. There are more rusted out RV's parked in distant fields across more states than I ever knew about.
3. When I begin to yell at the XM news radio - it's time to switch to a comedy station.
4. Ohio still has the best rest areas.
5. I am going to need a new camera 
6. I am definitely going to need some used cross-country skis.
7. I love mountains!
8. Okay, so ya can't fit as much as I thought ya could in the back of the SUV!
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10-20-2008, 09:10 PM
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I think I am better now :)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Arizona & Alaska
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I WAS RIGHT! WE DIDN't HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AND HAD TO GIVE AWAY A BAG OF CLOTHES!! DROPPED THEM OFF AT GOOD WILL THIS AFTERNOON!!!
BWA HA HA HA HA BWA HA HA HA HA I WAS RIGHT!! BWA HA HA HA HA HA
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Ahhem.  Nah.... Nevermind. Sometimes you just gotta let them have their moment....... [/quote]
And he is definitely having a "moment"....You can go shopping when you get here, need new clothes anyway...and can always change that tag you put on his forehead  |
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10-21-2008, 11:03 AM
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Prince of Darkness
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You know what they say, a stoppped clock is right twice a day. I usually tell folks that I am often misinformed, and I like being right when She lets me.
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10-21-2008, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Today we dropped off the car to be shipped in Tacoma and drove up to Bellingham to stay until Friday "ferry day". We are still a bit cramped with all the stuff in one vehicle now, even after we made Goodwill donations. Here's a pic of how our dog feels about having a suitcase take her second half of the back seat....
I was thinking - the value of our stuff is proportionately inverse to the amount of time we've spent on the road. Translation - the longer I travel, the less I give a crap about what we packed
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10-21-2008, 09:37 PM
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I think I am better now :)
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Couldn't you have put the stuff you gave away in the car to be shipped?
The dog will probably be on suitcase in short order....and "I just want to be there now" turns into the major thought....  |
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10-21-2008, 10:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grannysroost
Couldn't you have put the stuff you gave away in the car to be shipped?
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....not per the rules of the shipper we worked with. I wasn't going to complain since my employer-to-be is footing the bill.............and they were kind of cranky at the port-of-tacoma office that we went to, anyway. We had to leave and go have the gas sucked out of the car at a auto shop because I had over 1/4 tank  .
But we found a Starbucks closeby while we waited for some other details we needed to take care of......there's always an up-side! |
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10-21-2008, 10:06 PM
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I think I am better now :)
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Originally Posted by akvarmit
....not per the rules of the shipper we worked with. I wasn't going to complain since my employer-to-be is footing the bill.............and they were kind of cranky at the port-of-tacoma office that we went to, anyway. We had to leave and go have the gas sucked out of the car at a auto shop because I had over 1/4 tank .
But we found a Starbucks closeby while we waited for some other details we needed to take care of......there's always an up-side! |
Starbucks is a good deterrent  Did you get to keep the gas? dum ?, but inquiring minds need to know... |
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10-21-2008, 10:11 PM
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I live in NC but my heart is in Alaska
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Alaska, where women win the Iditarod and men mush poodles!
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Starbucks also has free wifi.
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10-22-2008, 11:27 AM
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Follow your bliss
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: trapped in Toledo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by akvarmit
Today we dropped off the car to be shipped in Tacoma and drove up to Bellingham to stay until Friday "ferry day". We are still a bit cramped with all the stuff in one vehicle now, even after we made Goodwill donations. Here's a pic of how our dog feels about having a suitcase take her second half of the back seat....
I was thinking - the value of our stuff is proportionately inverse to the amount of time we've spent on the road. Translation - the longer I travel, the less I give a crap about what we packed
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Poor Lightning looks travel weary, I knew I should have smuggled my self in the back, she could have sat on my lap & had someone to play with Just think though, you're almost there!!! I'm so jealous. Have to know though, how did you find the drive to Wyoming alone? (you know how far I plan on driving & what a spaz I am about doing it alone  ) |
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10-22-2008, 07:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wasilla
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lyoness
Have to know though, how did you find the drive to Wyoming alone? (you know how far I plan on driving & what a spaz I am about doing it alone ) |
I think my route was more southernly due to having to meet hubby in Colorado. But, there are a few states (which I won't name) that I really question why they're states at all! They were void of any billboards, signs, population..........nothing. Nothing, nothing for hours and hours. I'll expect that on the Alcan, just didn't realize how wide-open some of the lower-48 still was. There was the usual 1 gas station every 30-60 miles or so....but no variety of stuff to stop at. The XM radio was my lifesaver. Depends if you like doing stuff alone. I didn't mind it, but I am glad now to be in 1 car with someone else.
Lightning would have been glad to share the back seat with you - as long as she would get petted... |
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