August 2008
43 posts
seattle still
settled into the homewood suites suite for the remainder of the seattle time, kinda refreshing to not have to pack up and drive around with the yaris chock full again.
also went to the science center for the afternoon. much good times there, photos to follow.
made dinner and hanging out for the evening, might adventure forth later.
Bellevue is hoppening!
Fourth of July Pass, Idaho.
Fourth of July Pass, Idaho. Celebrated properly!
Fourth of July Pass, Idaho.
Fourth of July Pass, Idaho. Celebrated properly!
I haven't seen Idaho plates
I haven’t seen Idaho plates in over a year. Interesting. I’d love to stay.
Idaho. Much curves.
Two Boys Lane = the
Two Boys Lane = the American Dream
Definition of "interchange" = legal
Definition of “interchange” = legal curb jump
hunting for lodging in Montana.
hunting for lodging in Montana. Got out of Glacier NationalPark by 10. No room @ the Inn. STILL. bets on hitting WA or vacancy first
glendive, montana
dive is indeed correct. i mean it is maybe kinda prettier than i expected for a best western. but…
couldn’t get a non-smoking room tonight for straight-up lack of them available. and the cable in our room is non-existant. as well as wifi signal.
ND is done now, had dinner in Bismarck, at the Peacock Alley, quite nice, quite tasty. also supposedly there was a Boneshaker Coffee...
Fargo ND!
illinois. wisconsin. minnesota.
fell asleep last night listening to sufjan steven’s “come on, feel the illinoise”, staring at the view from our 18th floor view over the river in the heart of chicago. very lovely.
took a walk to millenium park to see the bean and fountain. the bean is fantastically shiny, and the fountain is probably better at darker points of day, but still kinda creepy/awesome, especially...
In love with the naming
In love with the naming of places and things in Wisconsin!
chicago! and all that was before.
grettings from the 18th floor of a building in the middle of the windy city! random gps-powered searches for reasonable hotels that have parking and transportation access as well as available rooms for the night landed us here. not bad!
we left columbus around 10 [eastern] this morning, and with a few neccesary stops [you know, gas, food, fireworks], a closed portion of i-65 N, and other...
Chicago Update
We got to Chicago before the 5pm traffic madness thanks to the (forgotten) time change!
We filled up for gas today and found the last take was 39mpg!
We stopped at a fireworks warehouse and bought fireworks. Word.
$3.55 gas in south eastern
$3.55 gas in south eastern ohio!
West virginia!
almost *go!* time
a little under 24 hrs until i meet up with alison and we get this collective journey underway.
excited!!!
and packing. much packing. more about packing strategy. let’s see if i can survive 2 weeks in 3 pairs of shoes or less..
::L
Test post from phone!
Road Side America →
been pointed to this site a few times over the years, haven’t really taken so much advantage of it yet up to this point, but … i’m thinking its about time to!
::L