Miles Traveled: 5,200
something…
Currently Listening
To: All I Want – Kodaline
Current Location: Las
Vegas, NV
I had a change of plans. I was going to drive north and hang out in Oregon and
Washington, since Washington has been my favorite place I’ve probably ever been
to. However, I got a phone call
asking if I can move into school a few days early to start working on stuff, so
I am heading back.
I had a great past week hanging out with my friend in Santa
Maria. I met a guy on a street in
Santa Barbara from Cranberry, PA who knew people from W&J, which was
cool. Kinda. He was hammered, so I don’t think he’ll
remember that… Cassy (my friend) and her parents were incredibly nice and put
me in a spare bedroom and fed me copious amounts of steak. It was glorious. And when I left this morning, her mom
sent a giant bag of food, lunch meat, cheese, etc to make it home. Her dad called one of his friends in
Vegas and got me a place to stay for free for the night. He was in the Army, so he was giving me
advice on how to not be a screw up lieutenant and things like that. Haha. And then her mom used her extra Holiday Inn hotel points to
get me a place to stay in Missouri later on. So I’m pretty much set! I really appreciate people who take in travelers on a
moment’s notice and take care of them.
I hope to return the favor soon.
I ended up staying with them for four days, so I didn’t do
as much exploration as I was planning on, and now since I’m heading back, I
won’t be seeing up north. In other
words, I’m already planning my next trip out… I’m thinking San Francisco,
Oregon, and Washington. I need to see
some trees.
Tomorrow I’m driving into Utah and hitting up Bryce Canyon
and Zion for the day. I’ll camp
out there and then drive into Colorado to Mesa Verde area at some point. So if my readers (or my southwest
expert, Dr. Fee) have ideas for cool things in the area to check out, let me
know! After a few days there, I’ll
head to Ohio to see Connor and KC, and then head to WashPa or
McAlisterville. That’s what’s up!
P.S. I’m emotionally attached to my car. It’s happened. We’ve had a good 5000 miles together,
and I’m ready for many more. If only I liked people
this much…
P.P.S. Also, my car overheated between Santa Maria and Las
Vegas, and I stopped by the road to fix it. I had lots of water just in case this happened. As I was sitting there waiting for it
to cool enough to pop the cap, two guys in a pickup pulled up with a gallon of
antifreeze and offered to fix it.
I didn’t argue. So thank
you, random strangers!
P.P.P.S. I’m not a fan of all of these signs that end in an “E.”
I liked all the west heading signs…
Okay. I’m
done. Now to “borrow” some wifi
from some kind stranger who doesn’t know how to change his router default
password and post this to the blog…
I've done relatively little in that part of the country (Utah seems to consistently be about when we're getting tired and want to go home), so definitely prod Fee for the good recommendations. However, when you're making your run for Ohio, depending on the timing, I just noticed this mid-country attraction:
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I responded to this earlier but I must've been in bad service...
DeleteI love food on a stick! Especially corn dogs. I will definitely try to stop here if I end up going near it. The deep fried brownie on a stick sounds so completely horrible for you that I bet it tastes amazing.
I am so down to make a trip to the north west with you.
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