So far on the trip I have figured out three things other than I don't miss working ( I won't count not missing work because I knew that before I took my leave of absence). 1) I am horrible at blogging (note zero entries), 2) I camp out of necessity not for enjoyment, and 3) I am addicted to the
Internet. Pretty pathetic, but there are still 5 months left so we will see what happens.
Since I failed to blog any of our US adventures here is a top 10 of where we have been so far.
- The Panama City of my MTV Spring Break inspired dreams is no more. That place is awful
- After an exciting evening with Freddie Mercury look a likes and 3ft miniature ponies (oops..horses) on Bourbon Street; we got to take in a full hour of Jazz Fest in a monsoon. Lucky for us we saw Dr John and missed Billy Joel
- I love Lucy
- Home to Louisville for Derby, vaccinations, and the wife’s med school graduation.
- Driving…… Driving …… Nothing …… Corn Palace…… Driving…… Nothing…… 1880’s Town (don’t ask) …… Driving …… Nothing ….. Badlands…… Nothing…… Wall Drug ….. Driving….. Black Hills ……. Nothing. Welcome to South Dakota
- I’ll admit it the Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota will be impressive one day, unfortunately at the current rate of completion that day won’t come for the next 200 years. So far it’s been 70 years and the only thing done is the face.
- Old Faithful goes off every 90 minutes for most people. For Justin and Chris it goes off 1 min and 37 secs after we walk up. Justin/Chris 1 Old Faithful 0.
- If you ever get to Utah, screw Salt Lake it sucks… go to Zion National Park and hike the Narrows
- Stalked by a pair of “Cougars” in Vegas……narrowly escaped with our dignity and pants
- Note to self: Hiking into the Grand Canyon…a hell of a lot easier than hiking out of the Grand Canyon
That's it for now. Hopefully I will be better about blogging going forward, but don't count on it. If you want to see pictures of the trip we are posting them on Chris's flicker site (Click
here to see the pictures).
