Roadtrip -I'm so excited!!!!!!!
 

Wheeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We're off as soon as we can get the car packed and grab a couple of hours kip. Just brought home a brand spanking new roofbox so the family can actually have a bit of legroom on this, our longest trip so far, to the Grand Canyon and Salt Lake City.

The projected first stop is St Louis, MO, where we are hoping to arrive in time to catch the brewery tour. THE brewery ;). We're headed towards Santa Fe before the GC, then hopefully we'll have time and energy to do a drive-by of the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas, before heading north through the breathtaking national parks to SLC. No we're not Mormon, just curious :D

Did I mention being excited? three weeks :D

Byeeee :D :D :D

hot_pastrami lives in salt lake city. we stayed in Kanab, Utah at the Shiloh Inn Motel
http://media.expedia.com/hotels/1000...2/2122_4_b.jpg
....just north of the north rim.

have a fun time, monster. drive fast, take chances!

:D We're coming back through Nebraska. Last time I reached a steady 110 on one stretch, but we didn't have the roofbox then. Maybe this time we'll achieve lift off.......
Not taking no chances in the tourist areas, though..... :headshake

Utah has some great parks, Bryce Canyon is my favorite, I think. Max scenery for minimum walking and time. There are several other great parks.

Yeah, Zion is worth seeing...

Can't wait! Awesome :D

Sounds like you guys are in for a great trip. Have fun, recharge your batteries, and don't forget some pictures.

Oh, and try to perk up a bit, monster. :p

Bruce, did you take that picture? That's some good color saturation.

M - wave when you're passing Denver.

Have a fun n safe trip Monster n menagerie!!

Why dig out my pictures when Google Images will give me one with a couple of clicks?

Too bad I missed this yesterday...you could have had a couple of beers with April and I here in St. Louis!

We're still not there yet! we left much later than hoped (but not than realistically imagined) and are staying an hour east in Vandalia. We plan to be at the Budweiser tour gates when it opens at 11:30 tomorrow! Then onwards to Oklahoma

Be safe and have an awesome time.

Looks like I missed monster. Ep was here last month, but we missed each other as well. Goddamnit, will you fuckers quit showing up on Sundays?! I fucking work on Sundays! :)

You coulda brought them a pizza, ya know.

We're in Vegas.

Hey, monster!

Are you staying at a big casino hotel, or at a kitschy li'l motel?

Just keep pushing the "MaxBet" button, then you can hire a chauffeur for the rest of the trip.

kitchy lil motel on the strip. Now on way home near Dinosaur CO after spending hours tracking down a motel room and getting pulled over for speeding. Wasn't going terribly fast and was let go. My first time :(

Thank goodness.

Good to hear from you--any funny stories?

wallet stolen in santa fe?


other than that it's been awesome. not sure about funny, but it is 4am and i really ought to go to bed

Wallet stolen? That sucks. Did you lose your drivers license?

Your wallet was stolen in Santa Fe? Jeez, that place has changed. Sorry, monster. Sleep well.

edit: The cops should be very responsive.

I lost my wallet/got pickpocketed (not sure which one) in Chicago 4 years ago...that sucked...and I feel your pain, monster.

yup licence stolen. nothing to show cops when pulled over in utah.... :o :lol:

should be back home tomorrow night -full story to follow

(santa fe cop very attentive, assured me never happened before, took great pride in showing me all the wallets etc he had been handed as found. big fucking consolation. yay! I'm a (alleged) first! Whoopee-fucking-do!)
;)

Well, there's a big welcome back waiting for you.

So I heard.....:eek:

We're Back!!!!

21 days, 16 states, 4 time zones, 6275 miles

phew!

It was awesome.

Here's a quick summary, full piccy post to follow ...eventually :lol:

Michigan Indiana, Illinois, Missouri -first main stop Bud factory in St Louis
picked up Route 66, Kansas (quickie), Oklahoma, Texas (Cadillac Ranch)
Santa Fe New Mexico
Mesa Verde, Colorado
Grandf Canyon, Arizona (helicopter ride )
more route 66, then Hoover Dam, into Nevada ...Las Vegas
off to Death Valley California
Then Zion, Bryce, Arches parks in Utah, Salt Lake City
Dinosaur National monument, then drive drive drive -wyoming, nebraska,iowa, illinois, indiana...... with a few stops to lessen the monotony, including a final stop to play in the waves of lake Michigan earlier this evening.

did you get to winnemuckamack?

Are you kidding? With 5, 8 and 9 year-olds, everywhere is WhineyMuckyMack! :lol: