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guzzy roadtrip south - the end
If you were following along with our roadtrip you're probably wondering what happened to us. No reason for worry, we're all safe and sound back in Texas. Sean and I both ended up getting a nasty bug and spent the rest of the trip sick while still trying to enjoy the last few days. This weekend we finally are back among the living and trying to catch up on everything!
So anyway...here's the lowdown on the end of our trip.
Thursday we woke up and tried to go back to the BBQ joint for a hearty breakfast but they weren't opened yet. I guess I will cut them some slack as it was Thanksgiving! :)
The drive took us right by the Gateway Arch, prep for the St Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade and Royals Stadium. We ended up at my Mom's in Kansas and enjoyed a tasty Thanksgiving dinner. The only pictures I took in the last few days (which should tell you how ill I was feeling) were these few drive-bys.
Friday we stayed at Mom's and celebrated my brother's birthday (which was actually on Thanksgiving).
Saturday we got up early and hit the road so we could get home and get everything unloaded in the daylight. Sean was so sweet and even drove the entire way and let me sleep.
Thanks a wrap on the 2017 trek south!
So anyway...here's the lowdown on the end of our trip.
Thursday we woke up and tried to go back to the BBQ joint for a hearty breakfast but they weren't opened yet. I guess I will cut them some slack as it was Thanksgiving! :)
The drive took us right by the Gateway Arch, prep for the St Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade and Royals Stadium. We ended up at my Mom's in Kansas and enjoyed a tasty Thanksgiving dinner. The only pictures I took in the last few days (which should tell you how ill I was feeling) were these few drive-bys.
Friday we stayed at Mom's and celebrated my brother's birthday (which was actually on Thanksgiving).
Saturday we got up early and hit the road so we could get home and get everything unloaded in the daylight. Sean was so sweet and even drove the entire way and let me sleep.
Thanks a wrap on the 2017 trek south!
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
guzzy roadtrip south - day 4
We started the day by saying our good-byes and enjoying breakfast with Sean's brother at the cafeteria at his office since that's where Guzzy had been resting up for the remainder of our trip. After running the generator a bit to warm up the inside, we were on our way to the next stop.
Today's drive involved a lot of winding roads and up and down mountains. As we continued the drive we both started to look at each other and say "I think we've been on this road before!" After thinking about it for a minute, we determined it was the year after we got married and drove the Jeep up to Maine. If you want to read about that trip you can find it under 2010, May.
Our campground, Robert Newlon RV Park & Camping, was located right next to a runway that is used for skydiving. Sean was sad he didn't know this so he could arrange to take a jump but it turned out too cold for that anyway. They also had a cafe on the premises but it's closed Monday - Wednesday.
Given we knew the area was familiar we had to look up whether a "restaurant" we had been to before was nearby. Turns out it was only 3 miles away so we decided we had to go! Luckily we were able to get an Uber and we had him drive us there, wait for us to order and drive us back to our campground.
The "restaurant" just so happened to be the Hillbilly Hotdog!!! (click here so you can see how the place has changed) We couldn't believe how much the place had changed in the 8 years since we had been there. It expanded - now has an indoor ordering place, a rooftop deck on the bus and many other buildings that weren't there before.
They happen to be one of those places that has a contest - if you can eat a home wrecker then you win something. Sean was determined he was getting this hot dog (but not doing the contest since we were taking it to go) so I decided to just share with him.
The home wrecker is a 1 pound hot dog with 2 pounds of toppings! It was good but together we weren't able to get through it all. HAHA!
The campground didn't have internet so we opted to have some old-fashioned entertainment - cribbage! Of course I won! :)
Today's drive involved a lot of winding roads and up and down mountains. As we continued the drive we both started to look at each other and say "I think we've been on this road before!" After thinking about it for a minute, we determined it was the year after we got married and drove the Jeep up to Maine. If you want to read about that trip you can find it under 2010, May.
Our campground, Robert Newlon RV Park & Camping, was located right next to a runway that is used for skydiving. Sean was sad he didn't know this so he could arrange to take a jump but it turned out too cold for that anyway. They also had a cafe on the premises but it's closed Monday - Wednesday.
Given we knew the area was familiar we had to look up whether a "restaurant" we had been to before was nearby. Turns out it was only 3 miles away so we decided we had to go! Luckily we were able to get an Uber and we had him drive us there, wait for us to order and drive us back to our campground.
The "restaurant" just so happened to be the Hillbilly Hotdog!!! (click here so you can see how the place has changed) We couldn't believe how much the place had changed in the 8 years since we had been there. It expanded - now has an indoor ordering place, a rooftop deck on the bus and many other buildings that weren't there before.
They happen to be one of those places that has a contest - if you can eat a home wrecker then you win something. Sean was determined he was getting this hot dog (but not doing the contest since we were taking it to go) so I decided to just share with him.
The home wrecker is a 1 pound hot dog with 2 pounds of toppings! It was good but together we weren't able to get through it all. HAHA!
The campground didn't have internet so we opted to have some old-fashioned entertainment - cribbage! Of course I won! :)
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
guzzy roadtrip south - day 2 & 3
Today's trip went from Pennsylvania to North Carolina.
This was probably the heaviest traffic we've ever encountered in all the years we've been making the drive. It could be that we were driving through the outskirts of DC. We even drove right past the PwC office in Tyson's Corner where Sean and I used to go to on work trips back when we were only work spouses. No, this is not a picture of said building.
Sean's brother lives in Raleigh, as for the random direction we headed to get back to Texas. It's always good to get to see him and his family. Since we arrived on a Sunday (and Sean and I were still really tired) we just hung out for the night watching the Patriots and the Cowboys and grilled up some steaks.
Monday started with Sean and his brother making a trip to the local walk-in care. Sean was convinced he had strep (man flu anyone???) and had also noticed a little friend had hitched a ride with us from Maine - a tick - that had latched onto Sean! Sean can't stop laughing at the doctor's surprise that "it's still alive!".
The rest of the day we just enjoyed hanging out with everyone and running a few errands.
In case you're wondering where Guzzy was, we actually were able to park it at Sean's brother's work. We're now back on the road and headed northwest - any guesses where we'll stop tonight?
This was probably the heaviest traffic we've ever encountered in all the years we've been making the drive. It could be that we were driving through the outskirts of DC. We even drove right past the PwC office in Tyson's Corner where Sean and I used to go to on work trips back when we were only work spouses. No, this is not a picture of said building.
Sean's brother lives in Raleigh, as for the random direction we headed to get back to Texas. It's always good to get to see him and his family. Since we arrived on a Sunday (and Sean and I were still really tired) we just hung out for the night watching the Patriots and the Cowboys and grilled up some steaks.
Monday started with Sean and his brother making a trip to the local walk-in care. Sean was convinced he had strep (man flu anyone???) and had also noticed a little friend had hitched a ride with us from Maine - a tick - that had latched onto Sean! Sean can't stop laughing at the doctor's surprise that "it's still alive!".
The rest of the day we just enjoyed hanging out with everyone and running a few errands.
In case you're wondering where Guzzy was, we actually were able to park it at Sean's brother's work. We're now back on the road and headed northwest - any guesses where we'll stop tonight?
Sunday, October 2, 2016
birthday month - recap
day 1 - worked all day and spent all night (literally) helping my sister set up the reception area for my niece's wedding
day 2 - worked all day and spent the evening at a kansas winery for the rehearsal dinner - we actually found a couple wines we liked even! this was also my sister's birthday and i got to spend it with her for once!
day 3 - spent the day celebrating young love - my niece and newest nephew got married!
day 4 - got to spend a little more quality time with my brother and his family and then spent the entire day flying back to maine
day 5 - started out as a relaxing day on the dock then we proceeded to take the sailboat and bass boat out of the water for the season (boo!). ended the day with pat's pizza and the grocery store
day 6 - caught up on ray donovan and of course worked all day
day 7 - attended a paints and pints class with amy where we got to learn to watercolor while drinking beer - how can you go wrong? oh, and of course there was the work thing all day
day 8 - went to a wine and cheese tasting with sean and amber and the work thing
day 9 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post
day 10 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post
day 11 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post
day 12 - attended our town selectman's meeting, finished watching the series boardwalk empire and did the work thing
day 13 - started cutting back the flower gardens and went on a final wine cruise on the pontoon boat (and the work thing) - the moon was so bright and the stars were beautiful!
day 14 - went to dinner with my honey and got caught up on ray donovan, oh and that work thing
day 15 - ran a bunch of errands with duke and went to bed early (oh that work thing)
day 16 - worked all day and then loaded up guzzy and headed near the new hampshire boarder to visit some friends
day 17 - spent the day helping friends finish getting ready for the party, lounging by the pool, visiting with old and new friends, playing corn hole, having too many beverages and staying up way too late
day 18 - spent the day recovering from the day before, lounging around watching football (yea cowboys won, although we watched the pats) and heading back home with guzzy (and the rest of the family)
day 19 - worked all day then went to check on my garden and picked the ripe tomatoes and then spent the rest of the night working on cpe - that's rude that they make your cpa license due the month of your birth and require so much cpe at the same time!
day 20 - all weekend duke was screeching whenever you would touch him. we finally were able to get him into the vet. still don't have any answers other than he has hurt his back. spent the rest of the day cuddling him and having a meltdown regarding the fact that he's getting older....i'm sure i also worked and did cpe but it's all a blur...
day 21 - worked and did cpe, took the last boat out of the water and started the process of taking all the lake toys to the barn for the winter
day 22 - worked and did cpe, made dinner, went for ice cream and watched the pats (we were supposed to be at the game but with duke not feeling well and not knowing the issue we decided to stay home)
day 23 - was pretty lazy - did the work thing and some cpe, watched the season finale of ray donovan and then went to bed early to prep for the next day
day 24 - spent the entire day closing up camp - from sinking the dock to moving all the outdoor furniture to the garage. ended the day with pizza and beers with great friends.
day 25 - did the grocery store thing, watched a niece play soccer (brrrrr!), continued camp close up and watched the cowboys! and of course cuz it was national lobster day we ended the day with some lobster on the marina! YUM!
day 26 - cpe, cpe, cpe
day 27 - cpe, cpe, cpe
day 28 - took duke to see the doggie neurologist and more cpe...
day 29 - finally finished all my cpe!
day 30 - went apple picking!
day 2 - worked all day and spent the evening at a kansas winery for the rehearsal dinner - we actually found a couple wines we liked even! this was also my sister's birthday and i got to spend it with her for once!
day 3 - spent the day celebrating young love - my niece and newest nephew got married!
day 4 - got to spend a little more quality time with my brother and his family and then spent the entire day flying back to maine
day 5 - started out as a relaxing day on the dock then we proceeded to take the sailboat and bass boat out of the water for the season (boo!). ended the day with pat's pizza and the grocery store
day 6 - caught up on ray donovan and of course worked all day
day 7 - attended a paints and pints class with amy where we got to learn to watercolor while drinking beer - how can you go wrong? oh, and of course there was the work thing all day
day 8 - went to a wine and cheese tasting with sean and amber and the work thing
day 9 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post
day 10 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post
day 11 - check out my surprise birthday getaway post
day 12 - attended our town selectman's meeting, finished watching the series boardwalk empire and did the work thing
day 13 - started cutting back the flower gardens and went on a final wine cruise on the pontoon boat (and the work thing) - the moon was so bright and the stars were beautiful!
day 14 - went to dinner with my honey and got caught up on ray donovan, oh and that work thing
day 15 - ran a bunch of errands with duke and went to bed early (oh that work thing)
day 16 - worked all day and then loaded up guzzy and headed near the new hampshire boarder to visit some friends
day 17 - spent the day helping friends finish getting ready for the party, lounging by the pool, visiting with old and new friends, playing corn hole, having too many beverages and staying up way too late
day 18 - spent the day recovering from the day before, lounging around watching football (yea cowboys won, although we watched the pats) and heading back home with guzzy (and the rest of the family)
day 19 - worked all day then went to check on my garden and picked the ripe tomatoes and then spent the rest of the night working on cpe - that's rude that they make your cpa license due the month of your birth and require so much cpe at the same time!
day 20 - all weekend duke was screeching whenever you would touch him. we finally were able to get him into the vet. still don't have any answers other than he has hurt his back. spent the rest of the day cuddling him and having a meltdown regarding the fact that he's getting older....i'm sure i also worked and did cpe but it's all a blur...
day 21 - worked and did cpe, took the last boat out of the water and started the process of taking all the lake toys to the barn for the winter
day 22 - worked and did cpe, made dinner, went for ice cream and watched the pats (we were supposed to be at the game but with duke not feeling well and not knowing the issue we decided to stay home)
day 23 - was pretty lazy - did the work thing and some cpe, watched the season finale of ray donovan and then went to bed early to prep for the next day
day 24 - spent the entire day closing up camp - from sinking the dock to moving all the outdoor furniture to the garage. ended the day with pizza and beers with great friends.
day 25 - did the grocery store thing, watched a niece play soccer (brrrrr!), continued camp close up and watched the cowboys! and of course cuz it was national lobster day we ended the day with some lobster on the marina! YUM!
day 26 - cpe, cpe, cpe
day 27 - cpe, cpe, cpe
day 28 - took duke to see the doggie neurologist and more cpe...
day 29 - finally finished all my cpe!
day 30 - went apple picking!
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
a kansas wedding
last week i spent time in kansas
because my niece got married
i know, i can't believe i'm old enough to have a niece that got married either!
and old enough to have a niece that is out in the working world!
my sis and i visited her at work and got pampered
i also helped with setting up for the reception
well, i helped by laughing at whatever this was that they were trying to do
but i do love this picture of my brother-in-law admiring his handy work
yep, he built that wall of lights himself
i got cake duty
cake cutter extraordinaire right here!
i secretly snapped a photo during the ceremony :)
other highlights include
carriage ride down main street
father/daughter dance - many tears were shed
and glow stick send-off
here are some other pics i took that i liked
because my niece got married
i know, i can't believe i'm old enough to have a niece that got married either!
and old enough to have a niece that is out in the working world!
my sis and i visited her at work and got pampered
i also helped with setting up for the reception
well, i helped by laughing at whatever this was that they were trying to do
but i do love this picture of my brother-in-law admiring his handy work
yep, he built that wall of lights himself
i got cake duty
cake cutter extraordinaire right here!
i secretly snapped a photo during the ceremony :)
other highlights include
carriage ride down main street
father/daughter dance - many tears were shed
and glow stick send-off
here are some other pics i took that i liked
Saturday, February 20, 2016
kansas baseball in texas
last fall when all the new apple stuff was getting ready to be announced
sean made the comment that when phones had better pixels than my camera
then he would get me a new camera
well guess what...
i got a new camera for christmas!
and i've had a lot of fun playing around with it
and learning all the features
my first real playing around
was when my nephew came to town
to play baseball with his college team
since he plays for the hesston larks
which is in kansas
you can probably guess i don't get to see him play very often
so it was extra special that his team came to texas for a tournament
it was also great to him my sister and brother in law come and stay for a few days!
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