Day Four - New Orleans!

[aggienaut]

We're currently in New Orleans here (it still exists!) with Mr Aaron Aviv. We have successfully talked him into joining our expedition (he's currently on ten day leave from the Coast Guard)!

Within the hour we'll be departing for Atlanta, Georgia, where we'll briefly rendezvous with bartgroks and pavel_lishin (again!). We expect to get there between 1 and 2am, so during the next eight hours or so in which most of you will read this, we'll be driving through Georgia. Then we'll continue on through the night to Fayetteville, North Carolina, to pick up a friend of the girls who will also be joining our team.

Tomorrow (Day 5) it looks like we'll shoot up to Washington DC to see the sights. Depending on how long Washington Entertains us, we'll be up in New York by that night probably. Day 6 will be the midpoint of our expedition ... and we'll be at our furthest destination! And people said it couldn't be done!

Here is what the route ahead of us currently looks like. Depending on time we can easily lop off Seattle and save 11 hours. We have a very long stretch of the midwest there with nothing to stop for d=


Anyway, pictured above is one picture from the Cadillac Ranch before Amarillo yesterday. Unfortunately I didn't get around to editing very many of yesterdays other pictures yet. )=

Comments

[livinsmall.livejournal.com]

aww road trips are so fun. i really wish i could have done a road trip through the southern states this summer, but I guess i can save it for the next one. and watch out for the crazy summer night lightning/tornado storms in the midwest! i had a great (scary) time with one of those a couple summers ago when taking the 80 back from chicago.

enjoy the rest of your trip!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Man, that is some insane driving. Also, how big is your car?

[neugotik.livejournal.com]

Nice photo.
new oreleans: way to go, I want to go there & help rebuild it. I wonder if I ever will.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you want any suggestions for stops, not that you'll have much time for them. One that would be a real hoot is the hootinanny at the Country Store in Floyd, Virginia. It's friday nights, like 8PM-11PM or something, complete with authentic banjo-playing Appalacian mountain men with foot-long white beards. Hilarious. They made fun of me and Bree for being Yankees. If your whole carload of city slickers arrived--why, they just wouldn't know what to do with themselves.

I'm told that the Coke World in Atlanta is fun, even though you have to pay to get in and all the while you know it's just one big advertisement for Coca Cola.

I have a bunch of recommendations for Rochester of course. Check out the Rochester Wiki. Some ideas: stop at Custom Brewcrafters (in Honeoye Falls) for a free tour and generous free samples of their delicious beers. Eat delicious Barbecue at Dinosaur BBQ in downtown Rochester (washed down with delicious CB Cream Porter). Be sure to explore the Abandoned Subway.

Niagara Falls is awesomer from the Canadian side; if you do cross over to Canada, you might as well go over the top of Lake Ontario (through London and Windsor to Detroit) rather than going south of it. That part of Canada is pretty boring, but the city of London is actually a pretty happening/partying college town if you persevere and get through the sprawl between the city and the highway. (Toronto is also kind of on the way.) Detroit is delightfully abandoned and actually has a "People Mover" like the ride at Disneyland. Right out side of Detroit is Ann Arbor, home of UMich, where you doubtlessly know people. If in Ann Arbor, many beers may be had at Ashley's.

Are you intentionally going to Connecticut? If not, go straight north through Pennsylvania and check out the town Centralia. Here there is an underground coal fire. Periodically the ground collapses into the smoldering hell below. Zesty!

Detroit People Mover

[nibot.livejournal.com]

http://thepeoplemover.com/

Come to Ant Hill!

[afadednegative.livejournal.com]

I hear you are Tobin's brother. I also hear you are coming to Rochester. I think you should come by the co-op that he started by the name of Ant Hill (http://ant-hill.org). We would love to have you guys! We have two houses, but we operate as one house with the other one being mostly for sleeping & living space. I lived in the main house for about a year and a half up until about 3 weeks ago when I moved into a nearby apartment. But I still come over the house for activities and such and remain an off-house member. Nobody who lives in the house currently has a LiveJournal, but you can get in contact with the Housing & Hospitality Coordinator at housing@ant-hill.org (mailto:housing@ant-hill.org) and also see this page (http://ant-hill.org/Guests) for general guest rules & procedure.

Nebraska!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/07/06/nebraska/index_np.html

Re: Come to Ant Hill!

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

So were you one of hte people I met there?

Re: Come to Ant Hill!

[afadednegative.livejournal.com]

No, I unfortunately was taking a much needed hiatus from Ant Hill. But did you enjoy it?