Here are factoids from our trip, that probably no one thinks is funny or important but us..
1. Snakes seen ... 2
2. Rainbows seen ...4
3. Kids still alive... 4
4. Miles traveled ... 5200 miles
5. Ranger badges earned ...7
6. Steepest grade for mountains we went up or down... 12%
7. Longest mountain tunnel we went through... 1.9 miles I think
8. Favorite Ranger.... Just one ...MOLLY!
9. Words we thought we invented...1
10. Word we did not actually invent...NAGAVATOR. It means a person, usually female, that bugs the driver about the driving....!!!!!!
11. Times Geoff has gotten lost....once
12. Times we wore a lock of at trailer chain...once
13. Times we bottomed the trailer out...once
14. Times we yelled," volcano!!! I see one".... Hundreds of times!
15. 2 condor sightings
16. 3 times beca has been driving so far on our trip.
All we mostly listen to is Xm radio from the fifties music. We can all sing along quite well now. Can anyone tell the driver gets first dibs on music? It is Doug driving!
Our favorite thing to yell in the car is..."that's not the time, grandma .. it's really..three hours earlier than in NY!"
Famous quote before we went through the 2 mile tunnel at 12,000 feet above sealevel.
"We need to wait until the best psychological minute to tell grandma about the tunnel...when is that? When we are in the tunnel!!"
Injuries so far... We are all better now ..I think...all the kids just had crying meltdowns,except fr Beca...so I put them all to bed early!
Beca twisted ankle
Zack bug bites, dust in eyes from dust storm, scraped knees from jumping off steps with G.
Chris weird rash on arm, ran into a tree and scratched under his eye
Sam hurt knee racing down a ramp and slid out in a running race on a ramp
Mandy slammed finger in door
Okay...after a long day of traveling in the mountains, we arrived in Arcata, CA. We MADE it! We are two miles from the ocean! Yet, we are too tired to go see it. We went swimming and sat in the hot tub. Doug and Martty did too. The mountain driving is the most tiring for us.
Now, Geoff was so excited, at one point he yelled, " look the ocean!" We were still far away! It was funny! He was looking down at the gps on his phone and looked up, expecting it to be there. We still had lots of driving down the mountains to go. We have discovered never trust a GPS on you our phone, google maps, or a hand held GPS meant for the car. Between Geoff, Doug, and I we get places, by combining our directions and using our eyes and brains. There have been detours, rock slide areas, new on ramps, roads closed off, new roads added and just craziness with our directions so far. Mostly funny though! We have also learned to eat on the road, in the SUV, in 55 mph gusts of wind, in a shopping center parking lot under the only shady tree, and in a hotel...setting off the fire alarm and having the firemen come as we did in Denver,CO!
Another few things we have found fascinating is the hitchhikers. We would not them up, but they look interesting! They carry signs like...Pacific Ocean or Three miles east please.
So would you pick them up?
We also have some funny sayings. We are a bit tired and crazy driving some days...and we laugh at silly things...
Zack got the hotel key from Geoff and ran away yelling, " I've got the power!!!!"
I told dad I wanted to drive, Geoff said he could drive... Beca said she could settle everything and she could take a turn... And Zack yelled from the very far back seat...."I want to drive!!!!"
All the way to Las Vegas, Zack would often sing Viva Las Vegas...missing his two front teeth. Very funny! He liked Vegas!
Famous words today...
As Doug drives over the grooved edge of the highway...
Sam was in the very far back seat looking down at a book." Whoa why is my butt is vibrating?"
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