TOP 20 THINGS WE LEARNED WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY:
1. Marmots love Cheez-its.
2. Renee can take a 15-day road trip and not throw-up from motion sickness.
3. It’s impossible to maintain 70 MPH going through the Rockies in our Nissan.
4. Rain really does leak into your tent when you sleep outside in a monsoon.
5. Baby lizards love to ride on top of cowboy hats.
6. There are no dinosaurs (or anything else) in Dinosaur, CO.
7. There can be 2 vertical rainbows, 4 thunderstorms, and a gorgeous sunset happening simultaneously in New Mexico.
8. The road from the Grand Canyon to Flagstaff is infested with Elk (or at least elk signs).
9. Maryland has the most boring license plate.
10. Mummy sleeping bags are for people without legs.
11. Renee really can take a shower in 5 minutes when she’s paying for the water.
12. One of our forefathers really did forget the “o” in our last name.
13. Gene will never get tired of saying, “Oh, look! Another Carl’s Jr., Babe!”
14. Taking a cross country trip for 15 days feels like taking 15 different vacations.
15. Gene will keep dragging you back to the penguin exhibit if you let him.
16. Renee still hates punk music.
17. Wet towels stink when left to dry in the back seat on long trips.
18. Vacations are more fun when you take a small furry stuffed animal with you.
19. It seems that 57% of all tractor trailer trucks are from Oklahoma or Maine.
And our personal favorite…
20. Two happily married people really can take a 15 day vacation in a small car and come out still happily married!
1. Marmots love Cheez-its.
2. Renee can take a 15-day road trip and not throw-up from motion sickness.
3. It’s impossible to maintain 70 MPH going through the Rockies in our Nissan.
4. Rain really does leak into your tent when you sleep outside in a monsoon.
5. Baby lizards love to ride on top of cowboy hats.
6. There are no dinosaurs (or anything else) in Dinosaur, CO.
7. There can be 2 vertical rainbows, 4 thunderstorms, and a gorgeous sunset happening simultaneously in New Mexico.
8. The road from the Grand Canyon to Flagstaff is infested with Elk (or at least elk signs).
9. Maryland has the most boring license plate.
10. Mummy sleeping bags are for people without legs.
11. Renee really can take a shower in 5 minutes when she’s paying for the water.
12. One of our forefathers really did forget the “o” in our last name.
13. Gene will never get tired of saying, “Oh, look! Another Carl’s Jr., Babe!”
14. Taking a cross country trip for 15 days feels like taking 15 different vacations.
15. Gene will keep dragging you back to the penguin exhibit if you let him.
16. Renee still hates punk music.
17. Wet towels stink when left to dry in the back seat on long trips.
18. Vacations are more fun when you take a small furry stuffed animal with you.
19. It seems that 57% of all tractor trailer trucks are from Oklahoma or Maine.
And our personal favorite…
20. Two happily married people really can take a 15 day vacation in a small car and come out still happily married!
2 comments:
Greetings to G&R. So I finally found the business card you wrote your website address on and thought I'd check it out :) Must say it is definately an interesting blog that I will frequent, as opposed to some of the other ones of some friends who will remain nameless hehe :) So gene, why do you have such an obsession with Penguins?
Cute! Welcome back guys...thanks for the great pictures ;)
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