Scenes from the Road
I would now like to reenact a scene from yesterday about 5:15 pm Pacific time.
Dave: Ok if I stop in the visitor's center to pee before we go back on the road?
Kathy: Okay, I'm going to go too.
K: It's closed.
D: Are you sure? It's supposed to be open until 6.
K: It's closed.
D: Doh.
D: Those bastards. They closed an HOUR early!
[1 hour later]
K: It's really getting dark earlier now.
D: It's not that dark.
K: No, look, right now it's only 6:15 and it's pretty dark.
D: Hm. That's weird. Yesterday it didn't get dark until 7:15. It gets dark an HOUR earlier in Idaho than in Oregon.
[30 seconds of puzzled silence]
D: [light bulb goes on]
K: [light bulb goes on]
D/K: Oh.
And scene.
Moral of the story: Idaho is in the Mountain Time Zone.
posted by Dave @ 8:18 AM
7 comments
7 Comments:
Blogger ate my brilliant post.
Okay, so it wasn't exactly brilliant. Most of it consisted of, "Idaho? No, Udaho!"
Tee hee!
The pictures are terrific. Looking forward to more!
love, julie
Guys-
No matter how remote a place you visit, there always seems to be internet access. No? Keep the blog going! It almost seems like I am on vacation when I read the blogs. Sigh.
Hi Kathy and Dave!!! This is sooo exciting!! I think is wonderful that you're able to do this trip,it's going to be memorable! Maybe one day we will be able to do the same, actually I think it will be a good idea to do it in Peru also!! love yu and take care,
Carmen Ushella
Hi Anonymous!
Apparently no matter it doesn't matter how crappy the motel, it has wireless internet access. Judging from our experience so far, wireless internet access is a higher priority to motels than things like shower curtains that actually keep water from spraying out of the tub and lamps that actually turn on when you turn the switch.
Hi Julie -- Udaho. Hee hee. Am anxiously awaiting what you can do with "Wyoming".
Hi Tia Carmen -- Thanks for the nice wishes! If Kathy and I were to ever to a Peru road trip, we'd have to get a Peruvian to drive for us. Driving in Peru, you truly take your life into your own hands!
FYI: The Strong Bad email this week was basically written for you guys personally: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail156.html
-christia
That Strong Bad was Jumbo-Large.
Our actual road-trip inside joke is "Hey look! A bald eagle!"
Which is based on the woman on the rafting trip we went on in Grand Teton National Park that kept pointing at every bird -- be it, crow, pigeon, or duck -- and said "Hey look! A bald eagle!" She must've pointed out 10 birds, none of which was a bald eagle.
So now, every few hours on the road, we point at something (usually a large insect) and say "Hey look! A bald eagle!"
It's funnier than it sounds.
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