A random long list of everything we've proposed seeing along the way...
Beth wanted this list of emaily stuff for her folder. So organized. I don't even want to bring a map... anyway, we won't make it to many of the places on the list, but if you know of any must see oddities, please do send along...
B: Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia
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K: Walk across the Mississippi!
Way up in Minnesota... at the headwaters...you can walk across!
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K: Graceland
Boulder, Utah - the darkest place in the United States (38 miles from nearest source of man-made light! Let's camp!)
Old Faithful
Cadillac Ranch (kind of like carhenge)
Burger joint in Big Sur
Drive thru tree
World's Biggest Ball of Twine
Corn Palace, SD
Mount Rushmore
Great Sky Road in Montana
Area 54
Route 66 start to finish - end with ride on ferris wheel at Santa Monica Pier
walk across Mexican border into Tijuana
World's Biggest Rubber Band Ball - San Francisco
Monkey Island - home of America's first space monkey - Independence, KS
Carlsbad Caverns in NM - there is an underground cafe there...
Gopherville in Saskatchewan: This is a wacky miniature wild west town outside of Langenburg, Saskatchewan, near the Manitoba border. The catch is, they've stuffed a bunch of gophers and dressed them up in little outfits (sheriff, etc.).
Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska
Stonefridge, New Mexico
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B: Remember the Gilmore Girls episode when they imitated works of art? The real thing is happening in Laguna Beach, CA beginning July 7th. think we could make it there by then???
We would have to order tickets in advance.
Other cool things....National Hollerin' Contest. Third Saturday in June in Spinvey's Corner, North Carolina. Sounded fun and bizarre.
June 29th - July 3rd is the UFO Festival in Roswell, NM.
We have to fill our gas tank at the gas station on the corner of Rts. 33 and 45 in Cloquet, Minnesota (3 1/2 hours N or Minneapolis). It was the only gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright!
Andy Warhol museum, Pittsburg PA
Largest Living Thing...Sequoia Nat. Forest in Three Rivers, CA
Neon Museum in Vegas
Oasis Bordello Museum in Wallace, Idaho.
PEZ museum (are you still into that?) in Burlington, CA
Psychiatric Tools Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri
Largest Balls of Twine (yes, there are two!)....Cawker City, Kansas (community built) and Darwin, Minnesota (one man built)
Bridge of Sighs in Reno. You go there to toss your wedding ring after a divorce. NOT that I am doing that!
World's Largest Chess Set in Morro Bay, CA
Largest Donut, Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, CA
London Bridge, Lake Havusa City, AZ
Longhorn Grill...giant longhorn head is what you walk through to get in to restaurant...in Amado,AZ.
Oldest McDonalds...Downey, CA
Rolla Stonehenge in Rolla, Missouri (why not? We already thought of going to carhenge...).
Wizard of Oz museum in Wamego, Kansas (will probably have midgets) and the house from Wizard of Oz is in Liberal, Kansas on, you guessed it....Yellow Brick Road.
Most crooked street in the world...not Lombard, but Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum/House from Little House on the Prairie. Not sure if you are a fan.
Jack Daniel Distillery. Lynchburg, TN
Blue Cloud Abbey in South Dakota. Monks live there, but anyone is invited to come and visit and even spend the night. Reservations required.
International Peace Garden. North Dakota and Canadian border.
Lost Sea in Tennesee. Largest Underground Lake.
Twede's Diner...the settting for the RR Diner in Twin Peaks. We need coffee and cherry pie there. It is in Snoqualmie, WA
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B: Don’t forget, I have to shoot a gun and ride in a limo somewhere along the line.
p.s. We need nicknames for the trip.
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K: Awesome!
Do we get to pick our own nicknames or do we pick each others?
I think we should go to a shooting range in Reno "I shot a paper man in Reno just to watch him die..."
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B: Nicknames should be given by other people, I think.
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B: Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia
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K: Walk across the Mississippi!
Way up in Minnesota... at the headwaters...you can walk across!
------------
K: Graceland
Boulder, Utah - the darkest place in the United States (38 miles from nearest source of man-made light! Let's camp!)
Old Faithful
Cadillac Ranch (kind of like carhenge)
Burger joint in Big Sur
Drive thru tree
World's Biggest Ball of Twine
Corn Palace, SD
Mount Rushmore
Great Sky Road in Montana
Area 54
Route 66 start to finish - end with ride on ferris wheel at Santa Monica Pier
walk across Mexican border into Tijuana
World's Biggest Rubber Band Ball - San Francisco
Monkey Island - home of America's first space monkey - Independence, KS
Carlsbad Caverns in NM - there is an underground cafe there...
Gopherville in Saskatchewan: This is a wacky miniature wild west town outside of Langenburg, Saskatchewan, near the Manitoba border. The catch is, they've stuffed a bunch of gophers and dressed them up in little outfits (sheriff, etc.).
Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska
Stonefridge, New Mexico
-----------
B: Remember the Gilmore Girls episode when they imitated works of art? The real thing is happening in Laguna Beach, CA beginning July 7th. think we could make it there by then???
We would have to order tickets in advance.
Other cool things....National Hollerin' Contest. Third Saturday in June in Spinvey's Corner, North Carolina. Sounded fun and bizarre.
June 29th - July 3rd is the UFO Festival in Roswell, NM.
We have to fill our gas tank at the gas station on the corner of Rts. 33 and 45 in Cloquet, Minnesota (3 1/2 hours N or Minneapolis). It was the only gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright!
Andy Warhol museum, Pittsburg PA
Largest Living Thing...Sequoia Nat. Forest in Three Rivers, CA
Neon Museum in Vegas
Oasis Bordello Museum in Wallace, Idaho.
PEZ museum (are you still into that?) in Burlington, CA
Psychiatric Tools Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri
Largest Balls of Twine (yes, there are two!)....Cawker City, Kansas (community built) and Darwin, Minnesota (one man built)
Bridge of Sighs in Reno. You go there to toss your wedding ring after a divorce. NOT that I am doing that!
World's Largest Chess Set in Morro Bay, CA
Largest Donut, Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, CA
London Bridge, Lake Havusa City, AZ
Longhorn Grill...giant longhorn head is what you walk through to get in to restaurant...in Amado,AZ.
Oldest McDonalds...Downey, CA
Rolla Stonehenge in Rolla, Missouri (why not? We already thought of going to carhenge...).
Wizard of Oz museum in Wamego, Kansas (will probably have midgets) and the house from Wizard of Oz is in Liberal, Kansas on, you guessed it....Yellow Brick Road.
Most crooked street in the world...not Lombard, but Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum/House from Little House on the Prairie. Not sure if you are a fan.
Jack Daniel Distillery. Lynchburg, TN
Blue Cloud Abbey in South Dakota. Monks live there, but anyone is invited to come and visit and even spend the night. Reservations required.
International Peace Garden. North Dakota and Canadian border.
Lost Sea in Tennesee. Largest Underground Lake.
Twede's Diner...the settting for the RR Diner in Twin Peaks. We need coffee and cherry pie there. It is in Snoqualmie, WA
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B: Don’t forget, I have to shoot a gun and ride in a limo somewhere along the line.
p.s. We need nicknames for the trip.
-----------
K: Awesome!
Do we get to pick our own nicknames or do we pick each others?
I think we should go to a shooting range in Reno "I shot a paper man in Reno just to watch him die..."
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B: Nicknames should be given by other people, I think.
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Anyone who bothered to read this far... any nickname suggestions???
posted by kelly at 2:05 PM
8 Comments:
B: Lady Tottington, or just Totti
K:
'Totti&
What the heck is the Schmidt Museum? Looks like I wrote it, but now I can't remember what it is...
Kelly could be a Margaret. Or perhaps, Marguerite, si vous plait.
Or there's always Sharon. (wink! wink!)
Margaret? That was my grandmother's name. Of course, my fake name is a derivative of that - Madge. Madge Charmichael.
I was thinking more trucker like nicknames, like Big Red (I know you hate that Beth) or Cheech. These are probably derivatives of Ferret names, though...
Totti works though ;)
and stop with the Sharon Girl refs - I was a West End Girl, I'll have you know... just a pebble toss from W1.
'Totti&Madge'
LOL!!! Go girls!
Spelladora and Chorazine,
or Spell & Chlor
how about Clic and Clac the Travelling Ferrets in honor of Car Talk? And just to ward off having to call the real Magliozzi brothers should the Snaab act up on the trip!!!
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