Saturday, October 28, 2006
The Workout Room.
We had a ridiculous day yesterday. We went from loving to hating and back to loving Kentucky about a million times. The weather was shit, and in the 2,000+ miles this little jeep has traveled, Kentucy was the first place we hit traffic. And we hit traffic over and over again. We didn't get too far, but we were so happy to end the day of driving with the workout room in the Westin in downtwon Cincinnati, which Suzi likes because it has the word Sin in it.
We had heavenly beds, combined with a living room, tradmill, free weights, yoga mat, excercise ball and tv. After playing around and pretending we'd work out we walked around the block in search of dinner and drinks and ended up directly in front of our hotel at a little bustling French bistro. We sat at the bar, drank spanish wine, were talked to by overly friendly and somewhat annoying Cinncinatians men (not all born & raised locals). It was fun and entertaining, but beyond that the food was amazzzzing. We needed real food (meaning fruits & vegetables and clean fresh meat) and we got it...endive, apple, walnut salad - french onion soup - a salad of beets and goat cheese (it was all chopped up and mixed together - it was so bright and colorful and as we already said YUM! Rebecca didn't even know she likes beets!) - then on to the main course of halibut, some yam or carrot pureee, potatoes, cinderella squash. To top it off we had an apple and ice cream tartin.
Then the night went on...in the hotel room. We turned on a movie we didn't watch. We drank a bit more wine. We ordered more dessert while Rebecca played with the exercise equipment, while Suzi posted photos for you to see. Then Rebecca passed out. Next Suzi passed out. We woke up at 8:30 after saying we were leaving at 8 (we forgot to set alarms). It's all good though - we left Sin-city with good food and we're making amazing time on our way to Pennsylvania...trying to power through to NY today. It's sunny for the first time in days and we feel great!
We had heavenly beds, combined with a living room, tradmill, free weights, yoga mat, excercise ball and tv. After playing around and pretending we'd work out we walked around the block in search of dinner and drinks and ended up directly in front of our hotel at a little bustling French bistro. We sat at the bar, drank spanish wine, were talked to by overly friendly and somewhat annoying Cinncinatians men (not all born & raised locals). It was fun and entertaining, but beyond that the food was amazzzzing. We needed real food (meaning fruits & vegetables and clean fresh meat) and we got it...endive, apple, walnut salad - french onion soup - a salad of beets and goat cheese (it was all chopped up and mixed together - it was so bright and colorful and as we already said YUM! Rebecca didn't even know she likes beets!) - then on to the main course of halibut, some yam or carrot pureee, potatoes, cinderella squash. To top it off we had an apple and ice cream tartin.
Then the night went on...in the hotel room. We turned on a movie we didn't watch. We drank a bit more wine. We ordered more dessert while Rebecca played with the exercise equipment, while Suzi posted photos for you to see. Then Rebecca passed out. Next Suzi passed out. We woke up at 8:30 after saying we were leaving at 8 (we forgot to set alarms). It's all good though - we left Sin-city with good food and we're making amazing time on our way to Pennsylvania...trying to power through to NY today. It's sunny for the first time in days and we feel great!
Friday, October 27, 2006
photos
graceland! right outside of memphis.
welcome to tennessee!
welcome to arkansas
everyone loves cotton
down by the rivaaaaaaaaar
rebecca on the mississippi river out of cape retardo in southern missouri.
reb eats the grilled flesh off pork ribs.
scattered, smothered, covered, diced and peppered
we are blogging LIVE from the waffle house about 30 minutes north of nashville in tennessee. WE LOVE TENESSEE!! the people are so nice, the foliage is gorgeous and the nightlife was so fun last night. recaps are necessary... we've been busy and neglectful and we're sorry goddammit.
memphis: we took it in for a whole hour. we love beal street and the big city blues cafe. reb had pork ribs (gross) and i had southern fried catfish. it was real down-home food with blues playing and lots of nice folk running around. beal street is a closed street with a bunch of bars and southern food joints, all with blues pumping out, spilling into the street. it would have been great to spend a night there and bar-hop but we had a hot date with nashville and we were running late.
nashville: we rolled in around 11:30, checked in and headed down to 'the strip' on broadway, where we were welcomed with a few hoppin' bars, all with live music and really drunk (but super nice and fun) people. we had the best night. we danced and drank jack daniels and watched all the southern folk get their groove on. it was awesome! photos to come.
the weather is bad. it's been pouring and the roads are so wet. we're pusing through though. everything is great!
memphis: we took it in for a whole hour. we love beal street and the big city blues cafe. reb had pork ribs (gross) and i had southern fried catfish. it was real down-home food with blues playing and lots of nice folk running around. beal street is a closed street with a bunch of bars and southern food joints, all with blues pumping out, spilling into the street. it would have been great to spend a night there and bar-hop but we had a hot date with nashville and we were running late.
nashville: we rolled in around 11:30, checked in and headed down to 'the strip' on broadway, where we were welcomed with a few hoppin' bars, all with live music and really drunk (but super nice and fun) people. we had the best night. we danced and drank jack daniels and watched all the southern folk get their groove on. it was awesome! photos to come.
the weather is bad. it's been pouring and the roads are so wet. we're pusing through though. everything is great!
Pix...we think they tell our story of the day fairly well - hope you agree!
enjoy...
RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH AUTUMN TREES IN THE BACKDROP
COOL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WITH TRAIN GOING BY
A CARDINALS FAN TAKING A GREAT PHOTO OPP IN FRONT OF THE RED FOUNTAIN IN ST LOUIS WITH THE FAMED ARCH IN THE BACKDROP...HOW COOL IS IT THAT THE FOUNTAIN IS RED? WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN ST LOUIS DURING THE WORLD SERIES!
PRETTY
THE BEST DAMN CHAIN ON THE EAST. THIS BREAKFAST JOINT WAS COOL, NICE, GOOD, AND CHEAP. NO NEED TO STOP AT DENNYS OR WAFFLE HOUSE WHEN THERE'S A CRACKER BARREL NEARBY.
DISCO BALL HANGING AND TWIRLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JEEP...NEED WE SAY MORE.
REB AND RUSTY BONDING TIME
RUSTY ANALYZING OUR ROUTE AND MAKING SURE SUZI WAS ON TRACK.
THE ROLLING HILLS OF MISSOURI WHICH WE LOVED! BEAUTIFUL COLORS...LOOKED FLUFFY LIKE A BLANKET - WE WANTED TO LAY ON TOP OF ALL THE TREES!
There are many many more pictures to share with you (the above doesn't even give you a glimpse into what the rest of our day was like yesterday) but the blog system is all finicky right now and I can't seem to post pix at the moment. More to come soon, we promise!
Suzi is dead asleep and I need to work on getting her ass out of bed so we can get on the road...big day ahead of us as we plan to make it from Nashville to DC.
RAIN ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH AUTUMN TREES IN THE BACKDROP
COOL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING WITH TRAIN GOING BY
A CARDINALS FAN TAKING A GREAT PHOTO OPP IN FRONT OF THE RED FOUNTAIN IN ST LOUIS WITH THE FAMED ARCH IN THE BACKDROP...HOW COOL IS IT THAT THE FOUNTAIN IS RED? WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN ST LOUIS DURING THE WORLD SERIES!
PRETTY
THE BEST DAMN CHAIN ON THE EAST. THIS BREAKFAST JOINT WAS COOL, NICE, GOOD, AND CHEAP. NO NEED TO STOP AT DENNYS OR WAFFLE HOUSE WHEN THERE'S A CRACKER BARREL NEARBY.
DISCO BALL HANGING AND TWIRLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JEEP...NEED WE SAY MORE.
REB AND RUSTY BONDING TIME
RUSTY ANALYZING OUR ROUTE AND MAKING SURE SUZI WAS ON TRACK.
THE ROLLING HILLS OF MISSOURI WHICH WE LOVED! BEAUTIFUL COLORS...LOOKED FLUFFY LIKE A BLANKET - WE WANTED TO LAY ON TOP OF ALL THE TREES!
There are many many more pictures to share with you (the above doesn't even give you a glimpse into what the rest of our day was like yesterday) but the blog system is all finicky right now and I can't seem to post pix at the moment. More to come soon, we promise!
Suzi is dead asleep and I need to work on getting her ass out of bed so we can get on the road...big day ahead of us as we plan to make it from Nashville to DC.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
St. Louis here we come!
We are getting ready to head out of Drury and on our way to venture through St. Louis and see the famed arch! We expect rain today although it isn't raining yet. We are sticking to the new and revised plan and heading to Tennessee - Memphis today for sure...maybe even Nashville.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Change of plans!
We're driving to Memphis in the morning! I decided if we're this close to Tennessee we HAVE TO go there. Then to Knoxville. Then heading N and still trying to get to NY by Saturday/Sunday. YYYEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pix from the Sky (Rebecca's Sky Journey to Kansas City)
Pix from the sky on my (Rebecca's) travels to meet Suzi in Kansas City
The Mountains as we landed in Phoenix.
Crazy Clouds on the way out of Phoenix.
Trippy circular patches of crop land in the middle of no-mans land somewhere lying between Arizona and Missouri.
Kansas City, Missouri as you land.
And then here we were together...
The Mountains as we landed in Phoenix.
Crazy Clouds on the way out of Phoenix.
Trippy circular patches of crop land in the middle of no-mans land somewhere lying between Arizona and Missouri.
Kansas City, Missouri as you land.
And then here we were together...
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