Day: November 9, 2012

  • Daycation

     

    I took my last long drive of the year out with my dad last Saturday, and it was so reminiscent of my childhood, especially the last couple of hours being uber carsick. Don't worry, I didn't throw up. I'm grown up now. My sister was kinda cringing over against her door... I never thought about other people suffering through my suffering as a child, bet she's got poignant memories herself. But other than spending most of 12 hours in a vehicle, it was pretty cool and I got a few pix.
     
    This first one nearly got my camera banned on the spot. We'd already been to McDonald's next to the intersection in Seymour, and half the customers were Amish with their buggies parked outside and horses smartly trotting their buggies across the big highway, and I didn't get my camera out once, it's not polite, right. But there's a 6 mile stretch of highway where you meet buggy after buggy coming through, so I super zoomed through the windshield from the back seat and snapped. There was a little bit of discussion over whether it would be ethical of me to post it to my blog, but I argued that the horse wouldn't know the difference.
     

    Accidentally got a pic of my feet. I am so in love with these shoes, ASICS® Gel - Kayano 18, not being paid to say that. 
     

     
    This is how I grew up, with atlases and maps in the car. Whichever kid got the front seat would be up to their eyeballs in maps 'navigating'. Dad loves our tom-tom, cracks me up watching him hold it and accidentally bump the screen every two minutes, one time had to reboot and another had to reset the whole route. It's like an electronic teddy bear for the car.
     

     
    I let everyone else hold the map. I know we drove up C and wound up on the old Route 66.

     

    This next part is mostly for any cousins who might happen to come through. We wound up at the Honda shop in Lebanon, #veryexciting. My dad and his brothers all had motorcycles, and Dad owned his own shop years ago with one of them. I've been told I was conceived on a motorcycle trip in California and have memories of being sandwiched between my parents on motorcycle trips (and mom was pregnant with my sister), and going to rallies and stuff. Anyway, what tickles me is Dad is this old Mennonite farmer and looks like he can barely get around with his bad knees, but he had to sit on several bikes around the store and yap with the owner for nearly an hour. He looks so cute. He sure wanted to take one home and relive some good old days. His favorite was the Honda Shadow.
     

    This one is more my speed.
     

     
    I still have one of Dad's old matchbooks. I think somewhere I've got the Dick & Dee Dee / Triumph Motorcycles 45 RPM, and I can still sing all the words.
     

     
    After that we swung by Cackle Hatchery where I got my pretty girls, but they were closed, so then we jogged on up to Bennett Spring and hung out awhile.
     

     
     
    The water in the spring was so clear that I could zoom through up to 30 feet and you couldn't even tell. We tried to figure out how big that rock must be, at least waist high, the top is barely above water.
     

     
    Random pix.
     

     
    Last bits of autumn there. I think these would make great 1000 piece puzzles.
     

     
    These click to bigger if you want to read them.
     

     
    I was pretty worn out by then, so this is all I got going home.
     

     

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