Road Trip Lists — Victoria, Canada
Warning: Many of these notes may be inside jokes, forgive me if they're hard to understand.
Most beautiful sights:
View from signal hill. Cape Spear.
Niagara falls
Colorful leaves along the highways
Times square
Bay of Fundy
East coast of pei
Peggy's cove lighthouse
Swim by the beach in nova scotia
Lake of the woods
Rolling prairie lands
Many views from bridges
The badlands
Yellowstone canyon
Geysers and Springs in Yellowstone
The view of our final destination Vancouver
Funny things:
Ladies grossed out repeatedly by the yellow water in toilets.
Shan heard something funny n asked what it was, Jess said monster.
Awesome boat awesome boat
Wheelchair adventure
Jess screaming at the radio when the specific music comes on
Fountain motel 2hr room guy
Accidentally getting that type of motel. Then noticing there's a vibrating bed in it.
Old posh lady coming out of musical in NYC mentioning things r dreadful
Shannon giving Jess directions to the hotel: if you've hit the pentagon you've gone too far.
Thinking we were under attack when we saw a plane fly really close to a monument in dc.
The eeeeew every time we see road kill.
Jess tells Shan what happens to the pigs in trucks, then later the reason why a truck is empty.
Road Trip words of wisdom:
Avoid rush hour in cities
Check road weather and temperatures
There is a guide to truck stops
Use large water bottles
McD's has wifi
Keep vehicle in good condition
Check fluids and lights regularly, etc
Bring more socks n undies.
Time estimates aren't always right.
Prepare to be lost.
Coupon books will be handy when on the east coast when rest areas are scarce.
Road signs advertise fun attractions.
Carry cash for tolls.
Bring a bottle opener n knife, they're handy.
Show up at National parks in the off season for free or low rates.
Check out free days to go to museums and galleries in cities.
Be open to free pizza.
Random trip memories:
mars pics as art in Delaware,
excitement of staying overnight at Peggy's cove.
Unbelievably approaching PEZ.
Worrying about the car when the plate fell off.
The excitement of clean laundry at friend's houses.
The stress of where to sleep.
The annoying bugs while cooking soup in NS.
Stoked about Theodore tugboat.
Sadness of lives lost at sea with the titanic.
Goofiness of naming the new statue friends in Kenora.
Admiration of the pretty redhead at Casey's restaurant.
Scaredness of sleeping in a new place.
Stress of driving with big city traffic and gettin lost and tolls.
Worry of losing Jess's phone just before deep dish pizza dinner. Joy of finding it.
Gladness of sleeping in the warm car and reaching bed time.
Excitement of going to NYC n times square.
Gladness of enjoying a rec centre.
Amazement of how windy saskatchewan was.
Hilarious moment in the skuzzy motel.
Beautiful sunset over atlanti city.
View over the top of Montreal.
Learning what states don't have taxes.
Excitement of arriving at cheese days.
Chatting with the old hunters on the ferry.
Worries was of being barfed on on the ferry.
Enjoying the company of the gentlemen at Maury.
Meeting the neighbors in the Minnesota campground and the tour.
Finding cheap property on the east coast.
Scenic drive of south rhode island.
Watching surfers from the beach in Rhode Island.
Experience of Jess's tattoo touch up.
Police officer run ins in Newfoundland and S Dakota.
Puffin instead of squirrel.
Janet.
It's all part of the adventure...
Things that kinda made the trip difficult.
Looking for a place to sleep every night.
It took so long to sleep drive work etc.
traffic + getting lost + planning routes.
Finding wifi.
Not showering.
Coldness.
Short sleeps.
Creepy destinations.
Not knowing the plan for the next week or few days always due to time restrictions + variables.
Having to make huge trip decisions constantly.
Exhaustion of not finding a place to sleep late at night, sometimes for an hour or more.
At times, spending large amouts of time in a car led one to believe that they were perhaps a poet. Here's a short poem that was written about Yellowstone National Park:
A Yellowstone Park Poem
Bison with his tongue out. Yellowstone canyon.
Steaming mountain. Bubbling creek.
Tall waterfall. Thick snow.
Slippery road. Green algae in a stream.
Mud pots. Fierce fumarole. Continuous geyser.
Waiting for Old faithful. Colorful springs. Limestone deposits.
Field of elk. Get out the binoculars.
Visitor centers. Park ranger. Bear or Big cat tracks.