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We Made It!!!

After 5 days, 11 states, and 3,182 miles Spencer and I made it to Ithaca!

I would love to have a nice commemorative picture of this, but Spencer missed 4 successive "Welcome to Ithaca!" signs... Ah well.

If you'd like to see all the pictures from the road trip, just follow the link on the right (under the giant CDM logo).

Road Quote #12

C: Ok, the clue is "Biblical grazers," 4 letters.

S: Camel!... Donkey!

C: *4* letters...

S: Donk!

Road Quote #11

Wow! Cleveland is bitchin'!

Road Quote #10

Attendant at Oklahoma Turnpike toll booth upon giving me change for a ten dollar bill: "One and five make TEE-en."

Who knew there were that many vowels in "ten"...

Road Quote #9

C: We're *walking* from Walmart to McDonald's; that's so un-American.

S: Well, take out the walking part and it's quinticentially American.

Road Quote #8

Dude, we've gone nearly 2000 miles in like 3 days... and neither of us got dysentery!

Road Quote #7

I would totally buy American if I knew it wouldn't suck.

Road Quote #6

Now leaving the United States. Welcome to Texas!

Road Quote #5

Flash... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, BOOM
"Hey, the storm's only six miles away."
Flash... 1, 2, BOOM
"Wow, that really got closer."
Fla...BOOM
"$#*%!!!"

Road Quote #4

Awesome gimic-y name: The Hole Enchilada. Exit on Meteor Crater Rd.

Road Quote #3

Wisdom picked up while camping at the Grand Canyon: car outlets cannot power a microwave. (We hereby pay tribute to those valiant taquitos who were packed in vain)

Road Quote #2

Walnut Creek... what a misnomer; there are neither walnuts nor creeks.

Road Quote #1

Driving in the middle of nowhere is better than sitting in the middle if nowhere.

The Plan: Get your kicks, and then some...

After some seriously last-minute/late-night planning, Spencer and I have finally hashed out a plan. It is essentially a variation on Route 66. We will camp for a day at the Grand Canyon (to which neither of us has ever been), we will then spend a night at my uncle's house in Santa Fe, drive the next two days to Chicago, stopping in St. Louis, stay overnight in Toledo, and then get back on the road one last time to arrive in Ithaca after 6 days and 3,063 miles.


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The Trusty Steed...

Far Above Cayuga's Waters

The relative locations of Ithaca's major landmarks