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 Croncast - 2006-06-12.mp3
Show: #235
Length: 37:05
Size: 25.4 mb
Format: mp3
Betsy and her husband Kris June 12, 2006
Thus begins our sharing of a vacation that ended 5 days early. We are not quite sure that our big summer vacaction driving to Denver in Slowsky was really a vacation. But we are sure that we will never drive anywhere on vacation again.
What we can say about our trip is that with the help of many lucid memories and five days to regain our footing on solid ground that we would like to bring your our trip in three separate podcasts. There is too much to share in a single 30 to 40 minute podcast that deserves great attention to detail.
What do you call a thousand mile trip in you wife's savings account? If you're us, show prep.
The long, feel good intro
Sending email easy like
When we last left you it was June 2 of 2006 a millenia ago
Things were much simpler then
H.G. Wells Time machine could take us back
Walking hand in hand with your spuse at the beach
I would have liked to have decided not to go on vacation
We should have flown
Short version, we leave, there's trouble and we come home five days early
Here we go
We're going to rcap the whole thing in 3 shows
It is June 2, 2006 in nice and sunny Naperville, IL
Kris is an hour late and damned Skype showed it to Betsy
Moments of our life are really important to you
Betsy pretends that she is me on Skype sometimes
The planets seemed to be aligned for our trip
The eBay pick-up guy got here right on time
Naperville was going to be hardest part with traffic
Driving Slowsky is like launching a boat
An hour and a half later w'ere making 8 miles of progress
The van is too tall for most drive thru awnings
Slowsky went to the dealer and got $1500 of repairs to travel worldwide
This is the point where you start adding up the costs
Gas doesn't count as vehicle maintenance
We finally make it to I-88
Slowsky is topping out at 70 mph with nothing more to give
First omen . . . we ignore it
We're gonna make it to Omaha
It wasn't a shifting issue but I am pushing Slowsky really hard
We get near DeKalb which is 50 miles from home and think about turning it around again
We push on
Betsy says "no" to my lead foot and thinks the 70 mph thing is good
Slowsky is sucking gas and needs refill at 180 mile mark, still in Illinois
Another omen
Kris starts venting that we should have flown at gas station number two
"I drove the Alaskan Highway and need a new car."
All the signs were there
It was our decision to keep moving on
Not true to Betsy's faith
Dinner at The World's Largest Truck Stop on I-80
Maybe it is safe because it's a tourist trap
Nope, it's a 3-D world of a sex offender registry
All just minor inconveniences at this point
Bleeding money out of my eye balls
10 years ago this would have been an adventure but with kids it is a nightmare
In Iowa they drive on the grass
Not a single room vacant
Pulling off on Omaha hoping for an empty hotel room
Scoring a room 20 miles north of downtown
10,000 lesbians converged on Omaha the same day as our vacation, of course
Coming up on Wednesday . . . Vacation: Act #2 Omaha to Denver
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Wow, I'm sorry the trip was so bad (within the first 7-8 hrs) but I was laughing so hard I was crying. Thanks for taking a step back and sharing about the worst vacation ever. |
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Posted by: Randy at:
5:17pm 06/12/2006 |
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Guys, that really, really, really sucks. I kept waiting for the part where you discover a hole in Slowsky's gas tank. I hope you get to enjoy some relaxing days at home and in some time... years maybe... this will all be as funny to you as you've made it for us. |
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Posted by: Mel at:
7:20am 06/13/2006 |
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I'm sorry your vacation was such a bust! Maybe we listeners will learn from your experiences - if you talk just one young family out of going to the biggest truck stop in the world, then wasn't it worth it? ;) |
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Posted by: Kelly at:
7:46am 06/13/2006 |
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Thanks guys! Tomorrow will bring even more of our trip. |
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Posted by: Kris
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10:07am 06/13/2006 |
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