Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Tennessee

Well we made it!

Yesterday my brother Luke, his wife Heather, their two boys Noah & Declan and myself set out for my Aunt Karen & Uncle Dan's house in south east Tennessee. 

Here's a rundown of the trip:

Time left the house-5:04am

Time got onto the interstate after getting gas-5:24am

Distance travelled in miles-683

Distance travelled in hours-13

Number of stops made-6

Average time of stops for children to run around in minutes-18

Number of stops made and the gas tank was refilled-3

Number of status updates to Facebook made via my phone-6

States we were in yesterday-Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee

Number of states whose liscence plates were seen on drive-22 + 2 Canadian Territories = 24

Breakdown of number of states liscense plates seen-
Alabama-4
Florida-5
Georgia-3
Illinois-countless
Indiana-countless
Iowa-7
Kentucky-countless
Maine-5
Missouri-4
Mississippi-2
Michigan-11
Minnesota-2
North Carolina-4
Oklahoma-4
Ohio-7
Ontario, Canada-3
Pennsylvania-1
South Carolina-2
Saskatchewan, Canada-1
Tennesee-countless
Utah-1
Wisconsin-countless
Washington-2
West Virginia-3

Hardest city name to pronounce-Nlix

Best road name-Sugar Limb Road

Foreign cities passed-Athens, London, Somerset, Paris

Best hotel name-Relax Inn

Things I forgot I knew about the south-They love christmas almost as much as they love fireworks.

Most confusing car-The Ford Taurus with 4 Mac stickers.  It just seems wrong putting Mac stickers on a Ford Taurus.

Best bumper sticker-There was an escort taxi service vehicle with "WARNING! ERRATIC LANE CHANGES" covering the entire rear window.  And it did erratically change lanes repeatedly and for no real reason.

Prettiest city-Once again goes to Louisville, Kentucky.  Who knew it was so pretty there?!?  Of course I forgot to take pictures of it because I was too busy looking at it.  Something to aim for on the trip back I guess.

Funniest roadside sign-"Watch For Falling Rocks!" followed by "Move All Damaged Vehicles To The Side Of The Road Immediately"  as if by chance you survived a massive rock falling off a mountain and onto your car that you would be in any sort of shape to then physically push your car WITH the rock on it to the side of the road.

Time pulled into Uncle Dan & Aunt Karen's driveway-6:21pm (time adjusted to central time zone.  it was 7:21pm in TN time)

Number of tacos consumed by entire family at Taco Tuesday .79 taco night-26