Auspicious Start
July 12th, 2005I’m beginning to question the wisdom of travelling with two people I’ve known for 28 years:
The green line is where we were supposed to go. The blue line is where we went. o
I’m beginning to question the wisdom of travelling with two people I’ve known for 28 years:
The green line is where we were supposed to go. The blue line is where we went. o
I’m betting none of you stopped and asked for directions ;p
And how many drinks had you consumed before you tried to follow the green line?
Are we there yet?
Are we having fun?
Don’t make me come back there!
Man! That is not the neighborhood for a nice former Mormon boy to get lost in after dark. I should know. When my wife and I were looking to buy a house in that area, our real estate agent turned to us on the way into the house and said, “This is just a practice viewing, right?!”
And about directions, it’s really no use for non-Clevelanders to stop fo them. Everyone in Cleveland has this inexplicable way of giving directions in regards to Cleveland land marks, ala “You go up this street and at the next light turn toward the lake. Then you go up three streets and turn toward the Ford plant. No, not that Ford plant, the other one…” It took me a few months to figure out the system. My wife still calls me for discernable directions if she gets lost (after two years in Cleveland).
Men. Road trip. Directions.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA….
Have a great trip Jon & friends – I’m sure you’ll have many things to blog about when you get back! (I’m betting you get lost more than once…)
too busy laughing to think of anything witty.
just remember though: it’s the journey, not the destination, that’s important. *snort*
If you don’t have firm plans when you get to Memphis,email/call me and I can give you some ideas for places to eat, drink, etc.
NICE!
Did you watch some airplanes when you were making your U-turn on dead ended blue part?
As the late, great George Harrison said…”if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” I think this is a phrase that will really come in handy on this trip.
why does this make me want to clap my hands with glee?
D’oh!
you three ain’t trying to rely on “the force” to guide your way? hope not. BUT have fun!
The first time my fiance and I went to the US together, I forced him to drive (it was LA, I wasn’t trying public transport!). We went to a very long hectic stadium concert and I made the mistake of falling asleep on the way back (it was 3am, we’d been at the gig since 10am previous day!). Considering it was one straight freeway and one turn off, I didn’t think it’d be too hard for him to remember the way back.
Expecting to see the lovely neighbourhood of Anaheim, I woke up to some Mexican-sounding place I had no idea of. He’d gone past the turn off by 20 MILES. That might not sound a long way to an American, but to a Brit that’s like ANOTHER COUNTY.
Men. Directions. HAHAHAHAHA.
I thought you had a GPS unit with you Jon!!!!
Who knows, you may only have a minute or so in Memphis, but if you have time I highly encourage you to go to the newly openned Stax Museum. It’s amazing and it nicely complements the whole Graceland experience. If you love music you will have a blast there.
http://www.soulsvilleusa.com/
good record stores:
last chance, goner, shangri-la
(shangri-la records has a a great guide call “low life guide to Memphis”)
great bbq-
payne’s bbq
interstate
ugh, driving through ohio is horrible. a few summers ago i drove from chicago to new york city with two other friends and i got stuck driving through ohio. it was the worst drive ever.
Having a GPS unit and convincing people it works are two separate deals.
Needless to say, we arrived.
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If you took 71N hopefully you hit downtown and stopped at the Rock Hall. Be sure to hit the Science Center next door and the Bodyworlds exhibit with all the plastisized corpses. Cool Stuff.
You guys should of gone to Cedar Point while in Ohio. Riding their newest coaster is a fantastic way to see your life pass before your eyes.
I’m sure, aderyn, that driving through the vast wastelands of northern Indiana was incredibly exciting as well.
“Everyone in Cleveland has this inexplicable way of giving directions in regards to Cleveland land marks…”
lol, no we don’t. Only morons give directions like that.
Thank God Stephanie posted. I have been on the fence about Paris Hilton for a long time and damn if she didn’t win me over with that compelling argument.
Your wife should be sainted, by the way,for this week alone.