On Reccomendations and Traveling

First, I want to apologize for my previous post. If you've read it, you know why. if you haven't well, sorry anyway.

In a brief look back at our trip, Cat and I made a list of sorts. So, here we go!


1. Make reservations early. (Especially when there's both a rodeo and a biker convention occupying the whole state you're traveling through.)

2. Do research about future rodeos and/or possible biker conventions before you go. (See previous comment.)

3. If you have a chance to have frozen custard, have it. You may never have that chance again. (Cat denied me my one chance, and now I'm going to make her drive back to Wisconsin to get it for me.)

4. Don't start a 60 mile trip over the mountains with only an eighth of a tank of gas. (And, if you do, don't drive 28 mile before realizing you'd better turn around.)

5. If a hotel offers you a suite with a private whirlpool for just 20 dollars more, take it. ('Nuff said!)

6. Continental breakfast simply means a bread product and some kind of liquid. This could mean crappy danishes and Sunny Delight.

7. South Dakota is a cooler state than you'd ever think. (And I'm going back!)

8. Michael learned the connection between the word Montana and mountains. (Shut up.)

9. Somewhere in Washington state, there is a Thor Street, and that is awesome. (Yet another good reason to live here.)

10. Always have the camera ready. Taking pictures of state signs is harder than you'd imagine. (For Catherine...)

11. Sometimes you accidentally kill things like small rabbits and butterflies. (With your car, not, like, I'm stalking and killing things.)

(Yet.)

12. Casinos are everywhere! (Well, except Massachusetts. For now...)

13. We have seen motel/storage space/casino, laundromat/casino, laundromat/espresso bar, fast food/casino/bar/liquor store, gas station/post office/grocery store. (No part of this list is a lie, which is why I'm never returning to Montana.)

14. There is such a thing as a Testicle Festival, and we're sorry we didn't go. (We're not all sorry. Which is also why I'm never returning to Montana.)

15. Not everyone in the Midwest is friendly, especially when you look like a dirty hippie. (Stupid AAA lady...)

16. AAA tour books are pretty great. (grumble grumble...)

17. Fillet Mignon is amazing!

18.You shouldn't keep score in a relationship, but Michael has rubbed Catherine's neck way more than she's rubbed his. (That's because my arms are shorter and I have tricky thumbs.)

19. Every place is beautiful in its own way.