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carguy123
carguy123 UltimaDork
6/15/13 1:30 p.m.

Just tell him you've got to pee. He has to pull over for that and while you're stopped you can get some food.

Never travel the Florida highways at Christmas time. Nothing is open except Waffle Houses. We went 2 days without food except for gas station junk food one time.

MichaelYount
MichaelYount Reader
6/15/13 2:40 p.m.

"Nothing is open except Waffle Houses. " Perfect. 5 star road trip food.

carguy123
carguy123 UltimaDork
6/15/13 2:49 p.m.
MichaelYount wrote: "Nothing is open except Waffle Houses. " Perfect. 5 star road trip food.

NO, Diarrhea is not a good trip companion.

ERs really cut down on travel time too. Stomach pumping takes time.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/15/13 6:26 p.m.

Almost to our stopping point for the night!

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
6/15/13 8:05 p.m.

Are you guys sharing the driving?

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/15/13 8:25 p.m.

Yep, my dad and I take turns. Mom and Katie sit in the back seat and make sure we don't screw up.

poopshovel
poopshovel MegaDork
6/15/13 8:39 p.m.
carguy123 wrote:
MichaelYount wrote: "Nothing is open except Waffle Houses. " Perfect. 5 star road trip food.
NO, Diarrhea is not a good trip companion. ERs really cut down on travel time too. Stomach pumping takes time.

It is nearly impossible to resist, but no peppers on the browns = no diarrhea. I've been to a billion WH's and only one bad one (just north of Gville. It's berkeleying horrible.)

The one down the road from me is berkeleying awesome. Always clean. Always friendly. My eggs, bacon, and browns are always cooked to berkeleying perfection.

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi Dork
6/15/13 8:41 p.m.

If this meet happens Thursday afternoon/evening I would also be there.

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
6/15/13 8:48 p.m.
Tom Suddard wrote: lunch so far has consisted of grapes and Funyuns. I am disappoint. :(

I think this means you're adopted.

jg

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 PowerDork
6/15/13 9:33 p.m.

Cool panorama photo!
You really do look like your mother. The shadowy-ness really made it had for me to tell if that was you or her.

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
6/15/13 9:36 p.m.

In for a Thursday after work meet up. Suggest Buddy's Pizza on Michigan ave in Dearborn. Voted best in Detroit more times than I can count. Easy to find and I don't believe the parking to too bad.

Mezzanine
Mezzanine Reader
6/15/13 10:12 p.m.

This thread is so awesome. Even my wife was enjoying it right up until the Fudgery Trek stuff.

She only rolled her eyes once when I went straight to Craigslist and entered Heckflosse into the search field.

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
6/16/13 6:03 a.m.
Tom Suddard wrote: Almost to our stopping point for the night!

That is a cool picture.

Grapes and Funyuns? Are y'all smoking pot?

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 9:57 a.m.

So... We're affectionately referring to this cabin as "the murder cabin." It's dark and dirty and small and ant-infested and the toilet doesn't work and there is a VCR player. Also, I found a review on tripadvisor written by an old lady: "Cabin 4 is so romantic. We hot-tubed with some wine, then had a great time snuggling in front of the cozy fire before retiring to the comfortable bed."

So, needless to say, we are all avoiding the hot-tub, couch, and the parents' bed.

Oh, also the cabin came with dirty laundry piled against the front door. We just kicked it out of the way.

I think we're only going to spend one more night here, then keep driving north.

Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette SuperDork
6/16/13 10:16 a.m.

I suspect tin foil under that hat

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 10:23 a.m.

Huh. Now we're at a chain called "biscuit world." Who knew there was such a thing.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 10:26 a.m.

On the bright side, they have real utensils.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 PowerDork
6/16/13 10:36 a.m.

I googled up the menu of Biscuit World. I had never heard of it.
I recommended the "Hungry Man Platter" for the whole family for its large bowl of pinto beans!

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 10:59 a.m.

Huh. Just found out about a local mystery; it is memorialized in a framed photo in an odd biscuit chain of a tragic billboard.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5067563

Thoughts?

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 11:02 a.m.

And to answer an earlier question, I'll be writing about the trip in Classic Motorsports. You all subscribe, right? It's a cheap way to read stories like this all year long.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 11:25 a.m.

We found a carnival!

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 2:12 p.m.

We've been looking at the gorge and its surrounding touristy crap all afternoon.

We saw the mystery hole:

And the gorge:

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Intern
6/16/13 2:15 p.m.

We also rode a cable-car down to a jetboat ride!

JFX001
JFX001 UltraDork
6/16/13 2:24 p.m.

Biscuit World rocks!

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand UberDork
6/16/13 3:41 p.m.
shadetree30 wrote:
JohnRW1621 wrote: Pasties are readily available in Mac City and largely associated with The UP.
FWIW (future reference) they are also an Eastern PA thing...

they also prevent me from seeing full frontal nippage. the in-laws (who lived in the UP) get pissed when i pronounce the A like in paste.

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