September 10, 2007

Funny Stuff on Road Trips

I've noticed that there tend to be some funny stuff that happens on road trips. Either you see a sign or someone says something funny, or then of course there are those random moments when something random happens. So here's some things that we thought were funny.

Directions
Here's an excerpt from our directions we got from the AAA trip-tic to go from Pulaski, TN to Frisco, TX:
2. Go STRAIGHT to get on US­64 W. Drive for 34.8 miles.
3. US­64 W becomes US­64 E. Drive for 6 miles.
4. US­64 E becomes US­64 W. Drive for 42.6 miles.
5. US­64 W becomes US­64 E. Drive for 4.8 miles.
6. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT to get on US­64 W. Drive for 3 miles.
7. Go STRAIGHT on US­64 E. Drive for 1.9 miles.
8. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT to get on US­64 W. Drive for 4.5 miles.
9. Take exit. Drive for 0.2 miles.

Signs
I saw some signs on the way that I thought you all might find interesting:

Quartsize Town Limits - really? that would be a pretty small town, I mean, how many people can you fit on a quarter? ;-)

Green Burrito - I don't know about you but that doesn't sound very appetizing (That might gag a buzzard...)

or then of course, we saw a PT Cruiser that said: Oversized Load. This might have been more convincing if it had actually had an "oversized load" in the area.

Warning Dust Storm May Exist Next 20 Miles - It was a thunderstorm the entire time

Random
Ok, so we're going down this road in Tucson, AZ and the street is being repaved as we're going down the road (I'll point out that it was around 9 o'clock in the morning) so we're going down the road heading toward the Mission San Xavier Del Bac and the next thing we know we're passing a mini-van that had fallen off the road and right into wet concrete. It was hilarious. The construction workers were digging out the concrete feverishly cause it was already super hot and the concrete was drying fast. But anyway, the van was up to its axles in concrete, with three wheels firmly planted in the concrete it was a funny sight. On our way back from the Mission we saw a couple standing nearby, we figure it had to be the owners of the van cause the woman was yelling at the man and the man looked rather sheepish. Also by that time they had gotten the car out of the concrete and on to a tow truck.

So, this didn't happen on the trip but it was while we were unloading the truck so it kinda counts. Anyway, I went to Costco to pick up some water for everybody. So I get three flats, and head to the check out. The guy at the check out asked me if I was doing a movie shoot. ;-)


Anyway, that was just a few of the things that made us laugh on the trip. James Herriot, did the majority I think, but you'll just have to hear his stories yourself, because it would take me a lot of blogs to cover his funny stories.
Ta-Ta for now... pray that I can get some internet in the Dodd Cottage soon.

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