- Don't overload your refrigerator door (ours fell off yesterday and is currently jimmy-rigged for the remainder of our trip).
- Always make sure you don't leave your water hose behind at a camp site (number of hoses bought on this trip = 4)
- Corollary to one above -- if a hose is cheap ($$), than the hose is cheap :-)
- Do make sure that your roof is rainproof before driving into the mid-west during their worst tornado season in years.
- If oil spikes over $100.00 per barrel, then you can bet that gas prices are going up and the cost of your road trip is going to increase exponentially. (To date: highest price gas we just paid was $4.49 per gallon in Indiana).
- Corollary to one above -- gas prices vary tremendously across the country (if you're interested, Isaac has kept track of gas prices across the country).
- Toll roads are generally the worst roads to drive on. You're paying to have them repaired in the future (which isn't going to come soon enough - bump!!)
- State parks are the ideal place to spend the night in an RV. Second choice, KOA campgrounds. Third choice, RV parks (think sardines). Last resort, Walmart parking lots (at least there are warm donuts in the morning :-)
- When taking a long trip without the guarantee of a washing machine/dryer -- err on the side of bringing too much socks and underwear.
- You can never have too many i-chargers (iphone, ipod, ipad, icomputers, i, i, i, ...... I'm on i-overload!)
- If you're interested in hearing a constant, one-man dialogue on the state of the nation, liberal democrats, loss of personal freedom, and or the government-regulations/debt/taxes/etc. -- just drive with Joe on the toll roads leading into and out of Chicago.
- Make sure you are monitoring your toilet levels before you no longer have any tank room to flush!
- Not all GPS's are created equal (in other words, it is necessary to UPDATE it every 4 or 5 years, especially prior to taking a cross-country trip)
- It is always good to have a destination in each day, otherwise the minutes feel like hours and you end up writing things like this :-)
Absolutely hilarious!!! Thanks for putting a smile on my face today! (as usual) :-)
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this post to DH, he wants Joe to realize that EXPRESSWAY means you have the opportunity to EXPRESS your frustrations, not drive faster. Apparently, Joe has already figured that one out. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHe also states: "If you were almost squashed by a semi-truck as you were all looking at the Sears Tower, perhaps it wasn't entirely the other driver's fault?!" (heehee)
Drive safe, my friend!
With love,
The Price Family
(who are about to be blown away by the severe winds we are experiencing...eek!)