Comments on: When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight http://www.jenncutter.com/2010/04/21/when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:51:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Troy Goodfellow http://www.jenncutter.com/2010/04/21/when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/#comment-1954 Troy Goodfellow Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:47:30 +0000 http://www.jenncutter.com/?p=1862#comment-1954 I've done the New Brunswick to Toronto drive a few times, as well as to other Ontario cities but since haste was kind of the point I never really appreciated it much. Had a destination to get to, so we drove all night. We were all kind of loopy by the end. The thing with highways is that they keep you from the places you are driving through. Were I to do a real cross country trip (and at my age, quite unlikely), I think I'd stay off the highways and see what the country has to offer. I’ve done the New Brunswick to Toronto drive a few times, as well as to other Ontario cities but since haste was kind of the point I never really appreciated it much. Had a destination to get to, so we drove all night. We were all kind of loopy by the end.

The thing with highways is that they keep you from the places you are driving through. Were I to do a real cross country trip (and at my age, quite unlikely), I think I’d stay off the highways and see what the country has to offer.

]]> By: Datastorm http://www.jenncutter.com/2010/04/21/when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/#comment-1953 Datastorm Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:40:33 +0000 http://www.jenncutter.com/?p=1862#comment-1953 Be sure and come through Montana, I'll put you up for the night....:) Be sure and come through Montana, I’ll put you up for the night….:)

]]> By: Nate Homier http://www.jenncutter.com/2010/04/21/when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/#comment-1948 Nate Homier Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:42:14 +0000 http://www.jenncutter.com/?p=1862#comment-1948 Driving is fun. I remember as a kid driving from Montana to California in my parents old VW van. The VW was really fun but it was underpowered and on MacDonald Pass on Highway 12 we all had to get out and walk to the top of the pass while dad drove the van to the top of the pass. At the top we then got back in. Another time the VW van broke down in a remote section of Interstate in the California Mojave desert. Dad had to walk several miles in scorching hot sun to a service station we had passed, thankfully the van was parked under a tree. At the service station there was a house across the street that had a camel. You had to be careful cause he kept spitting all the time. Another good trip was the time I helped my brother move from Soldotna Alaska to Helena Montana. He had this old camper on top of his Jeep pickup truck and it weighed around 12,000 pounds fully loaded. Everything he owned was in the camper. We took the Alaska-Canadian Highway. The Alaska-Canadian Highway was the single best highway I have ever had the pleasure of driving on. Every mile was filled with oohs pretty and spectacular. I remember gassing up the truck in an Canadian gas station and we went on the road and after a half hour we noticed the gas gauge only read about a quarter tank, LOL, that is the metric system biting us in the ass, thankfully we made it to another station. There was this remote outpost along the way you should try. Right beside the highway, you would know when you see it. It is a restaurant and bar, very cool out in the middle of nowhere, can't remember the name. If you ever go on the highway in summer make sure you still take winter clothes. Because of this trip I went to Edmonton mall and rode my first roller coaster in the mall. The coolest fast food experience was seeing McDonald's in Canada serve up pizza! We were sleeping overnight in this one small Canadian town and during the night in the camper my brothers liquor spilt all over, whew! I think we might have got drunk from the fumes! Western Canada was pretty fun. Hope you get to go on a long road trip, it's so fun. Driving is fun. I remember as a kid driving from Montana to California in my parents old VW van. The VW was really fun but it was underpowered and on MacDonald Pass on Highway 12 we all had to get out and walk to the top of the pass while dad drove the van to the top of the pass. At the top we then got back in. Another time the VW van broke down in a remote section of Interstate in the California Mojave desert. Dad had to walk several miles in scorching hot sun to a service station we had passed, thankfully the van was parked under a tree. At the service station there was a house across the street that had a camel. You had to be careful cause he kept spitting all the time.

Another good trip was the time I helped my brother move from Soldotna Alaska to Helena Montana. He had this old camper on top of his Jeep pickup truck and it weighed around 12,000 pounds fully loaded. Everything he owned was in the camper. We took the Alaska-Canadian Highway. The Alaska-Canadian Highway was the single best highway I have ever had the pleasure of driving on. Every mile was filled with oohs pretty and spectacular. I remember gassing up the truck in an Canadian gas station and we went on the road and after a half hour we noticed the gas gauge only read about a quarter tank, LOL, that is the metric system biting us in the ass, thankfully we made it to another station. There was this remote outpost along the way you should try. Right beside the highway, you would know when you see it. It is a restaurant and bar, very cool out in the middle of nowhere, can’t remember the name. If you ever go on the highway in summer make sure you still take winter clothes. Because of this trip I went to Edmonton mall and rode my first roller coaster in the mall. The coolest fast food experience was seeing McDonald’s in Canada serve up pizza! We were sleeping overnight in this one small Canadian town and during the night in the camper my brothers liquor spilt all over, whew! I think we might have got drunk from the fumes! Western Canada was pretty fun.

Hope you get to go on a long road trip, it’s so fun.

]]> By: Punning Pundit http://www.jenncutter.com/2010/04/21/when-it-absolutely-positively-has-to-be-there-overnight/#comment-1947 Punning Pundit Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:11:12 +0000 http://www.jenncutter.com/?p=1862#comment-1947 I've driven across the US, and... If you can take the time to stop at all the weird stuff, it can be a _lot_ of fun. But if you're just going to drive across Nebraska as fast as you possibly can, it's a dull trip. :) I’ve driven across the US, and… If you can take the time to stop at all the weird stuff, it can be a _lot_ of fun. But if you’re just going to drive across Nebraska as fast as you possibly can, it’s a dull trip. :)

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