The Zereps

well, tonight we’re in grainger indiana at another koa kampground. we got another kabin, which is really cute. this one has a/c which is great. we have a fire too and have popped jiffy pop and roasted mallows.
traffic is starting to pick up. i-80 through chicago is absolutely horrible! we almost crashed like 3 times! the construction is the worst i’ve seen, as well as the road signs….geez…
the campground here is really cute and i love the free wireless in the laundry room.
eric and i have a great new idea that hit us somewhere accross wyoming. it would totally revolutionize american culture. all we would need is grass roots vigilantes who hate wal-mart…sorta like the group in ’12 monkeys.’ they would take out each wal-mart big-rig and take out supply lines. then work towards somehow targeting stores at night so no one would be in them. 🙂 then everyone would have to shop at target, which is good for the economy. 🙂
anyhoo…i’m tired of sitting in the laundry room. eric will upload more pics tonight sometime.
toodles…

We’re currently in Iowa at another rest stop with wireless internet access. We’ve uploaded some more pictures (and thanks to the .htaccess tips you can now see them as they are listed in the directory.)

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Tonight we stay at a kabin at a KOA in Granger, IN… We have about a 430 mile trip today. Thanks for looking and we appreciate your comments!

This is pretty cool. We’re currently at a rest-stop on i-80 and they have free internet access…. how cool is that? Anyway.. we’re off to our next hotel in Des Moines, IA. Unforunately, they don’t have any internet access there, so we can’t post any of the new pictures that we’ve taken unless we can find a dial-up number or something. oh! I forgot.. Thanks Chantel for the iTrip for the iPOD. it work’s pretty well for us because we’re driving through the middle of nowhere in wyoming and nebraska, so there aren’y many radio stations! it would be a pretty boring drive without it. More pictures coming up tomorrow.. we’ll be camping in Granger, Indiana. (they have wireless internet at the KOA there….)

If you’re ever travelling in Wyoming on interstate-80 we have some tasty food stop suggestions for you. First of all, there is this place called Taco Johns. It’s kinda like taco bell, but waaaaay better.

And, if by chance you ever stay at the Super 8 Motel in North Platte, Nebraska (our current domocile) we highly suggest Twin Dragon chinese food–they deliver to the hotel and it’s really tasty food!

Anyway.. today was our longest drive. 480 miles from Rock Springs, Wy to North Platte, Ne. MapQuest directions for our drive today

472 miles straight on i-80

Tomorrow should be a little easier.. only 400 miles. I’m pretty tired right now, so I guess I’ll go to bed now. We might not have any internet access tomorrow, so I’m trying to make the most of it right now. ‘nite.

Link to more pictures…

Since we’re still new to word press, we’re still working out some of its features.

Lemme see if this works….

This is us in Roseville, CA right before we left for our trip…

EDIT: Apparently, it does… Now that I have the permissions set up properly for uploading pictures in wordpress, we can embed pictures right into the main page.. yaaah!

we left cowboy country today (wy) and are now in north platte nebraska. maybe we’ll see buffalo bill’s tourist trap tomorrow if we have time. it’s pretty in nebraska, too. kinda like alberta pretty. we ordered chinese takeout tonight and it was a very welcome break from road food.
oh, i forgot to mention all the insectoids we ran over in nevada the other day. there were thousands of the little buggers! they looked like giant scorpions or teranchelas and were really really gross to drive over. the day after that our car stank of raw, freshly caught fish. it was so gross…you couldn’t stand down wind from it without cringing. little embarassing at gas stations, too. i hope the rental car company won’t charge us extra to clean the carcases from the underside. -shudder-
there’s supposed to be lightening storms tonight, so it should be pretty.
toodle-loo

okay…i just read eric’s post and he failed to mention what a trash heap our stop at The Great Salt Lake was. It smelled like death and dysentary. Dead birds littered the beach. And let me tell you….if it were in California, it would be *shut down*…anyhoo….
there’s alot of trucks in wy and ut. also alot of country music in stores and casinos. -shudder-
salt lake city was really pretty, surprisingly. wy is also pretty, at least i think so. i was sure glad to leave nevada though. geez. thought i might get shot with all those unregistered concealed weapons floating around… 😉
i am in desperate need of my ‘doubleshot’ right now so i’m going to go make breakfast at our cabin (which is really cute, btw).
toodles