The Big Road Trip: End of Day 1

Jul 05, 2009 20:58

 It tooks us two tries to get out the door, 45 minutes after we had wanted to leave.
I drove from Gresham all the way to Baker City, it was like 4 hours of driving.
Boise Idaho is full of menacing billboards with threatening bible verses on them: THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT MURDER.
Between the Gorge and Salt Lake City everything just gets flat and the sky ( Read more... )

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_artfuldodger July 6 2009, 04:32:47 UTC
Those dinosaurs are pretty cute.

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6_bananas July 6 2009, 04:52:51 UTC
do you know the gas stations I'm talking about?

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_artfuldodger July 6 2009, 05:24:57 UTC
Heck yes! Sinclair, I've been roadtripping since small times.

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6_bananas July 7 2009, 03:15:46 UTC
Yeah that was a dumb idea.
Glad to know the smell is not just me.

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devolute July 6 2009, 20:51:22 UTC
Don't you live in Hermiston sometimes? Don't they have Sinclairs in Hermiston? Eastern Oregon is all about the dinosaurs and dinosaur-related gas stations.

It takes us 5+ hours to Baker all the way from Beaverton. I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT BAKER TODAY. One of my friends here in Helsinki is from La Grande. REPRESENTIN'

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6_bananas July 7 2009, 03:18:27 UTC
No, I stayed there a few summers and had some adventures, but yesterday was the first time in years I've driven through Baker.

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anonymous July 7 2009, 04:18:47 UTC
I love the Sinclair gas station signs! Pixar has their knockoff for their movies... DinoCo! Makes me think of Cars :-)

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anonymous July 7 2009, 04:19:17 UTC
I love the Sinclair gas station signs! Pixar has their knockoff for their movies... DinoCo! Makes me think of Cars :-)

-Tristan

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6_bananas July 7 2009, 04:22:08 UTC
haha

I remembered it from toystory

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