Monday, July 16, 2007

2. Plains, Trains and Automobiles


Miles Traveled: 1001
Progress: 63%

God is no slouch. Today I had an Oreo Blizzard at DQ. And, the last room left is a jacuzzi suite :-)

Sights: Corn, Cows, Wind farms, Trains (really long ones), Corn, Cows, Sunrays, Prairie Dog, the insides of too many truck stops, really awesome rocks, Philo's sweet face sleeping in Ross's lap, the backs of my eyelids. Oh yeah, and corn and cows.

Conversation Topics: Who did Bob Feller pitch for? Is it true there are places you can still see the ruts from the wagon trains? Can windmills get turned off? What about this farm bill? How many more hours? Should we be more worried about a global or a national economy? How much longer? If you weren't married, what kind of car would you get? What kind of rock is that? Seriously, none of these plains states were remote enough for the Mormons--they had to keep going? Is eeethanol an acceptable alternate pronunciation of ethanol? Are we there yet? Will we ever eat another meal in a restaurant not attached to a petrol station?

Conclusions: There may be nothing cuter than a cat's toes.

2 comments:

Erin and Diane said...

love it!

fyi I think our first course raw salmon was topped with a fried piece of yuba. apparently yuba is the skin that develops on soy milk when it is boiled! I don't think the milk needs to be fermented :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuba_(food)

Tracy said...

wow. that is weird. also - did you document that meal b/c i get it all confused. we spent some of the drive trying to reconstruct the whole experience! it was amazing. also french laundry is in my places to see before we die book, so...can't wait to cross that off :-)