The Atomic Tour gets back on track on Day 3, as Dave and Tara power through the Keystone State, The Buckeye State, the Open For Business State (uh, not too desperate, there, West Virginia)…Ohio and West Virginia AGAIN, and then the Bluegrass State, and the Hoosier State before settling in for the night in the Land Of Lincoln, only to learn that the Land Of Lincoln closes early, EVEN ON FRIDAYS. Along the way, Dave and Tara encounter foreboding smokestacks, antique malls, antique candy, and plates and plates of starch — but by logging almost twice as many miles on Day 3 as we did on Day 1, it’s like that Day 2 snafu never even happened. (Almost.)
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June 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
So my ears were totally perking up at the mention of Shelbyville, even before you shouted me out. You guys know me so well.
Dave really sounded like he was unraveling during the whole Tooters affair, in an incredibly delightful way.
June 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Aw, I loved this one. Tooters will never not be funny.
I don’t know what they’re calling “sawmill gravy,” but I’d assume the white gravy is a sausage gravy — like what you get with biscuits at Bob Evans. It’s basically all milk, flour, and butter.
June 14th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Mmm, sausage gravy. 100% yummy, 0% nutritional value. It sucks that y’all are sick, but this sounds like a great road-trip day. Here’s hoping Dave’s illness was just some bad Cracker Barrell and it passed(hee!) quickly.
LOVE the music. Can’t wait to see pogo-stick pics.
June 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
“… Looking back in years hence, it may very well have been at this point that our protagonists’ quest first threatened to veer from ‘Tocquevillesque,’ to ‘Conradesque.’ …”
June 14th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
I’m hurt that Indiana wasn’t even worth leaving us a little pee.
June 15th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Horehound is a flowering plant, and the first part of the name comes from the hairy appearance of the plant. It is used to make tea and candy, and is described as “berry-flavored root beer.” [via Wikipedia]
The purple things hanging from the trees are insect traps to catch the ash borer bug. (I know you said that wasn’t my problem but no one had posted! Plus I love a challenge!)
I was laughing out loud while listening to the podcast and walking the dog, and I SNORTED out loud and my neighbor gave me a funny look. I believe it was during “Tooter’s” discussion.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
I forgot to respond to this at the time, but Fifth Third Bank is famous for that dumb name, and it’s actually the result of a merger. It used to be “Fifth Something” and “Third Something,” and they merged, and they went with “Fifth Third.” At least that’s my understanding. One of my college friends had a brother who worked there.