On the twelfth day of Atomic Tour, my true love gave to me: twelve coin-op wonders; eleven avocadoes; ten Mio wrong turns; nine startled tourists; eight tales of RVs; seven kinds of salsa; six bumper stickers; five Golden Gates! (okay, just one, and only from far away); four bum queries; three soup lines; two cute [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, Jun 22, 2008
It’s big tree country! We travel from the big trees in Oregon to the bigger trees in Redwood National Forest to the biggest trees in the Avenue of the Giants. Along the way we find giant bovine balls, drive-through trees, Germans with walking sticks (or so they say), evidence of unfathomable flooding and a fancy [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, Jun 21, 2008
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to drive across half of Idaho and three-quarters of Oregon in a day? Let’s just say Dave and Tara no longer have to wonder. As our fearless Atomi-tons (we’re going to see if that catches on) try to get most of the way to Redwood National Park, they [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, Jun 21, 2008
Day 9 is, bar none, the Yellowstoniest day of the trip so far. Dave and Tara head back into Wyoming to the giant national park that is Yellowstone, to see all the amazing sights: hot springs, mud volcanoes, chipmunks, Old Faithful, old biddies, the Continental Divide, and snow in June! Amazing! Then, there’s just a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, Jun 19, 2008
The Atomic Tour switches to a lower gear for Day 8, as Dave and Tara enjoy a nice sleep-in, and then a nice Mexican lunch, a nice amble around Bozeman, a nice family film, and then a nice sunset drive along the picturesque Gallatin River. All in all, it was a very nice day — [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008
As the first week draws to a close, the Atomic Tourists wrap up their time in South Dakota with visits to Mount Rushmore (the most fun you can have with four stone presidential effigies) and Deadwood (if you really stretch the definition of the word “visit”). Then it’s on to Wyoming for cheap gas, cowboys, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008
Day 6 of the Atomic Tour is absolutely crammed with significant milestones! Like: first two consecutive nights spent in different parts of the same state! And: first time crossing into the Mountain time zone! Also: first experience of corn art! Furthermore: first National Park! PS: first experience of the few actual drugstore items sold at [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, Jun 15, 2008
Day 5 of The Atomic Tour, and guess what we’ve learned? It’s possible to drive across Kansas in about fifteen minutes, if you hit it right; Iowa is super-flat and super-boring; they weren’t kidding about the flooding; we are apparently much more dirty-minded than business operators in several upstanding midwestern and prairie states; at least [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, Jun 15, 2008
Day 4 of The Atomic Tour, and Dave and Tara tackle Illinois, Missouri, and the tiniest bit of Kansas. Along the way, there are antiques, racism, and remembrance of bad car behaviour past. Thrill as you can barely make out the sound of a special, unexpected guest star! Listen to the podcast on this page Direct Link to [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, Jun 14, 2008
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 [...]
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Monday, Jun 23, 2008
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