Many a pleasant greeting and a fine evening to you all
Today’s song of the day was Save your tears by The Weeknd
The lowest gas price we saw today clocked in at 3.99 (the lowest we've seen it in a while)
Tragically, the highest gas price that we saw today came in at a lovely 5.99 (we cried a little bit...)
Aggressive road signs of the day:
A series of three signs telling us to pull of the road if we were drowsy (throw back to your driving is lousy when you’re drowsy)
FOG MAY BE ICY (this one scares us)
We started our morning off at the horrible hour of 7 am (why we did that to ourselves I will never know, I’m blaming Michael’s cursed lamp thing for this)
We were a little slow to get moving, but it was 7 am and we’re middle children and we have issues (especially when it comes to waking up)
The immortal cheese is once again frozen, with each of the fine lads freezing in a slightly different curled position (it's amusing that they have faces now, because when we drop them or I throw them into the cooler… it’s comedy)
We have devised this system of Elena driving first, and then we switch with decent regularity
(I forgot to mention this yesterday because I was tired, but the car reached 200,000 miles and then some, and we named him Freddie for that large milestone in his life (after Freddie Mercury)).
This morning, Elena seems to be unable to drive properly (missed the exit for the highway, missed the turns to get back to the exit for the highway, took an exit she wasn’t supposed to and added 30 minutes onto the drive for the morning)
“I cleaned the windshield this morning, and that seems to be the only thing that I have done correctly this morning”
We decided to do another tourist thing this morning - we stopped at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover
There was a sign that said “welcome to your public lands” and Elena said “ah yes, my Pennsylvania tax dollars are certainly paying for these public lands :)”
We got there, and we took some pictures.
THEN
Jess was like, I need to drive on it
So we did.
It was crazy
There's no traction on the salt (scary).
We were basically cruising around on a hoverboard type feeling (very back to the future of us I know).
We took a video but alas, it’s not exactly family friendly so I ask that you use your imagination of us whipping around the salt flats.
Jess pulled a hard curve/turn thing, and we spun in a semi doughnut, and Elena saw Jesus for about .2 seconds. But then we were fine and we didn’t die .
On this trip, we have come to the realization that if Jess believed in reincarnation, she would be a motorcycle guy and a race car driver, either in this life, the next one, or one from a while ago (who knows man, could happen).
To the surprise and shock of absolutely no adult with a car, or really anyone, the car is now covered in salt
The west is full of road work ahead signs, lane closures, and everything else in terms of the road being non-functional in some capacity, and yet, there are no people actually working on the road
It’s a Tuesday guys.
Where are all the people?
Who is working on the roads?
Deeth starr valley - Walmart brand death star
We stopped in Elko and took some pictures (Elena broke into the theater at the convention center, but not really because the doors were unlocked and slightly open, that is an innovation but only for doors that don’t lead into houses or rooms)
We took some pictures, no one stopped us from being chaotic, because we possess the ability to look like we know what’s going on
We ate lunch at 12 pacific coast time, so really it was 1 mountain time, 2 whatever Chicago time is in, and 3 eastern time (so we’re really not doing that much better than normal:))
We went to eat lunch but also half of the things that we needed to eat were frozen?? The fridge was just too powerful
It was too much for the tomato, the carrot, and the immortal cheese were just so totally frozen man (I’m also blaming Michael’s lamp for this).
Because there was that thing we did on the salt flats, there was salt on the car (shocking??)
So we went to a car wash
Why are machines for like buttons and things like that, so so so far away ;-;
Elena was driving and she had to put the car in park, take her seatbelt off, and climb through the window to push the buttons
Like why is it so hard? Driving ? in this economy? As a short person??
impossible
Additionally, surprising to no one, we are blaming Michael’s cursed lamp for the lack of gas stations in Nevada (where are they??? Michael, tell me, tell me where they are Michael!!!!)
On top of that, we saw tumbleweeds, and though they are technically invasive I think? I don’t care, they are exciting
I have seen 10 casinos today, and we aren’t even in Reno. This is exciting, it's like a game of eye spy but all you spy is casinos and sadness.
We gained an hour today and yet we are somehow still behind secdule (schedule), we are not very good at adulting or time management when it comes to this trip apparently, but that’s okay, because we’re middle children and we have issues.
We are hoping to keep shooting time in Reno short (we did actually do that).
A side note: The middle child of the day is Flynn Rider (from Tangled). We are assigning him middle child status because the vibes are there and it’s never explicitly stated.
NEVADA IS SO FULL OF MOUNTAINS
“IT FEELS LIKE THE MOON? SPACE??? DOESN’T FEEL REAL.”
~Jess
We are sooooo dehydrated
Hydrate or dydrate. I guess we’re dydrating.
So today, we stopped for more gas (shocker) and we bought like 3 liters of water each, plus the other like 3 liters and then some that we’ve tried to keep in the car
We are swimming.
But not hydrated.
A national tragedy…
We stopped in Reno to take some pictures.
We scrounged around for quarters to pay for 46 minutes of parking and then we walked in a large square.
Jess took reflection photos.
Elena took photos of things through other things.
Then we boosted.
We are sleeping.
We are probably eating real food? Does it count as real food if it's just canned soup, I don’t know.
Updated: we won't do very much when we get to our rooms, but we will go back to the car for more food
Goodnight and Good luck
don't trip down the stiars cuz that's a pain
and if you do, panic, a lot
Pain and Panic
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