A Photo Post

OK, I'm not a picture taker. My 14yo is not a a picture taker. My 9yo is not a picture taker. I don't even own a camera outside of phone. However, I have a dear friend who is very visual and keeps nagging, asking for some pictures from our trips thus far.

So, without further ado, I give you my crappy pictures.


We have a large road atlas of the US and with each state, the kids color it in blue.

On our first stop, we ran across one of these. A real pay phone!  And, are you ready for this? It costs a dollar a call!

OK, the next few pictures are reminders of the world of Cars (the movie) and how that movie was, indeed, inspired by a cross country trip.
                                         Luigi's Tires:

                                               DinoCo:

OK, just to further prove my nerdiness, can anyone guess what book/movie this was in? (I won't even begin to get on my soapbox about why Peter Jackson owes me hours of my life and all the money I spent on his stupid "rendition" of the best books of all time.)

And the following are all shots of our very first night. Along the banks of Reeltree Lake in Tennessee.  (AKA: flippin' freezing campsite):

So there, Little Miss KnightsAndMaidensGathering, you have your pictures. You may read my blog now.