DISQUS

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  • *jimaie.marie* · 4 months ago
    isn't it weird how there are some towns/states that don't have coffee shops?! It's always freaked me and my mom OUT! We're like Nooooooooo!! HwLOL!! TJ is gross and will chug any gas station/McDonald's coffee but this homey don't play that, I need some REAL coffee (Aka deliciously rich espresso & perhaps maybe some white mocha)
    Good Luck on the drive today!!!! I hope you guys continue to have a safe trip & don't end up killing each other (or getting fleas!) ;)
    Yay for blogging on the road!!!
  • Elizabeth · 4 months ago
    Oh man, I'm the same way about hotels! I always look for the ones with white duvets, because then I know that at least those were washed! I get the heebies taking showers in hotel bathrooms though--how well do those get cleaned? Yeah...
  • mudnessa · 4 months ago
    I got over my hotel dirtyness fears when I successfully slept on the floor of a nasty mexico hotel floor in Guerrero Negro. I get so much credit with all the people that went on the trip. I refused to use the showers but sleeping in my mummy bag on the floor, no problem. I think it was the mummy bag that made it possible.

    On a non-bragging note this is something I'd love to do, travel cross country. I'm in So Cal and I have family in NY and my husband has never been, it would be so great to drive out there, except my husband doesn't drive, don't think I could do it on my own. So for now I shall live vicariously through you.
  • Callina · 4 months ago
    A year ago today I was making Cross-Country Road Trip #2 from CA to MO, and for the entire past year I have dreaded long car trips (granted I was moving, not just out for fun), but your trip is making me antsy for another one! Oh the places I could go....
  • Stevie · 4 months ago
    I loooooove road trips! When I was a kid, our "vacations" consisted of piling into our van and driving from Seattle to the bay area. Normally, that is an easy 12-13 hour drive. But with my family, we would take like a week. We'd stop and camp, we'd stop at landmarks, we'd take the "scenic route", for which my mom is now famous among my friends and family (infamous might be a better term...). Most people would probably be sick of road trips after that, but I think it totally secured my love for the road. You guys will remember this forever!!! Have fun!
  • Taryn · 4 months ago
    I used to love hotels as a kid- but now that I am older- I am starting to freak out about germs too. I don't really know why.
  • Erin · 4 months ago
    This sounds fun. Have a good trip!
  • Allie · 4 months ago
    Who pees on a hotel room floor? Ew!

    I sometimes prefer to sleep in a tent - at least the sleeping bag is my own. And when we stay in hotels, I have to take the liner from the ice bucket and use it to cover the remote so I don't touch it directly (I can't believe I'm admitting this). It drives my husband crazy, but I feel like the remote is absurdly germy. I think I read something to that effect once.

    Wishing you lots of coffee!
  • Doniree · 4 months ago
    I love a great road trip! Have so much fun! :)
  • The Casual Perfectionist · 4 months ago
    Oh! You are driving thru or to two of my homes! :)

    For future reference, QuikTrip usually has a good coffee selection, or so my coffee-drinkin' friends tell me. Have fun!!
  • The Casual Perfectionist · 4 months ago
    Oh, and they only have QT in Iowa...none in Colorado. Good luck!
  • Elly · 4 months ago
    Wow, that's so crazy that you can drive for days and days! It takes just over two days day to drive from the top of the north island the bottom of the south island (if you don't stop) so it seems kinda surreal the distances you can drive in the states! Glad your trip is going well, though :)
  • Jess · 4 months ago
    Yay Denver! You will definitely find enough coffee shops here.

    Also, I am totally with you on hotel rooms. Especially cheap road trip hotel rooms. Gross.
  • EP · 4 months ago
    Wow! It's pretty crazy that y'all are driving so far! I hope it is pretty and there are A LOT more coffeeshops. Because they make everything better.

    .. What are y'all venturing out West for?
  • Kyla Roma · 4 months ago
    Have an amazing, dreamy, exciting time (if you can stay awake for it, that is) =)