Later than we expected, and with Kevin sans his cell phone (oops!), Liz, Kevin, Si and I climbed into the car and took off from Fort Collins, CO around 3PM yesterday. We hit up Bill Tucker before we left town, who gifted us with an aerobed, a pedometer, and mirrored sunglasses to aid us on our quest.
We made a quick stop-over in Vail, where everyone we met had a French accent and visited a “please rape me now”-style bathroom, down the stairs in a concrete bunker.
Refreshed and ready to go, we jumped back on the highway and headed toward Grand Junction, Colorado where my Great Grandma Bailey was celebrating her 85th birthday (as it turns out, she’s the same age as Warner Brothers – and questioned why they haven’t sent her a present yet). We all sang Happy Birthday to her and had a good time hobknobbing for some birthday cake and ice cream.
Jumping back on the road from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City, we hit up Wendy’s and totally forgot to grab gas (though, we TOTALLY rocked the tweet exiting town).
The road between Grand Junction and Salt Lake was foggy – but in Utah, there’s all sorts of amazing signage. We stayed with Deb, who lives with the Minority Leader of the Utah Senate – David. Deb and David are kick-ass hosts – David makes a killer coffee and Deb makes amazing, custom greeting cards.
Deb shared an amazing diner with us, the Blue Plate, where we were served by Ruby. The owner, Von, shared the story of the diner and we’ll post that video later. It’s been the best first restaurant experience we’ve ever had.
We stopped in at Signed and Numbered, run by Leia and opened up 5 days ago. She’s the first person who knew about the Spiral Jetty – which is where we’re headed today before heading to Portland!
#Sunshine2Seattle Day 1 and 2
Later than we expected, and with Kevin sans his cell phone (oops!), Liz, Kevin, Si and I climbed into the car and took off from Fort Collins, CO around 3PM yesterday. We hit up Bill Tucker before we left town, who gifted us with an aerobed, a pedometer, and mirrored sunglasses to aid us on our quest.
We made a quick stop-over in Vail, where everyone we met had a French accent and visited a “please rape me now”-style bathroom, down the stairs in a concrete bunker.
Refreshed and ready to go, we jumped back on the highway and headed toward Grand Junction, Colorado where my Great Grandma Bailey was celebrating her 85th birthday (as it turns out, she’s the same age as Warner Brothers – and questioned why they haven’t sent her a present yet). We all sang Happy Birthday to her and had a good time hobknobbing for some birthday cake and ice cream.
Jumping back on the road from Grand Junction to Salt Lake City, we hit up Wendy’s and totally forgot to grab gas (though, we TOTALLY rocked the tweet exiting town).
The road between Grand Junction and Salt Lake was foggy – but in Utah, there’s all sorts of amazing signage. We stayed with Deb, who lives with the Minority Leader of the Utah Senate – David. Deb and David are kick-ass hosts – David makes a killer coffee and Deb makes amazing, custom greeting cards.
Deb shared an amazing diner with us, the Blue Plate, where we were served by Ruby. The owner, Von, shared the story of the diner and we’ll post that video later. It’s been the best first restaurant experience we’ve ever had.
We stopped in at Signed and Numbered, run by Leia and opened up 5 days ago. She’s the first person who knew about the Spiral Jetty – which is where we’re headed today before heading to Portland!