Make sure to vote in the poll box to the right there.
We considered sharing some interesting tid-bits on the ticket. All of the following facts are true and happened exactly as I am reporting them here. The offender attempted to bribe the officer by first pulling out their debit card. Chris took out his (unsightly) earrings, in an attempt to "blend in " and then had the gall to ask the officer for a candid photo passing in the ticket. Kara actually got out of the car and threw up (probably from the stress). We think that is what brought out the second squad car. Kelcey repositioned her shoulder strap to go over her arm, livin' on the edge. Kim took the picture of the two squad cars through the back window.
So you do the math here, people. As the four musketeers, we disavow all knowledge of these actions. (Well, until tonight when you can check in for the big reveal. Sorry, this is as exciting as it gets.)
Friday, July 18, 2008
Ticket Teasers
Thursday, July 17, 2008
We're Not in Kansas Anymore, Toto! - Day 3
So, this morning we left Colby, KS around 8:00am and we were making really great time until about 10:15 when we were nabbed by the Kansas State Trooper. While a polite man, he declined a comment for the blog and refused to be photographed for our memories sake. One of us got a ticket today, but it is up to you to vote on who you think it was. (Actual results will be revealed in tomorrow's post).
For lunch we stopped at the Cracker Barrel, where Kara and Kelcey cheated their way through a checkers game.
I am way more tired tonight that I was yesterday, thus this post is not as detailed or as funny.
We ended up in St. Louis, MS, after crossing into Illinois several times in an attempt to park by the arch. We watched the Cardinals game and the sunset from the top of the arch. (Ok, so we know it doesn't really count n the way of watching the game, but we did stand outside the stadium while the Cards won and fireworks were shot off). We hunted for an open Starbucks, but apparently, downtown St. Louis closes at 8pm, so we missed them all. For Eli's sake, we did photograph a St. Louis City mug through the window while the two workers inside just laughed at us.
We are now about 45 miles into Illinois, at an Econolodge, trying the rapidly finish this post so we can hit the sack. Good night, and good luck guessing who got nabbed.
Also, we have about 836 miles left to go until Syracuse, and we have over 2000 miles under our belts.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
BLACHLY KIDS ROAD TRIP - Day 2
So we planned on clocking in all of our driving time, we got as far as Chris' first beginning time, 8:45 am on Tuesday, but never wrote down his ending time. I guess this trip is shaping up to be a classic Blachly trip!
We didn't plan out anything: not our stops for the night, not our fun detours, and we are open to suggestions, but sorry Timbra, 5 hours was a little to much out of the way this time.
Tonight we are staying in Colby, KS. Kara and Kelcey beat Kim and Chris in a race to the swimming pool! Yahoo! We have traveled a total of 1,342.5 miles, and 1,494 have miles left to go.
Some highlights from our trip so far include, taking tons of pictures in Zion National Park, and then that night not being able to upload any of the pictures, and today having to go to Geek Squad in Denver for some help. (Where we also learned my hard drive is doomed and on its deathbed! Maybe tomorrow, maybe next year, or maybe never!) Also, crossing 4 lanes of traffic to go see Buffalo Bill's grave, after singing the entire soundtrack to the best of our recollection, (acappella style) to Cabbage Patch Kids Adventure tape. We tossed money on the grave and got souvenirs for some the kids and a pressed penny for me.
Our side trip for yesterday was Zion Park; today was Buffalo Bill's grave, and who knows, tomorrow it might be the five legged steer, the World's largest prairie dog, or the badger petting zoo!
This morning, Green River, UT (where we stayed last night) received negative points for the local news, KJZZ Cafe, the headline stories included a Bear that broke into the Circuit City to steal an IPhone, which the played the security footage at least 10 times, over and over. Then they proceeded to zoom in on the newspaper's headlines for today's other top stories. But e ow know that one neighborhood is extremely upset that a crematorium went in in the field behind their homes.
While there are many more factoids we could include about the trip, I will wrap it up with an official stall count so far in Chris' manual transmission car:
Kelcey: 2
Kim: 1
Chris: 1*
Kara: 0
*Chris says, "I don't think mine should count. If we'd hit the guy, I wouldn't have stalled!"
In lieu of stalls, there is a puke count for Kara, which includes 3 from yesterday, and 0 for today! I didn't even wear my Sea bands today.
Our plan is to get up early to start another day of driving...St. Louis maybe?
