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 I would like to share with you some interesting tidbits from our trip to Gloucester, Massachusetts in August. ED NOTE: We got lost twice on our road trip. Once to the cottage, and once going to a whale watching excursion. One time Margaret was driving, and the other time, I was driving. Here are little bits of each mishap recorded in the others travel diary. Our ETA for the cottage was 5pm. Our ETA for the whale watching was 3pm the following day. | Kelly's Journal | Margaret's Journal | | 3:45pm - Margaret pulled off at wrong exit. 3:48pm - She opened the window and actually had the nerve to ask directions from a police officer. That's not the way I would do it... After all, I got a hand held GPS unit. 3:55pm - Luckily we got back on the right path. Just about an hour to the cottage. 5:01pm Arrives at the cottage. | 1:00pm - Kelly pulled off at wrong exit, but is absolutely positive it's the correct one.
1:15pm - Drives five miles into wilderness, still thinks he is right.
1:30pm - Drives an extra 5 miles just in case.
1:40pm - Finally rolls down window just to get fresh air
1:42pm - Pulls up to a 7-11
1:43pm - Gets three hot-dogs, a large slurpee, and beef jerky
1:44pm - Asks the person behind counter how to get back onto the highway.
1:45pm - Gets back in the van
1:49pm - Laughs at the idea of looking at a map pulling away from the 7-11.
1:50pm - Looks at his GPS
1:55pm - We are now driving down a dirt road
1:57pm - Kelly insists this is the way back because guy from 7-11 said it was.
2:30pm - Kelly slams on the brakes because he almost hits a moose
2:31pm - Kelly starts on a 5 minute verbal rampage
2:32pm - Curses me
2:33pm - Curses the kids
2:34pm - Curses his sister-in-law
2:35pm - Curses the large slurpee
2:36pm - Curses the GPS
2:37pm - Curses the 7-11 guy, but raves about the hot dogs
2:40pm - Starts driving again and fiddles with the radio.
2:55pm - Yells at me for suggesting the map again
3:05pm - Admits that he didn't want to go to whale watching anyway.
3:20pm - Admits hating whales.
3:30pm - Curses the whales
4:00pm - Still lost, decides we better just head back to the cottage
4:01pm - Gets called a "pernicious weasel" from a voice in the back seat
4:02pm - Had to pull over to look up pernicious.
4:03pm - Couldn't find a dictionary.
4:20pm - Finally found a dictionary
4:21pm - Realizes that he can't spell pernicious. (the back seat is damn lucky)
4:30pm - Kelly seethes at the memory of it all
4:31pm - Everyone in the car is laughing on the inside, but serious on the outside
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Maybe we'll go tomorrow, and of course, I will drive. |
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Some Of The Not-So-Scenic Photos Pulled From The Scrapbook  |  | | Who says 900 mile car trips aren't exciting | When you gotta go... you gotta go! | | . | . |  |  | | Vodka on the rocks looks a lot like ice water | And this is what Brad see's after too many "ice waters" | | . | . |  |  | | Easy does it on the sun Uncle Chris | Sleepy, sea sickness, or Legionnaires Disease? | | . | . |  |  | | An interesting but gross part of the trip was the Body World exhibit at the Museum of Science. They take cadavers, split them open, then plasticize their insides so people can see. | Travel tip #1005
Don't travel across the US border during an orange alert.
It will take forever... (1 hour and 5 minutes) |
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