Top Trip Stories

So we had the greatest time on our 6500 mile cross country trip. Jenny is posting all the good stories on her blog so make sure you stop in to read them. We had many great memories from the trip. The kids experienced a lot of things for the first time, as well as the parents. Below is listed the snippets of 50 topics each with their own story. When I got writing them, many more than 50 popped out, but I will start with just these. Feel free to ask us about the stories that go with them when you have some free time to be bored out of your gourd.



1. Cloud-to-cloud lightning: Do you think we'll get struck?
2. I can't believe my eyes, 10,000,000 fire flies.
3. Smokey Mountain Memories with screaming waterfalls.
4. Mini-me Mississippi at Mud Island.
5. Salamanders, crawfish, and tadpoles, oh my!
6. Humidity Humility.
7. Turnpike = $20+ toll
8. Living in an Amish Paradise.
9. Changing of the Yelling Guard.
10. Misfiring 19 gun salute.
11. How many Tom Sawyers can one town hold anyway?
12. Hail of a storm; Ouch! I think that's going to leave a mark.
13. Why does no one pay attention when police helicopters buzz you in Chicago?
14. Sir, this is a private party, you'll have to pee elsewhere.
15. Niagra's lesser known falls.
16. Please sir, can I have my free stuff now.
17. 2 information people: The non busy one directs you to talk to the busy one.
18. Clearance Requirements for outdoor parking.
19. Did you know that you can use microwaves for free at gas stations?
20. Leaving the country without a passport.
21. Running on empty in Kansas.
22. Being bold in Boulder with a politically incorrect gas guzzler.
23. Find that huge snail a home.
24. Family camping for 365 days plus your own lawn ornaments: smoking required.
25. Arkansas and Michigan for 2 minutes.
26. Zip Line camping.
27. Erie rock skipping.
28. Lady Liberty has a stunt double in Pennsylvania.
29. Body surfing on the Susquehanna.
30. Hersey's two candy bars for the price of none.
31. No room at the inn in Country Music's Capitol.
32. A date with Thomas Jefferson after hours.
33. We're sorry, we just reached capacity. Thanks for waiting in the hot sun for nothing.
34. Watch where you are going you bratty clueless teenagers.
35. You got a problem; Just protest at the White House.
36. The Grand 'Ole Opry is under good new water.
37. Teddy's almost unknown monument.
38. Peabody's Duckies
39. Using other states for your fireworks needs.
40. State Bagging.
41. Not all state capitols are on hills.
42. If you have a Little Ceasar's we'll stop in your town.
43. Don't make eye contact or make any sudden movements.
44. Please, can we have your worst smelling smoking room with the windows shot out?
45. 4 for 4 for Church on Sundays.
46. What? you have closing hours at your laundromat. That is so non white trash.
47. Would you fill out this comment card for the hundreth time.
48. Doughnut pillows rule.
49. Can I have seconds on rice milk cereal?
50. Lebanese Fries.