Hey guys,
I know I have seriously dragged my butt on getting these pictures online! I'm sorry!!! :) I've been job hunting, and being depressed about not being on the road anymore. Not really. Well kind of. :)
But, anyway, they are finally, finally, finally up!!!!!!!
Thanks again for following!!
Amy and Ricky
http://www.photobucket.com/rickyandamy
6.10.2009
6.03.2009
Home Sweet Home
Current Location: Roxboro, North Carolina; Total Miles Traveled: 7,497 Miles
Thank you guys so much for keeping up with this thing for so long!! You are amazing!!!
We made it safely home on Sunday night, and man oh man were we tired!!!! We slept until after 9:00 the next morning -- (okay, not that late, but we are usually up by 7:00!) -- and were still exhausted.
This trip has been the greatest vacation ever. We have decided to make it a tradition to go on a good vacation each year from this point forward. I suggested England (on a plane, silly) for a next vacation, to which Ricky replied... okay, if you pay for it! :)
I've spent a few days going through the pictures, and blogs, and everything from the trip, and man, I gotta tell you, I don't know if we will ever be able to top this. Wouldn't it be great if it just kept getting better and better? :) Doubt it could get any better though!
Today, I spent the entire day job hunting. I looked at my cell phone and saw it was after 10:00 am and had a laugh because if we were still on vacation, we would just now be getting going. Something always seemed to come up! Meeting new people, a thousand pictures to upload, something always came up.
I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world. It was the best graduation present EVER and I am so lucky to have such a hot, spunky, awesome man by my side.
Thank you guys for reading, commenting, or keeping up with the blog. I am so grateful for all the sweet emails and phone calls and stuff. You're the best!!
And for those who got "offended" by this, or jealous or whatever the reason was that you ran your mouth about this blog... well, you know, maybe one day your life will be interesting!
But for everyone else, I loooooooove ya for staying tuned!!
Until next time,
Amy and Ricky
Thank you guys so much for keeping up with this thing for so long!! You are amazing!!!
We made it safely home on Sunday night, and man oh man were we tired!!!! We slept until after 9:00 the next morning -- (okay, not that late, but we are usually up by 7:00!) -- and were still exhausted.
This trip has been the greatest vacation ever. We have decided to make it a tradition to go on a good vacation each year from this point forward. I suggested England (on a plane, silly) for a next vacation, to which Ricky replied... okay, if you pay for it! :)
I've spent a few days going through the pictures, and blogs, and everything from the trip, and man, I gotta tell you, I don't know if we will ever be able to top this. Wouldn't it be great if it just kept getting better and better? :) Doubt it could get any better though!
Today, I spent the entire day job hunting. I looked at my cell phone and saw it was after 10:00 am and had a laugh because if we were still on vacation, we would just now be getting going. Something always seemed to come up! Meeting new people, a thousand pictures to upload, something always came up.
I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world. It was the best graduation present EVER and I am so lucky to have such a hot, spunky, awesome man by my side.
Thank you guys for reading, commenting, or keeping up with the blog. I am so grateful for all the sweet emails and phone calls and stuff. You're the best!!
And for those who got "offended" by this, or jealous or whatever the reason was that you ran your mouth about this blog... well, you know, maybe one day your life will be interesting!
But for everyone else, I loooooooove ya for staying tuned!!
Until next time,
Amy and Ricky
5.31.2009
Chillin' In Charleston
Current Location: Charleston, South Carolina; Total Miles Traveled: 7,143 Miles
Good Mornin' readers!!!
I'm sorry that I don't have time to write you a good blog today, but we didn't get to our hotel until 2:30 am last night, so we didn't sleep very much, and we have a very busy day ahead of us in Charleston. After traveling most of the country, I think Charleston is still our favorite city in America. :)
Okay, so really quickly, our hotel is the nastiest, most gross hotel that I have ever seen. The toliet hasn't been cleaned in probably eight months. But, the worst part -- the shower. There is dirt in the bottom of the tub. Like, a lot of dirt. A year or so of dirt. Oh, and ughhhhh there was hair on the side of the tub. I HATE hair in the shower!!!!!! It is so nasty!!! And if they had even half cleaned the dern thing, they could have gotten off the hair. It makes me sick to even think about it!! Needless to say, we slept on top of the covers last night! Ughhh!!!!!
We will be home this afternoon. I am sad to end the vacation. I wish we could go another 7,000 miles.
Amy and Ricky
Good Mornin' readers!!!
I'm sorry that I don't have time to write you a good blog today, but we didn't get to our hotel until 2:30 am last night, so we didn't sleep very much, and we have a very busy day ahead of us in Charleston. After traveling most of the country, I think Charleston is still our favorite city in America. :)
Okay, so really quickly, our hotel is the nastiest, most gross hotel that I have ever seen. The toliet hasn't been cleaned in probably eight months. But, the worst part -- the shower. There is dirt in the bottom of the tub. Like, a lot of dirt. A year or so of dirt. Oh, and ughhhhh there was hair on the side of the tub. I HATE hair in the shower!!!!!! It is so nasty!!! And if they had even half cleaned the dern thing, they could have gotten off the hair. It makes me sick to even think about it!! Needless to say, we slept on top of the covers last night! Ughhh!!!!!
We will be home this afternoon. I am sad to end the vacation. I wish we could go another 7,000 miles.
Amy and Ricky
5.30.2009
M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, hump back, hump back, I!!
Current Location: Jackson, Mississippi; Total Miles Traveled: 6,410 Miles
Hi friends from Jackson, Mississippi!
Today has been a great day for traveling by motorcycle. It is so warm here! I thought California and other West Coast states (Arizona, New Mexico too) would be the hottest but so far - the most consistently warm/comfortable state has been Texas. Mississippi is great too. In fact, it's warmer at night here than it is during the day in other states.
We only got to Mississippi because we spent so much time stopping at little knick knack places along the way. Ricky also spent hours searching aimlessly for a Harley Davidson store. Finally after we were more behind than we needed to be, we decided just to go on and forget about the HD store -- then, right as we were heading out, there it was!
The people inside were so sweet too. I guess she is the owner of the store, but anyway, we were trying to pick out a shirt for Ricky and she went and got more out of the back for him to look at. Then, when we were checking in, she grabbed the tank top I was buying, and marked it down! How awesome is that?!
We had dinner at this Pizza place this afternoon and we had such an odd waitress. She got sassy with me; and not in a good way niether! She only got a $1.50 tip because of her attitude. At least I still tipped though, Ricky is bad about not tipping at all. The other morning, we ate at the Cracker Barrel, and the waiter was kind of clueless. Okay, so I do NOT like grits, so I wanted to swap them out for hash browns. He said I couldn't substitute (not true!) so anywho, when the food came out it was not at all what either of us ordered. Ricky gets a meal that is way too big for any human to consume in a healthy manner, and when it came, all he had was eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns. Mine was all wrong too, so to make a long story short, she only charged us for $21 out of our $30 bill. And honey, he didn't tip the man AT ALL! Isn't that mean?!
We had the most amazing thing EVER happen to us today. We saw these huge cows that I wanted to take a picture of, so Ricky turned around and went down this little side street, and HOLY COW I am so glad he did! When I got off that bike and looked in that field, I was shocked and so excited. Cows? Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle because there were long horn's, zebras, horses, camels, and an ostrich! As a person's PETS!!!!!!!!!! How awesome is that?! Can someone find out for me how much a zebra costs? I want one!
Tomorrow, we are headed to Charleston, South Carolina. And Sunday is our last day :( on our vacation. We can't wait to get to the ocean!!!!!!
Night!
Amy and Ricky
Hi friends from Jackson, Mississippi!
Today has been a great day for traveling by motorcycle. It is so warm here! I thought California and other West Coast states (Arizona, New Mexico too) would be the hottest but so far - the most consistently warm/comfortable state has been Texas. Mississippi is great too. In fact, it's warmer at night here than it is during the day in other states.
We only got to Mississippi because we spent so much time stopping at little knick knack places along the way. Ricky also spent hours searching aimlessly for a Harley Davidson store. Finally after we were more behind than we needed to be, we decided just to go on and forget about the HD store -- then, right as we were heading out, there it was!
The people inside were so sweet too. I guess she is the owner of the store, but anyway, we were trying to pick out a shirt for Ricky and she went and got more out of the back for him to look at. Then, when we were checking in, she grabbed the tank top I was buying, and marked it down! How awesome is that?!
We had dinner at this Pizza place this afternoon and we had such an odd waitress. She got sassy with me; and not in a good way niether! She only got a $1.50 tip because of her attitude. At least I still tipped though, Ricky is bad about not tipping at all. The other morning, we ate at the Cracker Barrel, and the waiter was kind of clueless. Okay, so I do NOT like grits, so I wanted to swap them out for hash browns. He said I couldn't substitute (not true!) so anywho, when the food came out it was not at all what either of us ordered. Ricky gets a meal that is way too big for any human to consume in a healthy manner, and when it came, all he had was eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns. Mine was all wrong too, so to make a long story short, she only charged us for $21 out of our $30 bill. And honey, he didn't tip the man AT ALL! Isn't that mean?!
We had the most amazing thing EVER happen to us today. We saw these huge cows that I wanted to take a picture of, so Ricky turned around and went down this little side street, and HOLY COW I am so glad he did! When I got off that bike and looked in that field, I was shocked and so excited. Cows? Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle because there were long horn's, zebras, horses, camels, and an ostrich! As a person's PETS!!!!!!!!!! How awesome is that?! Can someone find out for me how much a zebra costs? I want one!
Tomorrow, we are headed to Charleston, South Carolina. And Sunday is our last day :( on our vacation. We can't wait to get to the ocean!!!!!!
Night!
Amy and Ricky
5.29.2009
Everything is BIGGER in Texas!!!
Current Location: Bedford, Texas; Total Miles Traveled: 5,928 Miles
Howdy y'all from Texas!!!!!!!
Today was a wonderful day -- I wish the weather would have been this beautiful the entire vacation. We traveled the rest of the way through New Mexico, and a good ways through Texas. And honey, Texas is gorgeous! And warm, honey, it feels excellent here! :)
The first thing that I want to talk to you guys about today is this creepy old man that I met when we first came into Texas. I was looking for the postcards in the shell station when I look to my left and realize that I am being completely undressed by the old, dirty, nasty truck driver. As soon as I looked over, he didn't turn away in embarrassment, oh no friends, instead he lifted his eyebrows in what I assume he thought was a sexy way. I walked away and tried to avoid that section of the store. When we got ready to leave, I looked behind Ricky's head and realized that psycho was looking at me AGAIN! Ugh! So I told Ricky to look, and creepy trucker looked away. Then, this was repeated six times or so with no reduction is stares. Gross! I am only 21 -- you're old enough to be my grandpa!
Then, tonight we met up with my cousin Erica and her husband Raymond. We met and hung out at McDonalds (not a fan, but last thing still opened) for a few hours. We had a great time just catching up! It makes me miss my cousins who live out here, alot.
Tomorrow, we are going to try to make it to Atlanta, Georgia. I am so sad that our road trip is almost over. I'll never be able to top this.
Until tomorrow friends, have a great night!
Amy and Ricky
Howdy y'all from Texas!!!!!!!
Today was a wonderful day -- I wish the weather would have been this beautiful the entire vacation. We traveled the rest of the way through New Mexico, and a good ways through Texas. And honey, Texas is gorgeous! And warm, honey, it feels excellent here! :)
The first thing that I want to talk to you guys about today is this creepy old man that I met when we first came into Texas. I was looking for the postcards in the shell station when I look to my left and realize that I am being completely undressed by the old, dirty, nasty truck driver. As soon as I looked over, he didn't turn away in embarrassment, oh no friends, instead he lifted his eyebrows in what I assume he thought was a sexy way. I walked away and tried to avoid that section of the store. When we got ready to leave, I looked behind Ricky's head and realized that psycho was looking at me AGAIN! Ugh! So I told Ricky to look, and creepy trucker looked away. Then, this was repeated six times or so with no reduction is stares. Gross! I am only 21 -- you're old enough to be my grandpa!
Then, tonight we met up with my cousin Erica and her husband Raymond. We met and hung out at McDonalds (not a fan, but last thing still opened) for a few hours. We had a great time just catching up! It makes me miss my cousins who live out here, alot.
Tomorrow, we are going to try to make it to Atlanta, Georgia. I am so sad that our road trip is almost over. I'll never be able to top this.
Until tomorrow friends, have a great night!
Amy and Ricky
5.27.2009
Yo, New Mexico!!!!!
Current Location: Santa Rosa, New Mexico; Total Miles Traveled: 5,392 Miles
Hello again -- still from New Mexico!
We WOULD have been spending the night in Texas, but for some odd reason, there is a flash flood trackin' through the "desert" we are in, so we are STUCK in New Mexico!
New Mexico is really pretty, but I think it would be even prettier in the rear-view mirror. I am ready to be in Texas, and to be done with this silly weather. We rode today only for about an hour before we had to stop because we started to get rained on. Oh yeah, and it hailed again today. It wasn't as painful this time so we didn't have to stop and rest but it still hurt.
We are going to get up super early tomorrow (hopefully) and get on the road so that we can make it all the way to Dallas by sundown. I hope that the weather is clear and WARM tomorrow!! :)
So, you know that you are having fun and that you have a great life (LML = Love my life!) when you are driving along, getting poured down rain on and still laughing. I mean, I'm not talking about a little drip here, and a little drip there: I am talking about rain dripping off your helmet into your eyes, your legs numb from the cold water, your toes frozen in place, and being so soaked that you can ring out your clothes and have a bucket full of water. Now that is a downpour. We were riding through New Mexico singing that "they call me mello' yello" song and bobbing our heads to the "beat." :) So much fun!!!
Ricky hit a BIRD today with his face! Oh Emm Gee! He smashed the poor bird at 80 miles an hour! It hit so hard that Ricky heard a "pow!" noise. We think that the bird will be our only casualty of this trip -- that, and our MONEY! ha!
Amy & Ricky
http://www.photobucket.com/rickyandamy
Hello again -- still from New Mexico!
We WOULD have been spending the night in Texas, but for some odd reason, there is a flash flood trackin' through the "desert" we are in, so we are STUCK in New Mexico!
New Mexico is really pretty, but I think it would be even prettier in the rear-view mirror. I am ready to be in Texas, and to be done with this silly weather. We rode today only for about an hour before we had to stop because we started to get rained on. Oh yeah, and it hailed again today. It wasn't as painful this time so we didn't have to stop and rest but it still hurt.
We are going to get up super early tomorrow (hopefully) and get on the road so that we can make it all the way to Dallas by sundown. I hope that the weather is clear and WARM tomorrow!! :)
So, you know that you are having fun and that you have a great life (LML = Love my life!) when you are driving along, getting poured down rain on and still laughing. I mean, I'm not talking about a little drip here, and a little drip there: I am talking about rain dripping off your helmet into your eyes, your legs numb from the cold water, your toes frozen in place, and being so soaked that you can ring out your clothes and have a bucket full of water. Now that is a downpour. We were riding through New Mexico singing that "they call me mello' yello" song and bobbing our heads to the "beat." :) So much fun!!!
Ricky hit a BIRD today with his face! Oh Emm Gee! He smashed the poor bird at 80 miles an hour! It hit so hard that Ricky heard a "pow!" noise. We think that the bird will be our only casualty of this trip -- that, and our MONEY! ha!
Amy & Ricky
http://www.photobucket.com/rickyandamy
Arizona and New Mexico Travels
Current Location: Gallup, New Mexico; Total Miles Traveled: 5,111 Miles
Yo, from New Mexico!!
:)
Good evening guys!! We "lost" one hour today because of time change, and due to that and the crappy cold weather, we are in New Mexico tonight instead of Texas. Today has certainly been comprised of the worst weather we've had the entire trip.
Before I get to that though, let me tell you about something awesome we did this morning. Arizona - that's where we stayed last night; only about an hour from... none other than the GRAND CANYON! It is so beautiful there, it is unbelievable. There are some amazing views from where we came in. But, honey, lemme tell ya -- it is sort of a rip off to get into the "park." They charge you $25 (yes!) to get in and that is just for your little feet to cross the line. That is a lot, right? I mean, it is a God made structure! Yesterday when we went to the Hoover Dam, it was free and that was not God made! Either way, it was beautiful and I'm glad we went.
We met this hottie (100% sarcasm!) at a truck stop who was the stereotypical truck driver of modern day. He was missing about six of his teeth and the ones that he did still have were going in their own direction and doing their own thing. He looked like he hadn't showered in about eight days; his large beer belly hung over his britches about six inches, and of that, three inches of pure belly was exposed and jiggling with each step. It was rough. Now, I'm not making fun of this fella, I am just trying to give you a very vivid visual image of our buddy, the truck driver. So anyway, we stopped to get postcards (I collect!) and he talked to us for the next fourteen minutes about the most random and silly things I have ever heard. He began telling us about his obsession with candy on the road. Salt water taffy is apparently his favorite! He told us (very slowly, mind you) that we needed to turn around and go BACK to Salt Lake City to get some of the best he had ever had. Skippy there told us that you can purchase 30 pounds (my good gracious!!!!) of taffy at this place in Salt Lake for only (sarcasm!) $73. Now, let me ask you guys this: who in the WORLD has $73 to spend on candy!?!?!?!?! Not me, not me! Seriously, do people actually spend money like that on candy?! I don't know anyone that does. I can barely pay the little bills that I have, much less spend almost $100 on freakin' candy!!! And when he said that it was $73 we were thinking jeez louise, that is high but homeboy claimed that it was very cheap.
The bad weather today was AWFUL!!! Remember a few posts back when we talked about the salt storm?? Yeah, this was way worse. Hail! In May! We were driving along and all of a sudden: these large, icy chunks began to hit us. It was absolutely horrible. Remember when you were eight and your older brother shot you twenty six times in the thighs? That's pretty much what it felt like. It was like bb's all the way around my legs for about fifteen miles in the freezing cold rain. It was terrible. We had to pull over and wait for it to calm down a little bit. I have welps on my right leg, and I'm still numb from the cold weather in Arizona and New Mexico. Someone lied to me when they said this area was all desert! It is cold, cold mountains!!!!!!!
Despite the painful :) weather, and all the other things that have put us off track, we are having a blast!!!!! This has been the most fun journey of my life, and I seriously doubt that I will ever be able to top these nineteen days! Texas, here we come!
Amy & Ricky
Yo, from New Mexico!!
:)
Good evening guys!! We "lost" one hour today because of time change, and due to that and the crappy cold weather, we are in New Mexico tonight instead of Texas. Today has certainly been comprised of the worst weather we've had the entire trip.
Before I get to that though, let me tell you about something awesome we did this morning. Arizona - that's where we stayed last night; only about an hour from... none other than the GRAND CANYON! It is so beautiful there, it is unbelievable. There are some amazing views from where we came in. But, honey, lemme tell ya -- it is sort of a rip off to get into the "park." They charge you $25 (yes!) to get in and that is just for your little feet to cross the line. That is a lot, right? I mean, it is a God made structure! Yesterday when we went to the Hoover Dam, it was free and that was not God made! Either way, it was beautiful and I'm glad we went.
We met this hottie (100% sarcasm!) at a truck stop who was the stereotypical truck driver of modern day. He was missing about six of his teeth and the ones that he did still have were going in their own direction and doing their own thing. He looked like he hadn't showered in about eight days; his large beer belly hung over his britches about six inches, and of that, three inches of pure belly was exposed and jiggling with each step. It was rough. Now, I'm not making fun of this fella, I am just trying to give you a very vivid visual image of our buddy, the truck driver. So anyway, we stopped to get postcards (I collect!) and he talked to us for the next fourteen minutes about the most random and silly things I have ever heard. He began telling us about his obsession with candy on the road. Salt water taffy is apparently his favorite! He told us (very slowly, mind you) that we needed to turn around and go BACK to Salt Lake City to get some of the best he had ever had. Skippy there told us that you can purchase 30 pounds (my good gracious!!!!) of taffy at this place in Salt Lake for only (sarcasm!) $73. Now, let me ask you guys this: who in the WORLD has $73 to spend on candy!?!?!?!?! Not me, not me! Seriously, do people actually spend money like that on candy?! I don't know anyone that does. I can barely pay the little bills that I have, much less spend almost $100 on freakin' candy!!! And when he said that it was $73 we were thinking jeez louise, that is high but homeboy claimed that it was very cheap.
The bad weather today was AWFUL!!! Remember a few posts back when we talked about the salt storm?? Yeah, this was way worse. Hail! In May! We were driving along and all of a sudden: these large, icy chunks began to hit us. It was absolutely horrible. Remember when you were eight and your older brother shot you twenty six times in the thighs? That's pretty much what it felt like. It was like bb's all the way around my legs for about fifteen miles in the freezing cold rain. It was terrible. We had to pull over and wait for it to calm down a little bit. I have welps on my right leg, and I'm still numb from the cold weather in Arizona and New Mexico. Someone lied to me when they said this area was all desert! It is cold, cold mountains!!!!!!!
Despite the painful :) weather, and all the other things that have put us off track, we are having a blast!!!!! This has been the most fun journey of my life, and I seriously doubt that I will ever be able to top these nineteen days! Texas, here we come!
Amy & Ricky
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