Every Adventure starts somewhere, and on Friday, June 26th, an adventure will begin with the idea of a ROAD TRIP. A father and his son will cover every land from the wild west of Arizona to the old south of Georgia. Every turn, every stop, and every single moment will be a memory. All these memories will be shared between us and shared for you to see. They will be funny, interesting, new, powerful, shocking, and most of all - be a memory that we will never, never forget.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
We are Back Roads Across America Team, Van and Kyle. Between June 26th to July 6th we traveled across America from Arizona to Georgia. With this site you can feel like you were part of the trip!
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This is a quick overview of the full road trip that was taken.
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We saw amazing bats come out of Carlsbad Caverns for their nightly feeding! They are only about 2 inches long!
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Our windows were really dirty so Kyle had a thought that one of those window washers would clean the window, but how?
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One of the goals on the trip was for Kyle to learn stick shift! Be careful! No one drive one the road until we tell you its safe!!
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Oh No! We ran into some problems! Nothing we could not handle..maybe..I think...
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Untold Story #2
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Round 4 Contest Question
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Round 4 Contest Question
Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), aka "Pretty Boy Floyd," was an American bank robber and alleged killer, romanticized by the press and by folk singer Woody Guthrie in his song "Pretty Boy Floyd".
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Untold Story #1
On our trip going east and traveling through southern
The A/C stopped working and we started to panic and contemplating turning around. After trying to turn the A/C off and on several times without any result and the temperature rising in the car we decided to try leaving the A/C off for 10 minutes. Fortunately this worked and we continued our trip.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Happy July 4th from Moriarty New Mexico
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Gordon & Lois
Friday, July 3, 2009
THE CONTEST
We Found Alligators!!
1) Visit Papa in Georgia for his 80 birthday
2) Travel and see America via back roads avoiding interstates
3) Kyle learn to drive
We had a wonderful visit with Papa over the past few days for our first objective and we are still working on #2 & #3. A few days ago we added a 4th objective
4) See some Alligators
When Kyle found out that Alligators lived in the Louisiana bayou he became obsessed. On our trip east when we stopped at the Sprague’s home Donna took us on a side trip to the bayou but unfortunately they were in hiding, and from a reliable source they had gone to Florida. Kyle was disappointed but never gave up hope. On our trip back west we had an extremely aggressive day planned traveling 813 miles.
As we were traveling through Louisiana today I caught a glimpse of a sign about alligators. After inquiring at a gas station we were off in pursuit. After a few miles we came to the gator farm but it was closed. After explaining to the proprietor our sad story of our journey across America and my son who so longed to see an Alligator, the proprietor let us in the park and we didn't have to pay admissions. It was an incredible park and the alligators were awesome
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Adairsville
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Another Chance to Win!!
And the answer is.......
We're Home!!!
This New England cottage was built by my great-grandfather in 1905 and was one of the first homes in town to have electricity. The house featured inside shutters on the windows, four fire places, stained glass on doors and gabled windows, 11 ft wood ceilings and sliding panel doors.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Georgia on your mind
Georgia is nations number one producer of 3 Ps – peanuts, pecans, peaches.
Coca-Cola was invented in May 1866 by Dr John S Pemberton in Atlanta. It was first sold at a soda fountain in Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta and then for many years in my Grandfather’s store called the Bradley drug store in Adairsville in 1940’s and 1950’s.
Georiga was birthplace for Jackie Robinson, Burt Reynolds, Martin Luther King, Doc Holliday, Ty Cobb, & Ray Charles.
And the American bank robber Pretty boy Floyd from Adairsville GA. Another resident of Adairsville is the greatest baseball manager of all time Bobby Cox.