Zurg
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- Joined
- Jul 30, 2002
(Zurg's site - BadShoe.com is experiencing technical difficulties. I'll link picture when it is back up)
Zurg here again.
At least I think I am here but where here is I have no idea.
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We are driving into the heart of darkness or North Carolina, I cant remember which. There may not be a difference.
The kids have been great. The laptop is playing DVDs non stop.
We make a practice of having presents to open when we cross state lines, mostly snacks but this trip we have added fresh DVDs. They are happy. How parents survived without some form of video to placate the offspring is a mystery to me.
We arrive at Pop Pops a little later than planned. The sniper was caught the day before we left. The residents of DC celebrated by all going for a drive and buying gas. The beltway was one big parking lot and slowed our progress but, all things considered, it was that just fine with the Emperor.
We had a great visit with Pop Pop and Mom Mom. All to soon it was back into the Zurg-mobile. We were still looking at the map. 80 miles West by North West back to I95 or travel in the hypotenuse. (Remember the hypotenuse from grade school math; never thought you would ever see the word again did you? Zurgs dad tells an old joke about sons conceived on various animal hides where the punch line involves the hypotenuse. Something about the sum of the sons on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the sons on the other two hides. He was an engineer. They think this stuff is a riot.)
We decided to do the hypotenuse towards Myrtle Beach and Charleston . What can I say? Our judgment was impaired by the lack of sleep.
US 17. There is less on US 17 than on 70.
Clayton Homes is still well represented. It looks to us like they have more retail outlets in NC than anyplace else. (They have 64 company owned retailers and 66 Independent retailers in North Carolina.) Other than that the state economy appears to be golf courses, real big mini golf courses and paper mills.
We are hoping to hit I95 and make Savanna Georgia. At some point we think we have entered the Twilight Zone . If it wasnt for the pungent, smelling salt effect, of the paper mills we may well have crossed over into that place of Shadows and Substance.
After questioning its existence (and for that matter our own) and a little punch drunk we reach I95 and sail toward Savanna. We see I95 for the beautiful thing it is.
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again,
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
Maybe Willy means that after going places one has never been and seeing things one has never seen one cant wait to get back on I95. Okay more than a little punch drunk. No. I still think Willy is nuts.
The hotel didnt have sheets on the pullout bad for the boys. This isnt a tragedy. We are back in the land of the living, doing 75 to 80 mph with traffic on I95. Orlando is in striking distance and we gain an hour of sleep with daylight savings time.
In the morning the Zurg-mobile responds with a new liveliness, like a horse that knows the barn is near. We breeze into Florida. The kids are into the movie and we hold the Florida State presents for I4. They love the Motorola Buzz Lightyear radios and play with them as we approach Mecca, err.. Orlando, (but you Disney fans know what I mean.)
Boardwalk!
Zurg's Halloween Act I: On the Road Again.
Zurg's Halloween Act II: On the Road Yet Again.
Zurg's Halloween Act III: Boardwalk!
Zurg's Halloween Act IV: MNSSHP - The Quest for Candy!
Zurg's Halloween Act V: Beers with SSB and other Adventures
Zurg's Halloween VI - Oliver Twist
Zurg's Halloween VII - A Box of Money?
Zurg's Halloween Act VIII: Almost Perfect
Zurg's Halloween Act IX: It Rains a Lot in the UK
Zurg here again.
At least I think I am here but where here is I have no idea.
<bgsound src="http://estraven.silverday.net/warren/sounds/twilite4.wav" loop="1">
We are driving into the heart of darkness or North Carolina, I cant remember which. There may not be a difference.
The kids have been great. The laptop is playing DVDs non stop.
We make a practice of having presents to open when we cross state lines, mostly snacks but this trip we have added fresh DVDs. They are happy. How parents survived without some form of video to placate the offspring is a mystery to me.
We arrive at Pop Pops a little later than planned. The sniper was caught the day before we left. The residents of DC celebrated by all going for a drive and buying gas. The beltway was one big parking lot and slowed our progress but, all things considered, it was that just fine with the Emperor.
We had a great visit with Pop Pop and Mom Mom. All to soon it was back into the Zurg-mobile. We were still looking at the map. 80 miles West by North West back to I95 or travel in the hypotenuse. (Remember the hypotenuse from grade school math; never thought you would ever see the word again did you? Zurgs dad tells an old joke about sons conceived on various animal hides where the punch line involves the hypotenuse. Something about the sum of the sons on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the sons on the other two hides. He was an engineer. They think this stuff is a riot.)
We decided to do the hypotenuse towards Myrtle Beach and Charleston . What can I say? Our judgment was impaired by the lack of sleep.
US 17. There is less on US 17 than on 70.
Clayton Homes is still well represented. It looks to us like they have more retail outlets in NC than anyplace else. (They have 64 company owned retailers and 66 Independent retailers in North Carolina.) Other than that the state economy appears to be golf courses, real big mini golf courses and paper mills.
We are hoping to hit I95 and make Savanna Georgia. At some point we think we have entered the Twilight Zone . If it wasnt for the pungent, smelling salt effect, of the paper mills we may well have crossed over into that place of Shadows and Substance.
After questioning its existence (and for that matter our own) and a little punch drunk we reach I95 and sail toward Savanna. We see I95 for the beautiful thing it is.
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again,
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
Maybe Willy means that after going places one has never been and seeing things one has never seen one cant wait to get back on I95. Okay more than a little punch drunk. No. I still think Willy is nuts.
The hotel didnt have sheets on the pullout bad for the boys. This isnt a tragedy. We are back in the land of the living, doing 75 to 80 mph with traffic on I95. Orlando is in striking distance and we gain an hour of sleep with daylight savings time.
In the morning the Zurg-mobile responds with a new liveliness, like a horse that knows the barn is near. We breeze into Florida. The kids are into the movie and we hold the Florida State presents for I4. They love the Motorola Buzz Lightyear radios and play with them as we approach Mecca, err.. Orlando, (but you Disney fans know what I mean.)
Boardwalk!
Zurg's Halloween Act I: On the Road Again.
Zurg's Halloween Act II: On the Road Yet Again.
Zurg's Halloween Act III: Boardwalk!
Zurg's Halloween Act IV: MNSSHP - The Quest for Candy!
Zurg's Halloween Act V: Beers with SSB and other Adventures
Zurg's Halloween VI - Oliver Twist
Zurg's Halloween VII - A Box of Money?
Zurg's Halloween Act VIII: Almost Perfect
Zurg's Halloween Act IX: It Rains a Lot in the UK
