http://www.statesofmind.ca Moving Across America...state by state. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:15:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello to all you diligent checker-backers :) Here is the final map showing our whole route through the USA, more or less. I blame Google Maps' annoying-ness for this half-baked Paint version... don't get me started on how annoying tracing a long route on google maps can get. Yuck. ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/the-final-map/ [caption id="attachment_1198" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="I saw her body go FLYING through the air!"][/caption] Now available at no extra cost to you are the director's cut, special edition, for a limited time only, secret stash of photo outtakes from the Great American Roadtrip. Check them out now because they won't be up ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/the-outtakes/ [caption id="attachment_1192" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Most Scenic Highway - Southern Utah"][/caption] Well, the Great American Roadtrip has come to its last leg. The other 3 legs have been chewed off by rabid squirrels, blown away by fierce winds, and left decomposing under dinghy motel room beds. Here is the Best Of, the ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/best-of/ [caption id="attachment_1188" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="The New Mayor"][/caption] Not only did we have problems, here's all the reasons why Badger didn't make it home: 1) Because he got arrested for being off leash in 10 state parks, 2 national parks, and 5 national forests. Leah stayed behind to rob banks so she could ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/why-badger-didnt-make-it-home/ [caption id="attachment_1180" align="aligncenter" width="280" caption="Potentially Poisonous Pinecone"][/caption] 1) Because Leah stayed on the floor in Minneapolis 2) Because Leah went to jail in Nashville for punching out the hair-flicking woman 3) Because we went to the hospital after being suffocated by an afro 4) Because Leah got shot in Atlanta for flipping the bird ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/why-we-didnt-make-it-home/ One more number to add to the tally. How many times we were asked if we were sisters: 12 [caption id="attachment_1176" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Soul sisters!"][/caption] http://www.statesofmind.ca/one-more-number/ Much time in the car leads to multiple amusements. One becomes oddly creative after staring at the landscape for countless hours and making funny faces at the person next to you. We have kept track of various things on our roadtrip. Now that the end-time has come, we'd like ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/rally-of-tallies/ Well our Great American Roadtrip is rounding out to its close... we're way up north and almost come full circle. Here are the last quotable bits of nonsense from the road: When it's so cold you are wearing socks on your hands, you may need to ask: "Have you seen my ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/final-quips/ Our ship pulled into Portland a couple days ago after a scenic but damn cold drive up the coast. This weather change isn't being processed very well by our seasonally-confused bodies. Badger has started and stopped shedding about five times on the trip so far, trying to figure out ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/harbour-cities/ It's the sad truth. We had a little cooler, it had a load of ice, it was keeping our pork cold, our salsa cold, our bit of cheddar cheese cold. And now all is lost! It was so cold on the Oregon coast that we left the cooler outside the ... http://www.statesofmind.ca/someone-stole-our-pork/