Twitter Tweets
Aug. 5th, 2008 10:50 pmTweets from Jenn's Twitter.
- 01:21 We finally made it to Albuquerque. Had too many emergency stops to list here and the phone issues, which I'll update at my Livejournal. #
- 02:16 tinyurl.com/6olzg5 - Pics updated with shots after the Sidekick died. Day Two pics will be here: tinyurl.com/6lzoh4 #
- 02:40 Twitterish updates covering the time when the Sidekick power died on me: jenndolari.livejournal.com/1190145.html #
- 09:03 Grudgingly awake #
- 09:25 There's a storm making its way to us. We're going to skip sites in ABQ and move out of its way. Wre tarped, but lets not take chances. #
- 10:32 Misread sign - Morning, Next 2 Miles #
- 11:33 Grants NM - They don't call this the Great American Southwest for nothing! #
- 11:56 Unexpected sidetrip in Prewett - tightening some straps. #
- 12:02 Emily just bought a little trinket from a Navajo man for $5. I haggled him down from a quart of Whiskey. #
- 12:07 Benn watching a cluster of clouds since ABQ develop into a thunderstorm. Gonna be a big storm.... #
- 12:21 Loud thunder at the continental divide. #
- 12:31 STORM! #
- 13:48 Arizona. MRE Breakfast...made a mess of things trying to make the gatorade. :9 #
- 14:42 Camera lenscap broken...camera still works. Prolly broke when I held it out the truck window at 70MPH. #
- 15:08 Stewarts Petrified Wood - with all the paper mache dinosaurs eating manniquin women it really is a WTF kinda place. #
- 15:30 Holbrook #
- 15:31 According to Emily, we're about 1000 miles into this trip #
- 15:36 My god, Arizona and New Mexico and all about Amityville Style Housefly Infestations. We stop anywhere, we get swarmed. #
- 15:36 ::Back on the road:: #
- 15:38 New adjective; "Flyful" To be full of flies. #
- 15:53 Holy crap! Wigwam motel! #
- 16:28 Awwww...old abandonned campground with rusty playground equipment just littering the weeds. ::pout:: #
- 16:55 No internet or phone service in a LONG time. Hope these are getting through. First fillup since Lubbock. #
- 17:28 This Flagstaff route rocks. High 70s all day! #
- 17:41 Winslow, AZ has NO working ATMs. Except for one. Flying J travel centers...you may be expensive, but you've never done me wrong. #
- 18:19 Skipping Barringer Crater to make up for touristy time in Holbrook and ATM hunting in Winslow. #
- 18:19 Im driving down Highway 40 in my Big Ole Pickup Truck! #
- 18:23 "Were podcasting this trip, aren't we?" #
- 18:24 Flagstaff #
- 18:49 We just dropped about 1200 feet down from Flagstaff. Emily COASTED the truck at 60MPH for FOUR MILES. #
- 18:55 Just saw a creepy collection of upright logs, each painte with a No Face kind of mask.... #
- 19:07 Just realized AZ doesn't do Daylight Savings and now were screaming to the Grand Canyon and hoping we have light. #
- 20:00 Okat, the little gorge before the Grand Canyon is cool...but its really screaming at my fear of heights! EEEK. #
- 22:02 Grand Canyon at Sunset - WOW. Just WOW. Were going to be VERY late to LAS. Totally worth it. Now can I please have some terra firma? #
- 22:14 The grand canyon is trying to kill us. First, the sheer drop, second, pine pollen, third, it just threw a deer at us. We missed it but ... #
- 22:22 ...yeesh! #
- 22:22 All the Sidekick pics are up. Camera photos later.... #
- 22:47 Too dark for pics of the Flintstones RV Park. :( #
- 23:37 Debating wether to scratch LAS due to lateness and weather. #
- 23:49 Las Vegas scrapped. Ouch. #