Day 28: snowbird- 3 chairs open in am; pm redeemed itself

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Woke - sack of potato bed - steak n’ eggs - coors breakie - blog upload issues - first day of not having to de-ice, de-snow and warm up the truck during this trip – wow, the back rest has finally thawed out after 26 days - oh deer is in road - avo toast from 4 days ago lost n found in truck - Snowbird we are here - new first time user of faux lava packs in ski boots – windy 60 mph gusts - getting ready in truck today - seat heaters are so hot I feel like I poop’d mi pants - winter is here - dumping - poor us – visibility 30 feet – 3 lifts open -  best powder of the trip - whiteout - pea.chip for one more - happy hour down the hill – Cottonbottom bar – entrance to the Cottombottom is thru the…what the heck why are we in the kitchen – 1846 prices - $2.50 grilled cheese sando - $10 tab with 4 PBRs –movie Bill Durham- nap time- learning to drive the 4-wheeler  - sausage n’ pepper din- movies Uncle Buck, The Birdcage, Turner and Hooch, pass out on couch- off to bed   

Daily Quotes:

In truck: “Sorry I just burped.” “What? I’ve been holding in my altitoot forever and you just burped.” “It’s different!” “OK”

Chair lift chatter: “Can I put my hat in your bag?” “Yes, but not in the big pocket with my sandwich.” “What? why? do we need to have a hat and sando meat n great first?”

Chair lift chatter: “How many different two seater chair lifts can we ride in a row?” (The answer was 4)

Animals We Saw:

We have horse for 6 horses for neighbors.

Ski Day Update:

Weather Update: 23° - 29 ° degrees | 6 inches 

So, the day started off slow as only 3 lifts were open due to 60 – 100 mph winds at the top, per the lift operators. With that said it was very disappointing up until lunch. After lunch was a different story as two more lifts opened up and the skiable terrain more than doubled. We had an amazing afternoon session as it was dumping buckets and the snow was the best we had so far. The only draw back was visibility due to the whiteout and Chernobyl’s sunglasses and 1980s vintage they have never worked, nor been worn goggles. 

Woke - rickety knee - avocado toast was yummers - best Airbnb so far – dude ranch adobe feel in huge ranch area – drive to Brighton resort – 2nd worst parking attendants just slightly behind Jackson Hole - coors light breakfast – wanda paula – super small quaint chalet ski resort – throwback to the early 1900s – snow is the best/2nd best yet depending on who you are asking – steep climb into resort - pea.chip doing double black bowls – amazing blue and black groomers - pole codes – chair lift comatose operators - dude brought snowboard into bathroom (that’s a first) – girls walking on slopes downhill under chair lift for about a mile carrying their equipment laughing – funny older dude at lunch – the cutest ski terrain maps in the country – at my entire sando today in the plastic bag because it was too big to get out- going rogue spread eagling off the 10 foot rock – rusty trombone crane jump in the terrain park - carrot top ignoring the caution unmarked objects sign and shredding the gully – peeing in trees -  chernobyl going rogue and skiing the chutes – steep steep - hot cocoa for the drive home - epic ski day – laughs n’ giggling our way thru the day – the only way this day could get better is if our mom’s would pick us up - new pad – giant pad – bottom of ski hill – mansions around us – quick stop at ski chalet to buy more ghetto hot lava boot patches – ut oh, they don’t have name brand ‘pure heat’… review to follow – oh, so far the hot lava is 50/50 for working properly - Macarena party #2 upstairs – Laura groc store run and oil change on Taco – comes home with goodies – 4 GIANT crispy treats – day 5 of crispy-ing - homemade mac n’ cheese with jalepeno chedda sausages –

Daily Quote:

Heard on the Chairlift: “Would you rather have eyes or a mouth? You can only have one.” “Eyes!... duh” “Wrong answer because you would die of thirst and starvation in a few days.”

Question from old dude to us at lunch: “What are you two doing on your phones?” “Working.” “Oh, I don’t know what that is.” (hardy har har… seconds later old man adds) “So, yeah I just got a new hip.” “Oh, I don’t know what a new hip is… I’m still using my old one.”

Overheard at lunch: “Man, these songs are old AF. What do you think the oldest song they have on that jukebox here?” “I dunno?” “It’s got to be a remix of John 3:22.”

Debating on next ski run: “That ‘blue’ Tantamount is not a run – that’s a death trap. Look at that? It’s a freaking cliff. Why do they have a sign there? People will be flying off and into that tree.” “The ski patrol will be stacking bodies for days.” 

Chair lift chatter: “Man, that chili at lunch was last place as far as chili we’ve had at resorts this entire trip.” “Ugh yeah… that was made by Gus in his van down by the frozen river. It’s tasted like old, not so fresh road kill.” “I wonder if they could make birthday chili… but, you frozen road kill from the year you were born.”

Overheard Wanda and Paula saying: “Bring dead meat back to life so it’s as fresh as possible.” “How would you do that?” “I’d hold the mouth open and you would give it mouth to mouth… or, we could just give it CPR and push on it’s stomach.”

Chair lift chatter: “Why do snowboards just go down and scrape the entire mountain? They are useless… if you stink and do that they should attach a rake to their backs so at least they are manually grooming the slopes on their way down.”

Exquisite Lasagna Business Meeting: “I’m a little worried with the mystery meat deal. We need good security because if the public ever get word of our secret forumula of how we determine the mysterious mysteries meat program we are screwed…. And, God forbid if Wikileaks ever breaks the news - stick a fork in our road kill cause we are done for.”

Ski Lift Codes of Conduct stated on each pole (10 in total). Here are some highlights:

1.  Know your zone

2.  The person behind has right of way

3.  Stay in you special secret place

(At this point we think they are making things up)

4.  We have snow

5.  Snow is white

6.  Snow is cold

7.  Don’t forget to drink water

8.  Watch out for hotdogs!  

9.  There is good yellow snow and bad (Sponsored by Exquisite Lasagna’s)  

Animals We Saw:

Horses and turkeys – that’s all folks!!

Award for the Coldest Ski Resort Bathroom:

Brighton, in the Main Lodge and while we are on the topic Jackson Hole’s Corbet’s Cabin was a balmy 90°. 

A Special Shoutout To:

Midway Milo the Deer. So, last night as we were coming back from Deer Valley Waze alerted us of a ‘roadkill’ about ¼ mile up the way.  As we drove up on the accident there were two trucks pulled over and there in the middle of it all sitting quietly on the side of the road was the deer. As we drove by he turned and looked at us… so, cute. He reminded us of Milo the dog all wrapped in his blanked on the coach just chilling. Anyways, was we drove to ski today… we saw him ‘sleeping’ in the same spot. Not a fun way to start the day. RIP buddy!!

Ski Day Update:

Weather Update: 16° - 25 ° degrees | 1 inches 

Our favorite day with just the two of us. The black and blue groomers were brilliant. The bowls were powdery and fluffy. The moguls were bumpy and soft. The shute was a tad bit rocky and super super steep, but flipping amazing. The entire mountain is super fun, it’s small, lines were non-existent, food/alcohol prices were cheap… oh, we did have one complaint… the homemade chili was the worst we had so far… oh, and they did NOT have an rice crispy treat (lame!!! As I am now hooked on them)… the hot cocoa which is not a drive home ritual was quite delicious – thanks Justin.  

Woke- horses staring in bathroom window - fresh deer tracks -delicious eggs - Deer Valley - feels cold already - best rice crispy treat ever -  rice crispy treat jawline workout - put in microwave for 5 seconds says dude on lift overhearing our conversation - best turkey chili Deer Valley - Ikon Canadians lugging their microwave and refrigerator across the United States - chair lift operator politeness - lunch boot heating in fireplace - the blue bomber ski dude trying to take out everyone on slopes - oh, boy he is not turning, pizza-ing and going to take someone out - Wanda Paula - steamboat steve makes his return - steamboat steve crashes BIG time for the first time in 10 years - steveboat steve looking like snowman - more hot cocoa - historic park city - main street - no name saloon  - PBR - breaking into Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel hot tub - caught by the owners - they didn’t care - free coffee - put it on ryans tab - taking off suits and probably mooning everyone at Ruths’ Chris - waze alert - oh, deer was hit on road - so cute and he turned and looked at us - hopefully he is ok - steaks on the grill with cauliflower and salad - Found missing robber ski mask crusted and iced into the driveway- True Detective - nights.    

Things We Noticed:

The difference between chair operators at each resort: 

Copper: “Go! go! go!! c’mon.”

Deer Valley: “Howdy doody there… such a lovely day.. whenever you are ready… we are ready for you. Have a super fantastic terrific day!”

Ski Day Update: 

Weather Update: 9° - 24° degrees | 3 inches  

Amazing day - as most of you might now this place is the tops in customer service and just posh. The food is amazing - they pick up you food tray about a minute after you sit down, they have complimentary boot and glove warmers… blah, blah, blah. 

Woke – minus 11 degrees - Sunday bloody Sunday nose – pack truck – avo toast breakie – made sandos – forgot sandos in fridge – keep talking about the forgotten sando cause you’re making me hungry! – oooh, hot cocoa at our fav gas station in Big Sky – renturn VHS movie rental – Yellowstone – blizzard – are we on a road – car crash – ranger rick – bad gas station purchases again - subway dude who spells his name tanner’s - toaster down - gross non toasted sando - more hot cocoa - gummy bears - cheese puffs - 1000 knives in stomach - Tums - my sub is sub-par - potato museum - passed by car with dude with Kleenex shoved up his nose - 2 car crashes - blizzard driving conditions - another accident - whiteout - blizzard getting worse - 20 foot visibility - clear now! - ugh... fog out - Utah state line - the boarder - heavy winds - sleet storm - fluffy snow storm - tumble weeds on highway - champagne snow flakes - giant snow flakes – giant 5 foot tumble weed in 3rd lane – alert waze - another whiteout - how are we not off the road yet - made it to crash pad - I mean RAD PAD - in the middle of some ranch community - horses - ranches - mansions - deer tracks - frozen trampoline - walk 1/2 mile to the market in snow storm - free maps - deer - rabid dog not on leash - fenced dog running behind an acre long fence barking at me - groceries - chili that I’ll regret eating tonight and hopefully NOT on the lift tomorrow - bubble bath - staring out window looking for animals – no animals - sleepy – typie - bed - nights.   

Daily Quotes:

Overheard driver say: “This freeway is confused.”

Do You Know: “what each color of Gummy Bears taste like?” “Uuuh, no… I just shove them in my mouth.” “Red is Raspberry, clear is pineapple and green is strawberry.”

Same Conversation: “I’m really perplexed by the Gummy Bears color to flavor relationship.”

Heard while driving in blizzard: “Are we going off a cliff or what?”

Best Music Artists that got us through the storm today:

XM Radio Hair Nation Stations, DeNephew, Arctic Monkeys

Animals:

Deer and more deer! a rabid unleashed, not behind a fence dog. Raven Crows. Horses, Cows. ooh, a colt (like the baby horse.. not a Colt 45 gun or malt liquor).  

Driving Conditions:

100% chance of three blizzards, arctic blasts, constant whiteouts, black ice, clear ice, ice jams, ice storms, icing, icing we wish was on a cake, fog, frost, a hint of sleet, slush, snow and gale winds with a slight NO CHANCE of a heatwave. 

Woke - giant sandos - Urgent Kaaarl Care – Big Sky Skiing – more prepared for the Artic Blast – ok, maybe not – orange carrot face mask – check – pea.chip – check – magic carpet blue ride – moose – cross country – two seater – hip check onto lift – dude from Coronado – challenger lift, again – double black diamond – again – followed by skiing family of two – followed by another black diamond- ugh, and then biggest moguls of the trip – lo siento – done – new badge – right side long groomers – Big Sky is huge – toasty toes gone cold – slope side Madison base – angry families – uncle Dan’s double chocolate brownie – uncle Dan’s rice krispy treat  with pretzel – grotto – pretzels, pinapple and nuts are standalone foods – fact - toecicles – take #2 of challenger – double black – yes – pea.chip – rippin’ – elk park – big horn – tipsy tumble – silver fork – done – funky tram – ride down hill – another HOT COCOA – my 1,743rd of the entire trip and also in the last 4 days – beautiful drive – minus 2 degrees – by Jeffrey’s old Montana house – snap snap photo – deer by the road – base camp – work – wanda paula - wine – spinach pasta with meatballs and mozzarella – Facetiming- happy birthday Heidi – ainsley – drawings – Kristen – hair twists – family ikon of 12 – haha- bio – the power of 12 – wanda paula - lights out

Daily Quotes:

Question: “Do you know where my giant suntan face chapstick is?” “Is it in your backpack that has that 1986 cell phone pocket.”

Overheard in Crowd: “Snowmobiling… in the summer?”

Bad Purchase: Man, that beef jerky was awful terrible. I saw red and brown ones. Which are the freshest?” (no comment) “Do they fluff the new beef jerky up to the top?”

Overheard in bathroom by 5 year old-is: “Dad it smells like dinosaur poop in here.”

Overheard in bathroom by same 5 year old-ish: “Oh no, I got water on my jacket… I’ll wash it off with water.”

Ski Chair Question: “When someone buys new ski boots do they just take out the insides?’ “No, the integrity of the plastic is worn over the years... just like our dirty place. They put their feet in the Tupperware.”

I’m cold random song comment: “Warm it up Chris... I’m about to.” "We need to ski with our clothes on backwards tomorrow." 

When realizing it’s minus 10 degrees with no feeling in her body comment award goes to… “If there was a fire here… I would stick my toes in it.”

Song of the Drive:

Tesla (someone didn’t take a pic of the XM radio screen song info)

Animals We Saw:

Birds… ugh, birds and not the cool ones. And, a deer. Over.

Dear Uncle Dan’s Cookies Product Review:

Krispie Treat: please don’t ever never ever put pretzels in your rice crisp treats. Grotto.  

Double chocolate chip: tasted kinda stale, but I still liked it.  

Blue Sky Bar:  Man, it’s healthy but yummers.

Ski Day Update:

Weather:  - 1 - °12 degrees  | 2 ” inch of new snow

Overall: Effing RAD!!!... with a slight chance of someone is cold AF. Well Pea.Chip’s feet and thumbs were popsicles. All in all top 5 day of the trip. The terrain in Big Sky is World Class and it’s HUUUUUGE as we barely scratched the surface. We are going back tomorrow for more tracks before our drive to Utah… that’s how much we like this mountain. 

Woke - Laura on computer - confused - what day is it? – what time is it? – go back to bed Jeff - sleeping with windows open – minus 1 degree out – made the sandwiches too big – don’t fit in sando bags – use the bread bags - first clogged toilet of the trip – beautiful drive to Big Sky – no wild game - fettuccini coffee stir sticks - fancy maps - manual lava - more redheads - heatwave face gear  size junior xs, oops– 20 minute sky mall photo shoot- pea.chip charging the trees and moguls - Congo American head shrinker - God Damn it freezing - the white magic gulley - there goes my knees - kneed to see a knee reader now - challenger chairlift - 60 mph winds - whiteout - double black diamond - cliff - we made it - freezing face off - first icicle on mustache - more hot cocoa - gross beef sticks - no animals on ride home - car nap - bed nap – finally found coffee in this joint - turn on computer and somehow an article called ‘women are blow-drying their vaginas after sex! Here’s why!’ is on Jeff's browser - eggplant parma for din – 3rd movie with Teri Polo – movie – bed – nights.   

Daily Quotes:

Telling story of girl: “Oh, yeah that was the first night I met her and I guess she lost her wallet.” “Ooooooh, you two are two peas in a pod.”

You can wear my head mask: “But don’t stretch it out with your giant head.” “Maybe I should see an African head shrinker.” “We can do that Congo ski run again…maybe there is a head shrinker there.” “Yeah, he’s just chilling on that run in a kiosk.”

On the chairlift after telling a bad joke: "What kind of laugh was that?"

During Lunch: “Man it smells like dead porcupine over there.”

Overheard during lunch: “Yeah, we sell pizza on the rotisserie.” “Wait? What?”

During Lunch: “Did you see that dude’s hamburger?” “No, why?” “It looks like that hockey puck burger from Lake Louise.”

Animals We Saw:

Crowes and Ravens. They seem to be everywhere snow is no matter what state we are in and they always seem to be stalking us. I feel like I’m in a Game of Thrones episode when they are squawking and flying about.

Ski Day Update:

Weather:  - 10° - °6 degrees  | 1 ” inch of new snow and it was still snowing when we left. Tomorrow is going to be epic.  

Overall: Skiing was AMAZING!! One of our favorite resorts ever. It’s big. Big Sky had the most skiable terrain until Park City merged with Canyons. Most of the day it was just us until we skied down to lifts. 

Woke - packed - one last hot cocoa for the road - Sir please leave some hot cocoa for our other residents – 772nd hot cocoa in 3 days - beautiful scenery - sketchy icy mountain passes - Idaho sign - Lululemon CVS tag – Grand Targhee – super duper rad Teton views - gas stations in the middle of nowhere every 5 miles - moose!!! - we found 4 moose - moosecateers - Montana sign - holy moly the coldest sign picture we’ve taken so far - snowmobile crossings - I’ve said RAD 1,034 times – windshield wiper fluid frozen - Jellystone National Park – Hey Boo Boo – driving thru Yellowstone – Big Sky – we brake for sheep - 6 big horn sheep – most beautiful drive so far – Bozeman - new pad – Montana Ale Works – yummy happy hour – short freezing walk to 317 bar – new friends – $14 tab for 6 beers and a shot – more freezing run after – dinner – smoke alarms going mental – can’t reach them – open all windows – minus 3 degrees outside – standing on chair broken selfie stick poking at fire alarm to turn off – toasty warm place now frigid artic cold – bomb homemade mac n’ cheese – call mom – hilarious – RIP Nincompoop – call Oz & Milo -  arf arf – bedtime      

Daily Quotes:

Overheard in Truck: “What kinds of skills would you want?” “Coordination, I would want that more than music skills or shower singing skills. Can you imagine not being coordinated?”

Noticed during Drive: “Whoooa… they sell horns. I wonder if they have Sea Horns?”

XM Radio: “You think her brother is called DeNephew?”

Noticed on Waze: “Someone reported snow and lightning. Is that a thing?”

Overheard in Truck: “You’re good at spotting state signs. I’m good for spotting fake animals.”

Overheard in Truck: “Is that you going ‘tsst tsst’ to that Sade song?”

Deep Thought as we got passed in Yellowstone by a Semi Truck hauling butt: “That semi is booking - maybe he has the runs.”

After seeing Moose and Big Horn Sheep in same day: “When it wild games… it pours.”

Driving by someone’s house: “Look at those cats in that guy’s front yard... (as Jeff looks for real cats... not giant Caterpillar construction equipment).

Bartender: “Are you going to finish that soup?"- "No, you can eat it.”

At Bar wondering if anyone is this joint attended Bozeman Middle School in 1985 when I did: “Is anyone here from 1985?”

Quote(s) of the Day:

Both at Costco

Checkout Dude asks Laura if Jeff's over 21 years old: “Is that cat of age?”

Checkout Dude asking woman under 50 in line: “Do you have a dip in?" -  "No, I just got new dentures last week and I’m getting used to them." (maybe she knows meth head register lady from Phoenix).

Song of the Day: Deniece Williams - I've Got The Next Dance

Animals We Saw:

Moooooooose, we finally saw our moose and we got 4 of them on a riverbank in Idaho. We also got to see 6 big horn sheep frolic on the road, jump barriers, get buried up to their heads in snow and jump in and run upstream.

Woke - bus – father/son chats - giantest snowman than I’ve ever seen - moose lookout - we can finally see the Tetons - 100 people in the tram like sardines- dozing off in the Tram line – more gingers- sir, your standing on the Tram platform - elevation 10,450 feet – frozen feet - corbets cabin – a bit of coffee and a crap load of baileys - manual mud tuckerless lava boots - toasty toes - rendezvous bowl - day twos are always better than one - LDS Mission chats- black diamond moguls- rendezvous lodge worst I mean best hat hair watching super bowl – yummy yummy sandwich lunch – add chips please – back on it – chips make you go faster – pea.chips – p.chip – God Damn Laura is now skiing on a different level - hot tub  at resort next door-  Jeff's too small shorts and socks for the hot tub- exquisite lasagna pitch – maple syrup and the jersey boys - sauna – knee reader - can I get another hot chocolate -  old sweater new sweater making machine - watch my hair - snip - Phill Phill Phill Phill Phill ah del phia bar – slipping the entire way home – Netflix –  Abducted in Plain Sight (so f'd up. watch it!) – Jeff mowing his way through as many snacks as he can find in the room-   Snoring- Signing off......

Daily Quotes:

Its’s Back: “You have another dingleberry booger.”

On ChairLift: How do they power these chairlifts? “ They use clear windmills.”

Heard Whispering in Line: “Whatever you do… NEVER EVER NEVER take out your Ikon pass.”

Heard at Mountain Base: “God damn Ikons!!”

Heard on Bus: “Ikon Jerry!!”

Never Alone on Lifts Award:

Until their last two chairlifts: Wanda and Paula never rode alone.

Not many on mountain huts/restaurants/cabins. The least amount of the trip so far.  

Fun Fact:

1966 tram: held 52 people and took 10 1/2 minutes (seconds according to Jeff).

Ikon subsidizes 75% of all search and rescue fees (might want to fact check this as we overheard in a whirlpool).

Free hot tub services at the Lodge next door.

Animal of the Day:

Duck.... one stinking duck (no offense to that duck).

Ski Day Update:

Weather: 0° - 23° | 0 new inches of snow

Overall: Amazing - top 5 day of the trip – what day are we on? – we got our ‘jump’ legs – someone took a HUGE advance in her skillz – potato chips are the second place winner of the day - day twos are always better- third place goes to the dingleberry booger on jeff's nose for the second day in a row

Woke - gently borrowing half and half – more hot chocolate - made sandos with plastic utensils - tried to get more L’Occitane stuff – 6 inches of snow on truck – snow in my boots – moose lookout for 5 km – spotting moose statues (again – I stink, but I try!!) – a turtle crossing sign – parking crew stinks – tram traffic jam – dumping buckets of snow – leg blowout – whiteout – dingleberry booger for Jeff- yummy sandos – rice crispy treat too – whiter whiteout – 20 minutes later the sun comes out to play – more runs – early done – recon hot tubs – jeffrey nap – laura hot tub n’ sauna – dinner at Snake River Brewing – over ordered – bad full – do you have wine here – Wyoming Inn – jammers - blog -   

Daily Quotes:

Morning Maintenance: “It’s baaaack…. blood in the nose.”

Sandwich Making Mishap: “This fridge is like a freezer and now the turkey is frozen.” “Do you want me to sit on it like a hen to warm it up.” “No, I want my turkey to taste like turkey… not turkey toots.”

Question: “What kind of chocolate is that?” “Ginger.” Oh, well have you ever hooked up with a ginger?”

Animals We Saw:

Two more fake moose – we are getting good at spotting them!

Woke – Steve ate my imaginary taco - bye to our amazing hosts lil’ Bee, Hutton, Kristen and Jason - dogs barking outside, but still no moose – McDonald’s challenge (coffee and a McMuffin) - adios Steamboat Springs - Craig - roadkill – what’s going on? 13 roadkill in 7 miles (deer, elk and a wolf) so sad - Carnage Carcass Valley Drive – roadkill patrol - drive to Jackson Hole - the bomb gas station burrito – meat lodge cheddar snack sticks - fireball party buckets – the grandito gas station burrito – Welcome to Wyoming - whoooa… look a deer!! (nope just statues) – wild game bridges - continental divide - sketchy Teton roadways – running on low (again) - 3 trillion trees vs. 10 quintillion insects – elk crossings - unplowed descending roads – what lane are we in? – old country winter park road flashbacks - million dollar cowboy bar – liberty burgers (bison was delicious) – super cool rustic cowboy downtown area – dumping snow – bowling – we’re locals for the night – skeeball – air hockey – guitarist that does not know any of our requests – shuffle board – hotel - crash   

Daily Quotes of the Day:

Truck Talk: “When speed signs blink… that means they are yelling at you.”

Spotting Animals in Truck: “Oh look!!! God dammit…  it’s just a plastic bag.”

Safety First: (As we take a slight turn after being in car for 2 hours) ”Hey, you have your seatbelt on, right?”

Overheard in Truck: “What temperature does a cow freeze to death?”

Business Opportunity: driving thru Carcass Alley “We should pull over and grab some of these roadkills for our exquisites lasagnas.”

Spotting Animals: “Omg… a deer!! (we make a U-turn)… ugh, they are statues.”

Truck Talk: “Look, there’s more horse… haaaaaaay.”

Someone is getting hungry: “I wonder what wolf lasagna would pair well with?”

Overheard While Driving: “I’m scared of double decker buses.”

I feel like a kid staring out the window in anticipation sitting in the edge of my seat.

Smart Talk: “So, 10 quintillion insects… how do they know that? Does the Census Bureau cruise around and ask the insects where they live?”

Deep Thought: “Name the new only tree that moves around… a Christmas tree.”

Best Song of the Day:  

Galantis: Peanut Butter Jelly. Let’s be honest this song is terrible, but keeps coming on and I believe it has nuzzled it’s way into being our theme song for the trip.

Animals We Saw:

Two antelope hanging out on their farm.  A polar bear that was actually a sheep. Oh, and we also spotted two bald eagles on the side of the road eating roadkill. Things we thought were animals, but were not include but are not limited to garbage bags, statues, a piece of wood and other animals that are not even close to looking like what we thought they were.

Special Shoutout of the Day:

Thank you to Tyler at the Hole Bowl Bowling alley for hooking us up with locals bowl for free night.