Courtney's Blog July 26th, Day 21 of the Epic McFarland Journey!
Today we decide to let the kids have some fun. We took them to a movie in the morning and ate lots of yummy snacks. We came back to the hotel and went swimming after. Then we went out for a nice dinner and got to bed on time! Blog entry - done.
Since, I had hardly anything to say about today, I thought maybe I could let you know some things I've learned about the States we have visited. Usually, surrounding their driving or road habits...
Illinois Nothing really of note here except that the parking in the city was the most polite and rule-following I have ever seen. This is completely unacceptable for a major city. Not enough beeping, and not enough people parking illegally. I also think the cars stopped to let us cross the street. Strange.
Missouri I don't remember having anything to say about this state, including the drivers and the driving. I think that is good. Congratulations.
Kansas Corn.
Oklahoma Lovely people, beautiful sites to see. SO MANY FLIES. Flies outnumber people 1,000 to 1. Also, one morning after driving in OK, we found a grasshoper the size of a small Chihuahua stuck in the grill. In a manly moment, Adam pulled it out. He left the other 700 bug carcasses though. Also, this is another one of those States where the highways are all splitty-offy and if you drive straight, you end up on 7 different highways. They are called EXITS Oklahoma. Stop splitting your roads left and right for no reason.
Texas Just big 'ole trucks everywhere. I guess everything is really bigger in Texas. Except the roads. No room on those.
New Mexico Saw my tumble weed - thank you, New Mexico. Also, we keep confusing you with Nevada. Please get your identity straight.
Arizona Ok. You need to get it together. You CANNOT have rotaries on your roads if you don't know how to drive in them. This was a serious issue.
California I think I've made it clear how I felt about L.A. driving. I don't know how any of you do it. Also, I've never had so many of you jerks pass me on one lane roads. That's very stressful and I was going over the speed limit!! Maybe you're so impatient because you spend 100 hours of your life a year stuck in L.A. traffic....
Oregon Worse than Arizona. You need a blinker lesson. When two lanes are merging and the "right lane ends" and you are in the right lane, you do NOT need to use your left blinker. I don't even understand what you're doing. The lane ends, you have to merge. I know you're merging. I've left you room to merge. Stop telling me you're taking some phantom left hand turn. Also, typically, when you want to shift lanes in front of someone, you drive past them and then put on your right blinker, and then go in the right lane in front of the car you wanted to pass. Do you know how many of you jerks put on your blinker while you were next to the car you wanted to pass!? That's a scary looking blinker, buddy. Does that blinker mean "I am going to side swipe this car"?? Lastly, ALL OF YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO but only when you're in the little towns. Once you get out of the town and back on the highway, I can't stop you from going 20 about the speed limit. In town, you're not caught dead 1 above the speed limit. You're a strange group of people. But you have beautiful scenery.
Washington Saw you for 5 minutes - not fair to comment.
Idaho So far, so good. You speed like a Massachusetts-ian. You know how to use your blinkers. And I even saw some of you driving illegally through yellow cones. I like it.
Good thing Adam and my driving is so perfect so we can judge...
Summary:
Fun day for the kids as a preclude to a boring tomorrow.
Ended the Day at the Courtyard, Hillsboro, OR
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