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"Road Trip Sploshing Find"
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Andi and I are currently living like vagabonds and exploring the United States in a 28 year old vehicle of questionable quality 
Today we stumbled on a Goodwill Outlet (Goodwill is a large thrift store chain in the USA). It is basically a giant warehouse of bins you dig through. Clothing is sold by weight, not by the item. While digging, we lucked into a wedding dress among other things! Hopefully see it in a future sploshing 
-JD & Andi
Today we stumbled on a Goodwill Outlet (Goodwill is a large thrift store chain in the USA). It is basically a giant warehouse of bins you dig through. Clothing is sold by weight, not by the item. While digging, we lucked into a wedding dress among other things! Hopefully see it in a future sploshing -JD & Andi
What a cool story! Best of luck to you guys on your journey!
Slime...more slime!!!!!
Great find! Hope you guys have a fun trip. Do you have your route planned out, or do you just wake up and flip a coin etc. to determine where to go?
I've always been curious if I could ever take up the wandering exploration lifestyle. My Grandparents were part of the Travel Trailer / Camping community from back decades ago, before we had mobile internet or cellular technologies, and I grew up hearing some wonderful stories of them and their peers roaming from Campground to Campground. I honestly think it would cost a small fortune these days, in Gasoline alone, but I think about it often.
Any particular reason for the trip? Hope you both don't have any motoring issues. Good luck out there!
Any particular reason for the trip? Hope you both don't have any motoring issues. Good luck out there!
"Do you take this messy lady to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do!"
"I do!"
The Man and The Wife said: What a cool story! Best of luck to you guys on your journey!
Thank you!
oilslick said: Sounds like a great adventure, my wife and I tried to do a pie in every state we traveled to one time. We marked off a few lol if you travel though the midwest don't be shy!
How many states do you have left?? We left the East Coast on a northern route passing through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. I really like South Dakota so that was our first major stop. This is Andi's first time driving cross country. She really enjoyed SD as well. Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Custer State Park (especially feeding the donkeys), Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, The Badlands, The Purple Pie Place... So much stuff to see and do! From there we hit The Devil's Tower in Wyoming and Glacier in Montana.
dalamar666 said: Great find! Hope you guys have a fun trip. Do you have your route planned out, or do you just wake up and flip a coin etc. to determine where to go?
We have about a month to kill. We bought a national park pass and made a list of places we wanted to see, but no set plan. Stopping at unusual things we find along the way. Firehenge would be a good example of that
The surprising stand out so far has been Idaho. Nice scenery, friendly people, and the Craters of the Moon National park was great! Zan said: I've always been curious if I could ever take up the wandering exploration lifestyle. My Grandparents were part of the Travel Trailer / Camping community from back decades ago, before we had mobile internet or cellular technologies, and I grew up hearing some wonderful stories of them and their peers roaming from Campground to Campground. I honestly think it would cost a small fortune these days, in Gasoline alone, but I think about it often.
Any particular reason for the trip? Hope you both don't have any motoring issues. Good luck out there!
Any particular reason for the trip? Hope you both don't have any motoring issues. Good luck out there!
So far our 1998 Corolla with over 250k miles has treated us well!
Andi finished college in late May and her job doesn't start till mid-July so we figured it we would make good use of her free time. It has been over 10 years since my last cross country adventure so I figured I was do. I will say that prices have increased a lot since the last time I did this. We are doing this on the cheap by tent camping. An average tent site at a KOA was about $20-25 when I last did this. Now $50-60 seems about average. Some places we have stayed, a cheap motel room was about the same as camping so we sprung for the latter. And gas has definitely been our biggest expense. The price varies drastically from state to state. We found a low of $3.34 in the mid-west, to a high of $6.11 in the Pacific Northwest. And we have to pay attention to the ethanol content because we are driving an old car. A few times we have spotted what seems like a good price on regular from the highway, only to find we had to buy high test to get 10% or less ethanol. The whole camper/RV lifestyle is not for us. My brother is very into it, and yes, it is very expensive. Beyond the initial cost of the camper, you have all the maintenance and storage costs associated with it, plus needing a vehicle capable of pulling it. And quite frankly, driving a vehicle with a big trailer in heavy traffic sounds like a nightmare to me!
Zipppy3 said: What a great idea for a trip! Have the best time.
Thank you
dougiezerts said: "Do you take this messy lady to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do!"
"I do!"
Multiple times so far
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj8OHzMv2Vw&t=2s
https://umd.net/profile/i/jd-and-messy-andi/section/videos/video/a-sploshing-wedding
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mg88P35iIeY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yPmTP60EBik&t=605s&pp=0gcJCUELAYcqIYzv
JD and Messy Andi said:
Thank you!
We've knocked out illinois obviously, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Nevada, Florida and Indiana Kentucky.
How many states do you have left?? We left the East Coast on a northern route passing through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. I really like South Dakota so that was our first major stop. This is Andi's first time driving cross country. She really enjoyed SD as well. Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Custer State Park (especially feeding the donkeys), Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, The Badlands, The Purple Pie Place... So much stuff to see and do! From there we hit The Devil's Tower in Wyoming and Glacier in Montana.
We have about a month to kill. We bought a national park pass and made a list of places we wanted to see, but no set plan. Stopping at unusual things we find along the way. Firehenge would be a good example of that The surprising stand out so far has been Idaho. Nice scenery, friendly people, and the Craters of the Moon National park was great!
So far our 1998 Corolla with over 250k miles has treated us well! Andi finished college in late May and her job doesn't start till mid-July so we figured it we would make good use of her free time. It has been over 10 years since my last cross country adventure so I figured I was do. I will say that prices have increased a lot since the last time I did this. We are doing this on the cheap by tent camping. An average tent site at a KOA was about $20-25 when I last did this. Now $50-60 seems about average. Some places we have stayed, a cheap motel room was about the same as camping so we sprung for the latter. And gas has definitely been our biggest expense. The price varies drastically from state to state. We found a low of $3.34 in the mid-west, to a high of $6.11 in the Pacific Northwest. And we have to pay attention to the ethanol content because we are driving an old car. A few times we have spotted what seems like a good price on regular from the highway, only to find we had to buy high test to get 10% or less ethanol.
The whole camper/RV lifestyle is not for us. My brother is very into it, and yes, it is very expensive. Beyond the initial cost of the camper, you have all the maintenance and storage costs associated with it, plus needing a vehicle capable of pulling it. And quite frankly, driving a vehicle with a big trailer in heavy traffic sounds like a nightmare to me!
Thank you
Multiple times so far
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj8OHzMv2Vw&t=2s
https://umd.net/profile/i/jd-and-messy-andi/section/videos/video/a-sploshing-wedding
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mg88P35iIeY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yPmTP60EBik&t=605s&pp=0gcJCUELAYcqIYzv
The Man and The Wife said: What a cool story! Best of luck to you guys on your journey!
Thank you!
We've knocked out illinois obviously, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Nevada, Florida and Indiana Kentucky.
oilslick said: Sounds like a great adventure, my wife and I tried to do a pie in every state we traveled to one time. We marked off a few lol if you travel though the midwest don't be shy!
How many states do you have left?? We left the East Coast on a northern route passing through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. I really like South Dakota so that was our first major stop. This is Andi's first time driving cross country. She really enjoyed SD as well. Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Custer State Park (especially feeding the donkeys), Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, The Badlands, The Purple Pie Place... So much stuff to see and do! From there we hit The Devil's Tower in Wyoming and Glacier in Montana.
dalamar666 said: Great find! Hope you guys have a fun trip. Do you have your route planned out, or do you just wake up and flip a coin etc. to determine where to go?
We have about a month to kill. We bought a national park pass and made a list of places we wanted to see, but no set plan. Stopping at unusual things we find along the way. Firehenge would be a good example of that
The surprising stand out so far has been Idaho. Nice scenery, friendly people, and the Craters of the Moon National park was great! Zan said: I've always been curious if I could ever take up the wandering exploration lifestyle. My Grandparents were part of the Travel Trailer / Camping community from back decades ago, before we had mobile internet or cellular technologies, and I grew up hearing some wonderful stories of them and their peers roaming from Campground to Campground. I honestly think it would cost a small fortune these days, in Gasoline alone, but I think about it often.
Any particular reason for the trip? Hope you both don't have any motoring issues. Good luck out there!
Any particular reason for the trip? Hope you both don't have any motoring issues. Good luck out there!
So far our 1998 Corolla with over 250k miles has treated us well!
Andi finished college in late May and her job doesn't start till mid-July so we figured it we would make good use of her free time. It has been over 10 years since my last cross country adventure so I figured I was do. I will say that prices have increased a lot since the last time I did this. We are doing this on the cheap by tent camping. An average tent site at a KOA was about $20-25 when I last did this. Now $50-60 seems about average. Some places we have stayed, a cheap motel room was about the same as camping so we sprung for the latter. And gas has definitely been our biggest expense. The price varies drastically from state to state. We found a low of $3.34 in the mid-west, to a high of $6.11 in the Pacific Northwest. And we have to pay attention to the ethanol content because we are driving an old car. A few times we have spotted what seems like a good price on regular from the highway, only to find we had to buy high test to get 10% or less ethanol. The whole camper/RV lifestyle is not for us. My brother is very into it, and yes, it is very expensive. Beyond the initial cost of the camper, you have all the maintenance and storage costs associated with it, plus needing a vehicle capable of pulling it. And quite frankly, driving a vehicle with a big trailer in heavy traffic sounds like a nightmare to me!
Zipppy3 said: What a great idea for a trip! Have the best time.
Thank you
dougiezerts said: "Do you take this messy lady to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do!"
"I do!"
Multiple times so far
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj8OHzMv2Vw&t=2s
https://umd.net/profile/i/jd-and-messy-andi/section/videos/video/a-sploshing-wedding
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mg88P35iIeY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yPmTP60EBik&t=605s&pp=0gcJCUELAYcqIYzv
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