Archive for Laura’s Diary

Illusions can be shattered …

Illusions can be shattered …

June 11, 2010 No Comments

For years and years (until Deadwood, anyway) Calamity Jane was Doris Day. She was a little rough around the edges and a little fashion impaired, but she could shoot and she sure could sing good.  One 30 minute visit to Deadwood, SD took that little illusion, threw it down in the dirt and stepped on […]

Sucess!

Sucess!

June 7, 2010 No Comments

We love you Starbucks, oh yes we do .. We love you Starbucks, through and through When you’re not near us, we’re blue .. Oh Starbucks we love you.

Starbucks .. o Starbucks ..

Starbucks .. o Starbucks ..

June 6, 2010 2 Comments

… wherefore art thou, Starbucks?

California … The Finish Line!

Final time:  4:57pm (Mountain Time) Final Mileage:  7,058.6 Driver:  Colleen Song:  Mama, You Got A Daughter (John Lee Hooker)...

Nevada

Time:  4:42pm (Mountain Time) Mileage:  7,041.2 Driver:  Colleen Song:  Sunshine Day (Brady Bunch) A quick trip by Laughlin and...

Arizona

Time:  10:25am Mileage:  6,634.7 Driver:  Colleen Song:  Expressway to your Heart (Soul  Survivors) There is scenery everwhere!  The rain...

And now for a brief intermission …

FOUR CORNERS:  NEW MEXICO, UTAH, COLORADO & ARIZONA But it’s Navajo Nation territory. And it’s under construction … the...

New Mexico

Time:  9:28am Mileage:  6,630.7 Driver:  Colleen Song:  Bluer Than Blue (Michael Johnson) New Mexico, we hardly knew ya …....

Colorado

Time:  8:54am Mileage:  6,591.9 Driver:  Colleen Song:  Wild String (Moody Blues) Rain, rain, go away … some pretty good...

And so the beginning of the end…

Our last day.  We’re heading south through Utah.  Roughly 700 miles left.  We’ve completed our national tour of McDonalds,...

Utah

Time: 7:02 pm Mileage: 6,123.7 Driver: Colleen Song: Bolero (Paradise Road Soundtrack) So far, no road construction. This would...

Cowboy Sighting

Texas – Nothing. Oklahoma – Nothing. Montana – Nothing. Wyoming – Nothing. But Idaho has cowboys. Real live horse-riding,...

Says it all …