Sevens
We've been home for a couple of days now, but I've been too exhausted and busy with other stuff to update this site, though of course I did update the map (see below; if I don't bother linking it from this post, it's on quite a few older ones).
The title of this post comes from my obsession with finding interesting number patterns on our odometer; you have to do something to ward of boredom on long road trips...and trips to the store. This habit causes Missy no small amount of annoyance, since frankly, I'm pretty liberal about my definition of "interesting patterns". However, shortly after leaving Kingman, our odometer turned over 77777 miles. I told Missy that we should have headed back to Las Vegas just, and parked in a casino right at 77777, miles; our car would be very lucky, though WE probably would have lost our shirts...
Just south of Phoenix we hit 78,000, and since we got the oil changed a day or so before our trip at 72,770 miles, that means we went slightly over 5,000 miles on this trip. All without any wrecks, engine/transmission problems, serious bad weather, or tickets. Quite amazing, and frankly, more than I expected out of our car. Or my driving abilities. We did lose one set of keys, a shoe, a ring, and a glove, but its still possible that some or all of these things will turn up, either in the depths of our car, or in our mailbox; the ring was already found by my aunt Kathy and mailed back to us.
Anyhow, I have a few pictures from Idaho which I will put online shortly, and some videos of the kids sledding only one of which has successfully uploaded. I'll let you know when they're available.
I have to give some credit for staying awake over the 60-75 or so hours of driving that I did to the music on my iPod; spending that much time in the car gave me an opportunity to listen to a lots of well-liked music, and well as to discover some new music. My rather eclectic "Road Trip" playlist, by the end of the trip, was made up of the following songs, the only criteria being that the music not put me to sleep:
The title of this post comes from my obsession with finding interesting number patterns on our odometer; you have to do something to ward of boredom on long road trips...and trips to the store. This habit causes Missy no small amount of annoyance, since frankly, I'm pretty liberal about my definition of "interesting patterns". However, shortly after leaving Kingman, our odometer turned over 77777 miles. I told Missy that we should have headed back to Las Vegas just, and parked in a casino right at 77777, miles; our car would be very lucky, though WE probably would have lost our shirts...
Just south of Phoenix we hit 78,000, and since we got the oil changed a day or so before our trip at 72,770 miles, that means we went slightly over 5,000 miles on this trip. All without any wrecks, engine/transmission problems, serious bad weather, or tickets. Quite amazing, and frankly, more than I expected out of our car. Or my driving abilities. We did lose one set of keys, a shoe, a ring, and a glove, but its still possible that some or all of these things will turn up, either in the depths of our car, or in our mailbox; the ring was already found by my aunt Kathy and mailed back to us.
Anyhow, I have a few pictures from Idaho which I will put online shortly, and some videos of the kids sledding only one of which has successfully uploaded. I'll let you know when they're available.
I have to give some credit for staying awake over the 60-75 or so hours of driving that I did to the music on my iPod; spending that much time in the car gave me an opportunity to listen to a lots of well-liked music, and well as to discover some new music. My rather eclectic "Road Trip" playlist, by the end of the trip, was made up of the following songs, the only criteria being that the music not put me to sleep:
| Alibi | Doubletop | Firewater |
| I`m Not Strong Enough To Say N | BlackHawk | Strong Enough |
| Me Love | Sean Kingston | Sean Kingston |
| If I Had $1000000 | Barenaked Ladies | Gordon |
| Kryptonite | 3 Doors Down | The Better Life |
| Smack That (Ft. Eminem) | Akon | Konvicted (Deluxe Edition) |
| Stacy's Mom | Fountains Of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers |
| Sway (Bonus) | The Pussycat Dolls | PCD |
| Bubble Pop Electric (Feat. Joh | Gwen Stefani | Love. Angel. Music. Baby |
| Reckless | Alabama | For The Record |
| God Blessed Texas | Little Texas | Little Texas: Greatest Hits |
| Sad Lookin` Moon | Alabama | Dancin` On The Boulevard |
| Bye Bye | Jo Dee Messina | I'm Alright |
| One More Night | Cascada | Everytime We Touch |
| The Trinity | Sean Paul | The Trinity |
| All Good Things (Come To An E | Nelly Furtado | Loose |
| Silver Thunderbird | Jo Dee Messina | I'm Alright |
| Remember The Name (Ft. Styles | Fort Minor | The Rising Tied |
| Temperature | Sean Paul | The Trinity |
| Banana Pancakes | Jack Johnson | In Between Dreams |
| Bananza | Akon | Trouble |
| Dancin`, Shaggin` On The Boul | Alabama | Dancin` On The Boulevard |
| Lonely Boy | BlackHawk | Love & Gravity |
| Lonely | Akon | Trouble |
| Hung Up On You | Fountains Of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers |
| Gangsta Bop | Akon | Konvicted (Deluxe Edition) |
| Blown Away (Ft. Styles P) | Akon | Konvicted (Deluxe Edition) |
| Stronger | Kanye West | Graduation |
| Sorry, Blame It On Me | Akon | Konvicted (Deluxe Edition) |
| Fast Movin' Train | Restless Heart | The Best Of Restless Heart |
| Hot Stuff (I Want You Back) | The Pussycat Dolls | PCD |
| Hate (I Really Don't Like You) | Plain White T's | Every Second Counts (Deluxe Edition) |
| Your Sister | Sean Kingston | Sean Kingston |
| How To Save A Life | The Fray | How To Save A Life |
| Hey There Delilah (Bonus) | Plain White T's | Every Second Counts (Deluxe Edition) |
| Amy's Back in Austin | Little Texas | Little Texas: Greatest Hits |
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