tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90385467290095611212024-03-13T17:21:37.272-04:00Fandango TravelersFollow Tony, Jana, and Leo as we zoom around the country taking "very important stuff" from one place to another!Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-42464890089546984142011-08-05T15:56:00.002-04:002011-08-05T20:45:26.476-04:00Please Standby . . .<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mojo has been sent to camp with DaMomma and will be returning later this week. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">DaMomma has been on may daily reading list since I started reading blogs and aspired to write my own. You can chck out her blog: "Motherhood is Not for Wimps" here: <a href="http://damomma.com/"> DaMomma.com</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She will be teaching it how to sing and dance and "have a show in the barn!".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well . . . she will be doing an editing seminar with a post of mine at a MAJOR blogging scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And, she has given me a much needed "attagirl" by way of choosing my piece to use as a good content, could be better writing example.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have been running fairly steady recently and this is a photo of our view most of the time. Summer is the season for bugs, lots of traffic and, our favorite . . . roadwork. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Welcome to all new readers. Enjoy your tour and I will see you in a day or so with a refreshed "Mojo". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime, please have a look around at previous posts as well as some old favorites located in the sidebar.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-57489678176098771172011-04-24T09:51:00.000-04:002011-04-24T12:15:43.880-04:00SUNDAY SMILE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tony brought breakfast to us this morning . . .</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This piece caught my eye in Kansas City the other day. Not at all clear if it is an ad or a statement - but it is really eye catching. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I used to spin wool, both on spinning wheel and drop spindle (no room in s truck for THAT activity!), so my eye still moves toward all things wooly. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Notice the arrow thru his head . . . Steve Martin sheep? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I wish I could make out the web address on the bottom. Love to know more about this. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As you can see </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It ain't always pretty!</span></span></div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-50887708997259608952011-04-18T18:25:00.002-04:002011-04-24T12:11:09.726-04:00Boxed<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We are sitting in Marion, Illinois waiting for a trailer axle to be fixed. I casually glanced out the window and noticed this cool old cage or box.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I guess this sort of sighting is what keeps each day fresh and new. </span></span></div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-12208806245602695102011-04-17T09:21:00.001-04:002011-04-17T09:21:00.901-04:00SUNDAY SMILE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YV4pKfiF2tA/Tapq1UnltzI/AAAAAAAAAoM/KApG8rNgZ1g/s1600/luna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YV4pKfiF2tA/Tapq1UnltzI/AAAAAAAAAoM/KApG8rNgZ1g/s400/luna.jpg" width="332" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Meet Luna and her owner/trainer, Regina Mayer of Bavaria. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Denied a horse by her parents, the teen decided to devote her attention to the calf, Luna. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Google "Luna the Cow" and you will be able to read all about the pair.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-56701130552469115212011-04-16T12:13:00.001-04:002011-04-24T12:17:27.918-04:00Trailer Stacking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While out driving on our nation's interstate highway system, you may have noticed that sometimes flatbed trailers will be stacked on one another to be moved around the country. These will either be a two stack or a three stack.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One might surmise that there would be very large forklifts employed to lift the trailers up onto the bottom trailer.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How else would they get those things on top of each other?</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What?</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Whoa . . . </span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EqVYOXh_FUY/TapmOK4kyRI/AAAAAAAAAoI/ry9Fq1S2bSs/s1600/trailer+stack+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EqVYOXh_FUY/TapmOK4kyRI/AAAAAAAAAoI/ry9Fq1S2bSs/s400/trailer+stack+2.jpg" width="298" /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">No forklift involved. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> There is a ramp available for "decking" trailers and that is all. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yep . . . . back a trailer up to the ramp,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">unhook from it and </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">go get the next one</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">back that one up the steep and narrow ramp and </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Luckily, we only had to do a two stack.</span></span></div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-27742478910809634322011-04-12T04:45:00.001-04:002011-04-12T04:45:10.898-04:00Viva El PasoWe get thru Texas very rarely these days. On this run, we got to drive I-10 from Beaumont to El Paso.<br /><br />Since we are leaving via El Paso, I'll leave you with this fine example of roadside kitch . . . <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5612209497/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5612209497_2778385784_b.jpg' border='0' width='184' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Oddly enough, this can be found alongside I-95 in South Carolina. <br /><br /> - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-38015175236651108712011-04-11T14:26:00.001-04:002011-04-11T14:26:17.410-04:00LayoverWe just spent 2 utterly relaxing days in a hotel while sitting on layover to pickup a load this morning. <br /><br />Much to Tony's delight, we were in such a boring place that I couldn't find anything for us to do. He is usually game for my adventures, but would be just as happy with delivery pizza and an NCIS marathon. <br /><br />That's what he got this time! <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-41079380369914005612011-04-08T14:21:00.001-04:002011-04-08T14:21:08.017-04:00Street Art<br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5601240310/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5601240310_8bf71ed233_b.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='179' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />This was across the road from the previous piece I posted. <br />Not sure why these had been done on this stretch of roadway, but there are still several more to show.<br /><br />But, back to this piece . . . so much going on here it is hard to take it all in.<br /><br />There is this guy . . . <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5600656181/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5600656181_bbbe0f7875.jpg' border='0' width='275' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />And then this fellow who really looks like an ancient Homer Simpson . . .<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5601240878/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5023/5601240878_2517f40dd8.jpg' border='0' width='267' height='228' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />wearing purple footie jammies !?!?<br />Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-6298125533559636802011-04-07T16:42:00.002-04:002011-04-08T10:03:22.127-04:00Street Art<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you read this blog, you know that I absolutely go nuts over good street graphics and groovy yard art. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We hit the Mother Lode in Kansas City recently. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If it is daytime and the weather is moderate, we love to take America's scenic backroads.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And look for interesting local eats. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Always about food, ain't it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyway - this is one of our classic finds. No frills. Just real good food. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is a pretty good picture of the ice on the lake as we crossed on the ferry.</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">About half the lake was open water and half was ice.</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The ferry kept the ice on their route open, but the rest was solid.</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please note that this is in </span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LATE MARCH.</span></span></center><center style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It is cold up there much longer than we are used to!</span></span></center><br />
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</div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-3186964971056803002011-03-31T07:41:00.000-04:002011-03-31T07:41:00.926-04:00Lake Champlain and the Ferry<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We had some layover time in the upstate New York area and decided to take the truck over to Burlington, Vermont for a couple of days. Part of the fun in this decision was the fact that we got to take the ferry across the lake.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I made a video of the crossing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is my first video. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I might do more . . . what do you think?</span></span></div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-49368402379474127662011-03-29T11:30:00.002-04:002011-03-29T11:30:01.492-04:00Doorways<div style="text-align: center;">I</div><div style="text-align: center;">LOVE</div><div style="text-align: center;">DOORS</div><br />
<center style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5562667059/"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5029/5562667059_29f00ba3a1_b.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;" width="267" /></a></center><center style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5562667059/"></a>This hand carved treasure is the front door for The American Flatbread Co. in Burlington, VT.</center><center style="text-align: center;"><br />
</center><center style="text-align: center;">Great restaurant.</center><center style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We had a layover in Upstate New York for a couple of days and decided to check out the otherside of Lake Champlain. So, now we are in Burlington, Vermont.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">While cruising the lovely downtown, Tony spotted something up on the roof of this building.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I grabbed my trusty iPhone and snapped the picture.</div><div style="text-align: center;">What in the world . . . </div><br />
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</div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-82820713572060494372011-03-27T01:34:00.001-04:002011-03-27T01:34:00.483-04:00SUNDAY SMILE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This bus makes me smile.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I actually own 2 school busses. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They are both old and yellow not bright and colorful like this one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In my dreams they look like this and we are driving around the country spreading Sunday Smiles as we go.</span></span></div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-74371294065303989122011-03-21T17:19:00.001-04:002011-03-21T17:19:04.932-04:00Spring on the Dash<br /><br /><center><a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/34734605@N07/5547603799/'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5018/5547603799_e55c222d90_b.jpg' border='0' width='212' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />We flew into Joplin on Sunday afternoon and were back on the road by Monday afternoon. Whew. . <br /><br />My daffodils were just starting to bloom, so I grabbed some to bring Spring into our tiny world.<br /><br />Please note the elegant seltzer water vase and the classic duct tape vase holder. <br /><br />The truck smells like Easter.<br /><br />Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-12148536521753424062011-03-10T13:19:00.002-05:002011-03-12T17:09:40.755-05:00Our Old School Ride<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Finally able to post a photo of our new/old truck.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is the oldest truck we have ever driven - it is a 2006 Freightliner with a Classic XL sleeper.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For us, this is also the roomiest truck we have ever driven. Lots if upper bunk space that we have turned into storage with Tony's mastery of PVC shelving. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This truck is also the first "Long Nose" style truck that we have ever driven.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I will post pics of the inside soon.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div>Fandango Travelershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15025726599010720067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038546729009561121.post-6249866131067919432011-03-06T00:56:00.002-05:002011-03-06T12:59:43.076-05:00SUNDAY SMILE<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My mom sent this to me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It has to be "worked on",</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But it is awful cute anyway . . . </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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