Hellooooo friends, family, and random internet followers! It's 2010 and we're back on the road for epic adventure number 2! This time we're exploring the east coast of the U.S. We're already halfway through our 2 week gallivanting and we've reached our turning point in Maine. Here's where we've been so far:
Asheville, NC
Cumberland Falls, KY
Charlottsville, VA
Philadelphia, PA
Burlington, VT
Mt. Katahdin, ME
While traveling by car past mountains, over rivers, and through cities we've made a list of things we term "the shiz," which therefore receive a theoretical "shiz stamp" and things that are, well, not the shiz. Here are the highlights:
THE SHIZ
-The Twisted Tree Branch Tea Bazaar in Virginia.
-Morning run and wonderful breakfast with our couchsurfing host Nancy in Virginia.
-Epic u-turn across five lanes of traffic in tourist central across from the capitol and famous monuments in Washington, D.C. "I swear, the interstate just ended!"
-$20 futon mattress from Craig's list in Philly. We've now slept on it 2 times in the back of the Pathfinder. Comfy!
-Fresh and cheap fruit market in the middle of Philly.
-Staying with Jamie and Adam in Vermont.
-Nutella crepes at the Skinny Pancake in Vermont.
-$50 ticket waived in less than 30 seconds by friendly northerner in Vermont.
-Katahdin: "My pronunciation is better than your pronunciation"
-Hitching a ride for the 2 miles back to our car after hiking 9 miles on Katahdin.
NOT THE SHIZ
-Failing to see the moonbow for the second time, due to clouds at Cumberland Falls, Kentucky.
-$11 ticket in Knoxville, Tennessee, we were so exciting about coffee and tea that we forgot to pay the meter.
-Hoping for a refreshing swim, only to find that the lake was only 3 feet deep and filled with grunge and v-algae in Virginia.
-Toll roads
-Untrustworthy roadsigns in D.C.
-Misinterpreting a northern accent in Starbucks in Maine: "hot or aced?"
Now we're off to Acadia National Park!
Amanda & Stephanie
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