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October 2009: Summit Lake State Park – Our first T@B camping trip!
Friday, October 16, 2009 It’s been exactly a month since we picked up our T@B from Tiara RV. We “camped out” (i.e., slept in and watched a DVD the first night we brought it home). We hadn’t had a chance to really camp in it, since we needed to get a tow vehicle first. Every other weekend I have been busy “fall cleaning” the house. To our delight, several members of the T@B / T@DA Yahoo Group were getting together this weekend. We definitely wanted to go and were excited about it. We made reservations at the campground and toward the end of this week, started getting more items, packing,…
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My Favorite Road Trip, Vacation, and Travel Movies
When I can’t take a road trip, there’s always my favorite road trip, vacation, and travel movies! You will see that I also included many movies in this list that are not road trip or travel movies, per se. They are on the list because there is either traveling involved, they give you a sense of really being in the place they are depicting, might make you want to visit there, or have great scenes, and for a couple of hours, transport you to another place. In no particular order, here’s my list: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Cannonball Run Duel Convoy The Long, Long, Trailer Rain Man…
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My Favorite Road Trip Music
What’s a road trip without road trip music? Here is a list are some of my favorite road trip songs, and videos to accompany most of them. Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFN9C9PVpg] Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdiWEmTpwCY] Jerry Reed – East Bound And Down [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRwQjTYfGI] Junior Brown – Highway Patrol [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M] Rascal Flatts – Life Is a Highway [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM88kxxMlhQ] Lindsey Buckingham – Holiday Road [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLiQBV6A7c] The Doors – Roadhouse Blues [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU9JWukf07c] Buster Poindexter – Hit The Road Jack [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBfWJDg9Pwk] Ray Charles – Mess Around [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmpMqa89wx8] Roger Miller – King of the Road [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOe27SJ3Yc] C.W. McCall – Convoy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1t6zQsjzYE] Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – The Theme…
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Our new T@B Trailer
For several years, Pat and I talked about getting a teardrop trailer/camper. We had seen the traditional teardrop style, and thought it was cute. A traditional teardrop trailer is small, and the inside is just a bed (can’t stand up in it). The back hatch opens up to a galley kitchen. Some are very basic, whereas others are more elaborate, with air conditioning, a refrigerator, sink, cable TV…the sky’s the limit on customizing these. Here is one made by a company called Cozy Cruiser: We looked into them several years ago, but at the time, weren’t ready to purchase. So we kept taking our road trips and staying in motels…
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May 2009: Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Centennial Era Balloon Festival
May 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by Carl Fisher, James Allison, Arthur Newby, and Frank Wheeler as a testing facility. The history can be found in this article: Centennial: Four Founders’ Vision Created Indianapolis Motor Speedway The first Indianapolis 500 race was held in 1911, so we have two years of Centennial Celebrations to anticipate; thus, the “Centennial Era.” Events held from Friday – Sunday, May 1-3, kicked off the start of the Indy 500 Festival celebrations here in Speedway, Indiana. One event I was looking forward to was the Centennial Era Balloon Festival, an event to celebrate the first race held…
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Some Came Running Filming Locations
Some Came Running is the story of US Army veteran and two-time author, Dave Hirsh (Frank Sinatra). Bitter from being sent to a boys’ home by his brother at age 12, Dave’s return to his hometown after 16 years shakes up the small town of Parkman, Indiana. US 421, Milton, Kentucky In the film’s opening scene, Dave is on a bus heading to the fictional town of Parkman, Indiana. Drunk, he was put on a bus in Chicago. Through the bus windows, the “Long View Inn” is barely visible. In reality, the bus was heading down US 421 in Milton, Kentucky, heading toward the Milton-Madison Bridge. This building appears to…
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The Blues Brothers Filming Locations
Joliet Correctional Center (aka Joliet Prison) – SR IL 171, Joliet, Illinois November 2005: November 2005: Dixie Square Mall – Harvey, Illinois August 2010: August 2010: August 2010: Quality Inn – 3801 North Mannheim Road, Schiller Park, IL In trying to put the band back together, Jake and Elwood discover that many of their former band members are now in a band called “Murph and the Magic Tones” and playing at the lounge at a Holiday Inn. Jake and Elwood are horrified to find them in red velvet suits, singing “Quando Quando Quando.” August 2009: Of course, all of the glorious Holiday Inn “Great Signs” have gone away, and even…
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December 2008: Connecticut
Slideshow of All Photos For more details about a particular photo, click on it in the slideshow and it will open in my Flickr site. [flickrslideshow acct_name=”roadtripmemories” id=”72157612014755162″ width=”500″]
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Mickey Blue Eyes Filming Locations
My daughter Amber documented the following series of photos from “Mickey Blue Eyes” The Minetta Tavern – MacDougal & Minetta Streets, New York, New York James Caan outside the Minetta Tavern, aka “The La Trattoria” in the movie. June 2008 Hugh Grant enters the Minetta Tavern, aka “The La Trattoria” in the movie. June 2008 The Alleva Dairy – Little Italy, New York June 2008 Central Park West at 67th Street – New York, New York June 2008 MacDougal Street – New York, New York June 2008
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The Grapes of Wrath Filming Locations
Beckham County Courthouse, US 66 – Sayre, Oklahoma US 66 west of Albuquerque, New Mexico One day, I was watching The Grapes of Wrath and noticed that this particular view looked very familiar. I checked our Route 66 honeymoon photos from June 2002 and saw the 2nd photo below. I don’t think I could have taken the photo of the same location and had it match more perfectly with a printed screenshot with me! We took this photo without even knowing about this particular scene! June 2002 Trails Arch Bridge – Route 66, Topock, Arizona 2002. This bridge crossing on Route 66 from Topock, Arizona into California over the Colorado…