Four Days and Counting
In about four days, I'll have arrived in Spokane, Washington. Spokane is really nothing to get excited about...in fact, I have trouble getting excited about western Washington state. I am, however, excited to get this party started! I've been collecting fun and interesting things that we can see and do along the way and I know that Brenda is doing the same. Nick sent me information about the Crazy Horse monument in South Dakota...that looks like something we can't miss. Another person mentioned Wall Drug. In fact, several people have chimed in on the whole Wall Drug phenomenon. So, clearly, that is a "can't be missed". A few years ago, my friend Jenn T. got me my very own Wall Drug plate. I have to see where it came from.
My friend Jenn J. let us know that we can actually pick up an audio guide when we drive into South Dakota. Who knew? I'm sure that will be a must have for any S. Dakota traveler. Plus, if we get bored, we can just fast forward the tape and, perhaps, that will fast forward S. Dakota. Jenn also mentioned that Brenda and I had an official song when we were at NU..."Growing older but not up" by Jimmy Buffett. How could I have forgotten that one??? We were also really into 30 Something (they seemed so mature).
My friend Stephen from NU called last night and that, of course, sent me down memory lane. We made a video our first week in Boston to send home to our parents. It featured thrilling sights and sounds of Boston. We featured our apartments to the song "It's my house" by Diana Ross and some great footage of the Green Line to "Peace Train" by 10,000 Maniacs. I think we had some James Taylor thrown in there for good measure. Whatever the music, it really was the videotape that was a lot of fun to make. We went onto the roof of one of the residence halls to get a good city view...(look, ye yonder) we didn't know that people got expelled from the University for doing that...It also reminded me that Stephen really was my first friend at Northeastern and I'm glad we're still friends to this day.
posted by Jay @ 6:23 PM
3 Comments:
PLEASE see the Crazy Horse -- if not for yourselves, then for me. If you get Rushmore in the same trip, then you only have Stone Mountain left to complete the US tour of stuff carved into mountains. I think NH's Old Man was carved OUT of a mountain. God rest his soul.
Nick & Caroline are right - Crazy horse is a must! when i saw it he barley had a nose.. its been cool to catch up with it over the years (Smithsonian Mag had an article a few months ago).. & as you and bren know i loved SD and the so much i named my first pup "dakota". Uhm -- Devils Tower, WY also a great see... was on my list only b/c of "close encounters" a favorite middle school flick.
Glory be but I was a recipient of said video and it was of course absolutely astounding and griping.
It really was a fun thing.
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