Comments on: Breaking news: I am seeing much more of this great land of ours than I had hoped

By: Sharell

Sharell — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:34:50 +0000

Two things. First: Adam, I’ve been in a car that had a tire blow out just outside Burley-not once, but twice. It must be something to do with the area. And second: Craig, who do you know from Burley? That’s where my grandmother lives.

By: Karen Stout

Karen Stout — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:00:48 +0000

(Hee hee… Audrey is a teeeeee-chur, Audrey is a teeeeee-chur.)

But it made for such an interesting culinary vision, Audrey! Besides, I think you’re entitled to a typo once a year or so. I, myself, don’t need such latitude, since I never misspell anything,neither.

Adam, that was a cool experience you related. I would love to know what you thought and felt, as you drove by the accident.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:13:37 +0000

Chicken-friend steak… crap. I nevre mispel, peolpe! NEVR!!!

By: Craig Checketts

Craig Checketts — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:32:33 +0000

Adam, congrats… I believe you’re the first person i’ve ever seen to use the name of Burley in an online post, not counting all the people i know from there. You’re my new hero.

By: AdamOndi

AdamOndi — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 20:07:05 +0000

Quite the automobile adventure. I remember the days of playing the car lottery. You know, spending the least amount of money possible on a car and then hoping that you luck out and get a car that will go 200,000 miles when you only spent $300 on it. Those days sucked. Now I enjoy getting a relatively cheap slightly used Toyota Corolla for a decent amount of money and being able to totally depend on it.

Side note: The flat tire definitely sounded like a blessing in disguise. I had something like that happen to me on my way through Idaho (just west of Burley) toward SLC. For no reason at all, the car I was driving died and would not start again for a half hour or so. It wasn’t until it did start again that I got about 5 miles down the road and saw the Suburban I was following too closely wrapped around a barricade. I wouldn’t have been able to avoid that accident if the car hadn’t died like that and then had no other problems the entire trip.

By: Jerilyn

Jerilyn — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 11:40:07 +0000

No, but InOregon has some tricks up her sleeve.

By: Momma Snider

Momma Snider — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:11:57 +0000

As of this afternoon, he had passed through Wyoming without further incident and was back on good old I-15, north of Ogden, headed for Portland. As long as Idaho didn’t pull any fast ones, he should be home by the middle of the night sometime. Although maybe Oregon has some surprises.

By: bCurt

bCurt — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:32:04 +0000

Eric is experiencing firsthand why we avoid most of Colorado and all of Wyoming when driving up to Utah or California during the winter.

By: Karen Stout

Karen Stout — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:26:28 +0000

Chickens aren’t usually very friendly. Especially in Laramie, where Beef Rules!
Because of the misspellings in the Chick-Fil-A ads, where the cows are holding up signs that say “EAT MORE CHIKIN,” I assume those bovine models are Wyoming cows.

They stole the phrase “chicken-fried steak” from the Southern states, anyhow. It just means steak dredged in flour, and then fried in hot oil in a skillet.

Just one more reason not to trust any place smelling of chicken-friend steak and cigarettes.

I went to MapQuest, hoping to see a little cartoony path of westward-bound arrows, with a little cartoon blue car and a sign saying “Track Eric’s Progress Here!” Alas, it was not to be. Wonder where he is now?

By: Mike the Sound Guy

Mike the Sound Guy — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:16:24 +0000

I like chicken-fried (friend?) steak, but, oddly, not Laramie.