The Garage (Off Topic) #7: So what have you done lately?
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Thankfully I'm pretty good at spotting tourist traps. :lol: There's a "Man Eating Salmon" thing in the U.P. that is literally a man, eating salmon.
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My dad was a tourist trap magnet. He would stop at any roadside attraction and drag us kids out of the car to see something stupid. But when we're traveling from Washington State to Texas, could we stop at the Grand Canyon - NOPE!
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Well, I'm in New Jersey! My friend lives in a surprisingly quiet area with a ton of non chain restaurants, I swear I just had the best shrimp linguine.
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I love little small town restaurants. It can be hard to find the good ones unless you have a local guide - but they're totally worth it when you do.
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When I travel I generally just ask a hotel or campground worker what the good local places are. We've found some incredible ones over the years.
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At least once before I *move* to NC, I want to go down for a visit and stay in a B&B that my brother found for me that is right in the old town section of Winston-Salem. It's in the middle of a district that includes a lot of old neighborhood restaurants that are just wonderful, and if you don't want to go out, the B&B folks will pick up an order from one of them and deliver it to your room!
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Honestly whoever invented food delivery was a saint.
I don't live where anyone delivers but they're still a saint. :lol: |
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Although, in NC, almost every restaurant has a drive thru, and many you can call ahead so your order is ready when you get there. Not quite as convenient as just opening your door, but if you don't have to get out of your car, you can drive over in comfy clothes. |
Yeah, no one delivers out to me but most of the restaurants have very easy pick up so on the rare occasion we order food, that's nice.
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I live right next to Arlington Cemetary. It's not unusual to hear loud booms because they occasionally have cannon fire for a funeral, or they are testing the cannons.
It is a little freaky when you hear a round of booms and right afterwards hear a whole bunch of sirens. :eek: Hopefully nobody misfired. |
We hear booms quite often out here in the country too - so we get to play the fun game of "firecracker or gunshot?"
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One thing that will probably drive me a little crazy is the LACK of noise. I'm used to sirens and planes and helicopters and kid noise just about all the time. The last time I visited I was so HAPPY when I woke up one morning and heard a train whistle in the distance.
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They turned on the A/C today! :clap:
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I'm back home from Kentucky, I'm exhausted and I'm sick and in the next 30 hours I have two shifts at work as well as a baby shower to attend. :spinface:
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