Cheap Asses
Thursday July 20, 2006: Day 5 ~ Cody, Wyoming to Rapid City, South Dakota
We had a 7 hour drive ahead of us and Larnie took the first shift. There wasn't really much to see along hwy 90. But, we came across a town called Emblem which according to the sign on the hwy had a population of only 10 people. How is that possible? We saw 8 houses within their town and one of them had a family of 4 outside. I think they need to update their stats a bit.
During our drive Larnie was stuck driving 20mph through the Bighorn Mts because cyclists had taken over the road. There must have been some sort of race going on so Larnie had to drive cautiously around them. At one point I think the cyclists were going faster than us on the road!
To pass the time we pulled out the Sex & the City DVDs and we watched my favorite episode "The Good Fight." Larnie and I recited the lines of Aiden and Carrie's fight. If you haven't seen it before, take a look because it's a classic. And then we bumped some Tamia and had our own kareoke session. We were belting out "Falling For You" as we drove into South Dakota. And when "This Time It's Love" came on Larnie blurted out, "I want Tamia to sing @ my wedding!" So, to her future husband out there, that is her request.
The gas station we stopped at sold lifesize land ornaments. Here are a couple of em:
Since we arrived in Rapid City early, we decided to head on over to Mt. Rushmore. As we were driving up the mountain we see the monument & decide to pull over to take some pictures.
Those are the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
We decided not to pay the $8 entrance fee into the park because it was raining and all we were planning to do there was to take our picture in front of it. And since that mission was accomplished… we didn’t see any need to pay in order to do the same thing. I know, we’re cheap asses but, that money went to some good needed beer. We decided to head to Firehouse Brewing Company in downtown Rapid City for happy hour. I found this place on the Food Network website and it was featured on $40 a day. We had some pints of their own Eagle Pale Ale along with some wings & rings and their calamari. We chilled there for awhile and some great conversation. It was good way to end the evening.
FAVORITE CONVERSATION OF THE DAY:
Since Larnie and I have so much time in the car together, it’s a great opportunity to make up some pretty good stories. We decided to create fake personas for the road. Just in case Larnie starts talking to some random dudes while on the road. While traveling my name shall be Chloe Cruz (CC for short) and Larnie is Lelaini Fanoi. Here are our bios:
Chloe Cruz:
27 year old half Italian and half Filipina from NYC. She works as a hair stylist in Irvine, CA @ John Paul Salon. Her goal in life is to work as a stylist @ for the Jonathan Antin Salon in Beverly Hills so that she can gain exposure on Blow Out on Bravo network. She currently lives in Laguna Beach with her boyfriend Steven of 3 years. She loves to ride her Vespa on weekends and enjoys playing pool for fun.
Leilani Fanoi:
25 year old female from Maui, HI. She works as an athletic preparadora for an international volleyball team. (I know we made up more for her, but I can't think of them right now. Email it to me Larn and I'll post it.)
MISSION 5 ACCOMPLISHED! 1688 miles traveled
We had a 7 hour drive ahead of us and Larnie took the first shift. There wasn't really much to see along hwy 90. But, we came across a town called Emblem which according to the sign on the hwy had a population of only 10 people. How is that possible? We saw 8 houses within their town and one of them had a family of 4 outside. I think they need to update their stats a bit.
During our drive Larnie was stuck driving 20mph through the Bighorn Mts because cyclists had taken over the road. There must have been some sort of race going on so Larnie had to drive cautiously around them. At one point I think the cyclists were going faster than us on the road!
To pass the time we pulled out the Sex & the City DVDs and we watched my favorite episode "The Good Fight." Larnie and I recited the lines of Aiden and Carrie's fight. If you haven't seen it before, take a look because it's a classic. And then we bumped some Tamia and had our own kareoke session. We were belting out "Falling For You" as we drove into South Dakota. And when "This Time It's Love" came on Larnie blurted out, "I want Tamia to sing @ my wedding!" So, to her future husband out there, that is her request.
The gas station we stopped at sold lifesize land ornaments. Here are a couple of em:
Since we arrived in Rapid City early, we decided to head on over to Mt. Rushmore. As we were driving up the mountain we see the monument & decide to pull over to take some pictures.
Those are the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
We decided not to pay the $8 entrance fee into the park because it was raining and all we were planning to do there was to take our picture in front of it. And since that mission was accomplished… we didn’t see any need to pay in order to do the same thing. I know, we’re cheap asses but, that money went to some good needed beer. We decided to head to Firehouse Brewing Company in downtown Rapid City for happy hour. I found this place on the Food Network website and it was featured on $40 a day. We had some pints of their own Eagle Pale Ale along with some wings & rings and their calamari. We chilled there for awhile and some great conversation. It was good way to end the evening.
FAVORITE CONVERSATION OF THE DAY:
Since Larnie and I have so much time in the car together, it’s a great opportunity to make up some pretty good stories. We decided to create fake personas for the road. Just in case Larnie starts talking to some random dudes while on the road. While traveling my name shall be Chloe Cruz (CC for short) and Larnie is Lelaini Fanoi. Here are our bios:
Chloe Cruz:
27 year old half Italian and half Filipina from NYC. She works as a hair stylist in Irvine, CA @ John Paul Salon. Her goal in life is to work as a stylist @ for the Jonathan Antin Salon in Beverly Hills so that she can gain exposure on Blow Out on Bravo network. She currently lives in Laguna Beach with her boyfriend Steven of 3 years. She loves to ride her Vespa on weekends and enjoys playing pool for fun.
Leilani Fanoi:
25 year old female from Maui, HI. She works as an athletic preparadora for an international volleyball team. (I know we made up more for her, but I can't think of them right now. Email it to me Larn and I'll post it.)
MISSION 5 ACCOMPLISHED! 1688 miles traveled
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2 Comments:
great fake personas. can't wait for phoenixxxxxxx! i'll have one there.
Those are great tourist faces on those pictures in front of Rushmnore! Hahaha! Love the alter ego personas!
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