There are a few differences this year. The first half I'm travelling alone - Texas to visit my sister, Nashville to visit Franny and DJ, Indiana to visit Bill and Becky, and finally Ontario to meet up with Carol. At that point the we start 3,000 miles of quilt shops.
Now that sounds like a lot of fun but this is Carol's maiden run on a long road trip, As much as she's excited about hitting stores like Kansas Troubles, Missouri Star, Three Dudes and The Christmas Goose, she has no idea if she will enjoy day after day of driving. Karen has already filled her in. Carol is the navigation, food and entertainment director and there are several specific duties she has to perform. The most important is to make sure we are on the right road. Secondary duties involve cleaning the windshield, emptying the garbage, and most important - making sure the driver is well fed and watered! Entertainment - do not bring out a deck of cards and definitely - no Frank Sinatra!
I told Carol if she really hated it, not to worry. Home is only as far as the nearest airport. That triggered a whole bunch of visuals from our fellow quilters - like a spaghetti western train scene, toss her out the door at about 80 miles an hour; drive away while she is in the roadside potty; and the most humane idea - sneak out of the hotel before she wakes up. Whether she likes it or not - there are going to be some pretty good stories to tell. |
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| Highway 65 Colorado - Grand Mesa National Scenic and Historic Byway |
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| Ladybugz Quilt & Company - Montrose, Colorado |
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Highway 550 Colorado & New Mexico - The Million Dollar Highway
Trail of the Ancients - San Juan Skyway |
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| Trinity Site - Manhattan Project - Bingham, New Mexico - July 16, 1945 |
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| Valley of Fires - Malpais Lava Flow - Carrizozo, New Mexico |
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| Smokey the Bear Historic Park - Capitan, New Mexico, 20252 |
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| Lincoln New Mexico Historic Site - Lincoln State Monument |
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| Cotton Candy Quilt Shoppe -Muncie, Indiana |
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| Historic Leith Church - Tom Thomson |
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| Cotton Harvest Quilt Shop - Seaforth, Ontario |
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| Kalidoscope of Quilts - Exeter, Ontario |
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| Colasanti's Market - Highway 59, Highland Township, Michigan |
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An Gorta Mor - Irish Potato Famine Memorial
Irish Hills, Michigan |
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| Elkhart County, Indiana |
| The Navigator |
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| Sew Creative Threads - Elkhart, Indiana |
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| Lolly's Fabrics & Quilts, Shipshewana, Indiana |
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| Yoder Department Store - Shipshewana, Indiana |
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| Das Dutchman Essenhaus Hotel - Middlebury, Indiana |
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| Ilasco Ghost Town, Missouri |
| Ilasco Grocery |
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| Holy Cross Catholic Church |
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| Saverton - Ilasco United Methodist Church |
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| Hannibal Missouri |
| Hickory Stick Quilt and Gift Shop |
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| Sew Sweet Quilt Shop - Brunswick, Missouri |
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| Country Chick (Somewhere Between Brunswick & Hamilton, Missouri) |
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| Missouri Star Quilt Company - Hamilton, Missouri |
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| Material Girls Quilt Shop - Abilene, Kansas |
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| Kansas Troubles Quilters - Beddington, Kansas |
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| Farm House Bed & Breakfast - Broadwater, Nebraska |
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| Chimney Rock - Bayard, Nebraska |
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| Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyoming |
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| Hell's Half Acre - Natrona County, Wyoming |
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| Waltman Rest Stop - US 26 Wyoming |
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| Grand Teton National Park |
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| Yellowstone National Park |
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