Right in the tailpipe!

So...James & I were on our way home today heading down 35w in the carpool lane. We were going about 50-55mph and a Blue & White Taxi decides to pull out infront of us. James slams on the breaks and we end up giving the Taxi a love tap on the left rear bumper, right front bumper of the H-Bomb because James swerved to the left. So there we are sitting there thinking WTF and the Taxi driver gets out of his car with passenger inside (mind you we are stopped in the carpool lane in the middle of rush hour) and James & I are signaling to the Taxi driver, who I will call Derk-derk-Allah, to pull over to the right hand shoulder. He looks at his bumper, then ours and puts both hands up in the air signaling that everything is ok. He said something but all I got out of it was, "Haka sherpa-sherpa. Abaka-la Derka derka derka!". He hops back in the Taxi and keeps driving down the carpool lane. When we got back we took a look at the H-Bomb's bumper which had a pretty good size crack in it. We did get all of the Taxi's information including license plate. We'll have to see if James turns Derk-derk-Allah in.

-MikeyB

Happy Halloween!!!

From Aimee & Zoey!

Vote Yes

Minnesota’s Transportation Amendment will ensure that 100 percent of the sales tax we pay on new and used vehicles is used to improve the state’s transportation system. Currently, only 54 percent of that transportation tax is spent on transportation. If passed, the transportation amendment will dedicate the remaining 46 percent of that transportation tax revenue – $300 million per year – to transportation improvements throughout the state.

-MikeyB

Pictures

Sorry for the delay of posting up a link to the Arkansas pictures. I have most of them uploaded for your viewing pleasure.
Arkansas Pictures


I also have pictures uploaded from James's Halloween bash last Saturday.
Halloween Pictures


-MikeyB

Home At Last

We got back around 3pm yesterday. The ride home always seems so much faster. Aimee & I had a few hours to relax before bringing Zoey to her dog training class. Damn was it nice to sleep in my own bed last night. I'll have to upload all the pictures to photobucket tonight.

-MikeyB

Bloomington, IL

We have arrived in Bloomington, IL on our first leg of the trip home. We will be leaving tomorrow morning for another 8 hours back home. Here are some random pictures from the trip.

-MikeyB

Memphis, TN

We headed down to Memphis, TN earlier this morning to check out what it had to offer. We first checked out Beale St. which was pretty cool as long as you can avoid the bums trying to beg for a dolla'. We had some lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. Like most Hard Rocks, bad service and OK food. Aimee was talking about the Pea Body Hotel where they let ducks into the lobby fountain to swim around. It was something you don't see everyday so we had to check it out. Then it was off to Graceland...Rather disappointed. Graceland was so damn commericalized that you had to pay $22 bucks per person to just go into the house. If you wanted to do all of the tours it would cost $55 per person which is nuttier than squirrel shit. We just checked out the Graceland wall where everyone who visits writes their name and message on the wall.

Beale St.

Cool old skool tour bus parked on Beale St.

This is a picture of the glass ceiling in the Pea Body hotel lobby.

The wall that surrounds Graceland. Elvis is dead so live with it.

A close up of the Graceland wall.

-MikeyB

Marmaduke, AR

We went over to Marmaduke to visit with Aimee's relatives that the family has not seen in over 16 years. We enjoyed some delicious Arkansas home cookin' and some good Nordmeyer stories. Today we are heading down to Memphis, TN. I'm not sure what we are doing but I'm sure we will hit the tourist traps.

Yes, those are bullet holes.

-MikeyB

Jonesboro, AR

We are finally here in Jonesbore, AR. Yesterday consisted of going to the St.Louis Gateway Arch. Jason got a $323 speeding ticket in Hayti, MO. The local cop said he was doing 58 in a 35 even though Mike's radar detector never went off once and we were following slow traffic through town. Jason had to go into town and post a $203 bond or he would have to go to jail. We all call shenanigans. I bet he could have given the cop a $100 bill and he would have dropped the charge. So note to self, stay away from creepy chain saw massacre type towns.

Some more pics from the road.

Union Power Co.

St.Louis river

The Gateway Arch

Some new tunage on the iPod. Awesome Andrew Bird album.

I'm in Arkansas....Arkansas.

-MikeyB

Edwardsville, IL

We arrived last night in Edwardsville, IL which is just north east of St.Louis. We had some dinner last night at Shenanigans. The food...not so good. Today we will be stopping in St.Louis to check out the Arch. Then it's off to Jonesboro, AR.

Odd..A guy walking his Alpaca. Don't see that everyday.

16 month old Irish Wolf Hound on his way to Milwaukee for a dog show.

Shenanigans Yeah! But Shenanigans food, BOOOOO!!

-MikeyB