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On the way up (because I come from AL), usually 1 or 2 stops for gas, maybe an early morning (4 AM!) walmart trip before we leave just to make sure we have everything
On the way back, usually just food...we drive back the night of the festival so no early-morning Cracker Barrel for us...although this may be a tradition we start this year, since I get Monday off! And I agree...I love the looks people give you when you stop on the way home!
Really? Sonic and Cracker Barrel are big? Who Knew? ???
And here I thought living in podunk was so bad...LOL! Forget that we don't have ANYTHING else...but by golly we got Waffle Houses and Cracker Barrels and Sonics out the ying yang! ;D
LOL we have NONE of those around here. I've never been to a sonic or a waffle house before and the only time I've been to a cracker barrel was when we came down for roo
Post by littlebirdie on Jan 15, 2008 10:19:18 GMT -5
SONIC! That's so funny you guys brought that up...the closest one to Chicago is in Champaign I think but we see commercials all the time. We get soooo excited when we see one, we'll even stop if we're not that hungry That's usually it though along the way.... food and gas stations and rest stops.
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has the power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive."
What I love about the trip to and fro, is how everytime you stop anywhere (gas, McDs, whatever), you always run in to other Roosters. It makes me happy
^ that's one of my favorite things about the trip! Rolling down the window and yelling "BONNNNNNNAAAAAAAROOOOOOOOOOOOOO" when we still have 10 hours to go.
Yeah, we certainly have our share of Cracker Barrles, Waffle Houses and Sonics around here.
Here is an interesting fact about Manchester's Cracker Barrel, it WAS the very first Cracker Barrel ever, store number one. If you go this year, look across the street, there is a Gas Station over there, that is the original site of Cracker Barrel store number one. the existing Cracker Barrell in Manchester is considered store number two now, even though it is not. (BTW: It was rebuit in the current location due to a fire that destroyed the original store.
When I came in '06, I turned it into a whole week's vacation. We drove to Natural Bridge Kentucky and camped out there for a night, did some hiking in the morning and drove to Great Smokey Mountains National Park. We spent the next few days hanging around Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge. Dollywood is actually kind of fun! I thought it was going to be horrendous.
Then we finally drove to Bonnaroo and made it in while Ben Folds was playing on the Which Stage. We came right when the heat was at its worst, and being my first Roo I was immediately overwhelmed by the heat and crowds. But by the time Tom Petty took the stage, I was in heaven.
I always stop at gas station right outsite Coffee County before. And RELIGIOUSLY hit up the Jack in the Box directly north of nashville on I-65 afterwards
we always stop at the Sonic closest to the farm on the way back since we don't have any here in Michigan yet they feel the need to tempt me with their commercials anyway. I want a cherry limeade right now...but I have to wait til summer
we do the same thing! we get sonic commericals every other minute here. and there is not a sonic to be found anywhere around here!
that and we stop at an IHOP cause we don't have one of those either.
Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on Jan 15, 2008 20:14:43 GMT -5
dmbfanintn said:
Yeah, we certainly have our share of Cracker Barrles, Waffle Houses and Sonics around here.
Here is an interesting fact about Manchester's Cracker Barrel, it WAS the very first Cracker Barrel ever, store number one. If you go this year, look across the street, there is a Gas Station over there, that is the original site of Cracker Barrel store number one. the existing Cracker Barrell in Manchester is considered store number two now, even though it is not. (BTW: It was rebuit in the current location due to a fire that destroyed the original store.
Post by tellertrash on Jan 15, 2008 20:32:14 GMT -5
greenmichigan said:
we always stop at the Sonic closest to the farm on the way back since we don't have any here in Michigan yet they feel the need to tempt me with their commercials anyway. I want a cherry limeade right now...but I have to wait til summer
Yeah, we certainly have our share of Cracker Barrles, Waffle Houses and Sonics around here.
Here is an interesting fact about Manchester's Cracker Barrel, it WAS the very first Cracker Barrel ever, store number one. If you go this year, look across the street, there is a Gas Station over there, that is the original site of Cracker Barrel store number one. the existing Cracker Barrell in Manchester is considered store number two now, even though it is not. (BTW: It was rebuit in the current location due to a fire that destroyed the original store.
IF anyone goes through Ky. try some AL81 in glass bottles and Grippo's BBQ chips you can only get it around Ky.
Tried AL81 last year for the first time (much, much better than the celery soda ;D). Not sure if I had the Grippo's -- I tend to go more for different flavors than different brands -- but I'll keep an eye out for them this year!
for those of yall heading back out i24 east,may i make a reccomendation for some killer food on the way back...its just a little short diversion off i-24 down i59 into trenton to a place called randys buffet...yeah its a country buffet,but they also have cook to order stuff ...they have the absolute BEST hamburger you will ever taste...and the small burgers are cheap too..a 5 oz is like 3 bucks,a ten ounce is like five,and they come with fries...know i know some of yall are thinking"what makes it so special that im gonna divert off i24?'..well folks,its cause they offer the rabdy's BIG BURGER.thats right,a 24 or 48 ounce hamburger...the 48 ounce burger is as big as a pizza tray..so big,that they make all of the buns for all their burgers in house...trust me folks,this is the place to eat if you want something different...homemade pizzas,steaks,sandwiches...great food and well worth the trip...if you can eat the big burger in less than 30min,its free and you get your picture on the wall...its worthe the trip!!! (ii ncluded a picture of a friend of mine trying to consume the 48 ozer...he didnt succeed)...
On the way down, we only listened to music by past or present Bonnaroo artists. Helped get us in the mood. That and trying to guess if the car next to us was going to Bonnaroo as well.
Then we spent the night before at one of our party's aunt's house in Bristol, VA and we did our Walmart run then.
On the way home, we stopped at Cracker Barrel, although the second one because we thought it would be less crowded. Still completely full of dirty hippies. It was great!