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#297 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [berri] by steve_ HOST

Feb 12, 2013 (9:24 pm)

Replying to: berri (Feb 12, 2013 8:41 pm)
I was looking at National's last minute rentals page today and was amazed at how much a rental car goes for in Hawaii these days. I know it's high season, but yikes.

#298 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [gagrice] by gagrice

Feb 12, 2013 (9:37 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 12, 2013 9:24 pm)
This is right next door to the house we rent when we are in Hawaii. We snorkel in that lagoon with big sea turtles. Great gated location. I shouldn't do this as it gets me fired up about selling out here and moving.
 
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/14-4708-Alapaki-Ln-Pahoa-HI-96778/2114498789_z- pid/

#299 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 12, 2013 (9:57 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Feb 12, 2013 9:24 pm)
Wait till April May. If you want a very quiet peaceful non touristy vacation. I highly recommend this place. Stayed there several times. The pond stays at 90 degrees year round. The Sea Turtles are in the cove most of the year.
 
http://www.vrbo.com/5124

#300 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [gagrice] by steve_ HOST

Feb 13, 2013 (6:55 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 12, 2013 9:57 pm)
We're planning Bethel in April. Shouldn't be touristy.

#301 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 13, 2013 (7:16 am)

Replying to: steve_ (Feb 13, 2013 6:55 am)
You are a brute for punishment. My buddy almost got killed in a bar in Bethel back in the 1970s. Many would consider Bethel the armpit of Alaska. I say it is a tossup with Kotzebue and the 9 Arctic villages I worked in. Here is the mentality of Bethel.
 
In what has been described as an evil hoax, the town of Bethel, Alaska, has learned it is not getting a Taco Bell. Not now. Not ever.
 
 
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/14/nation/la-na-nn-taco-bell-alaska-2012061- 4

#302 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [gagrice] by steve_ HOST

Feb 13, 2013 (11:08 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 13, 2013 7:16 am)
Must have been why they went damp in '77. They're wet again as of 2010 but I don't think they have allowed bars or alcohol in the restaurants. Always wanted to see Kotz, but never managed that one.
 
For alcohol related problems, the police blotter out of Dutch Harbor is becoming world famous.

#303 of 341 Re: this looks like fun [steve_] by gagrice

Feb 13, 2013 (4:08 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Feb 13, 2013 11:08 am)
Bethel was the wild west in the early 1970s. Our Alascom people were out there a lot as it was jump-off to all those villages. It was the time when a sat phone system was being installed in every AK village. You had to be tough going to the villages back then. Most installers packed a 357 with them. The whole thing of booze in the villages is kind of a joke and very sad. Most of our 9 villages were either damp or dry. About 10-12 years ago the PSOs started to check everyone's luggage getting off the plane in the real bad places. We had to stop taking a bottle for our own use or get into trouble.

#304 of 341 thinking about a new tent by steve_ HOST

Mar 31, 2013 (9:28 am)

And this one caught my eye.

#305 of 341 San Diego to Ohio to Indiana by gagrice

Apr 28, 2013 (6:26 pm)

The first leg was brutal. We traveled across AZ and NM at night to see the meteor showers. They were a "NO SHOW". Filled in El Paso Costco for $3.11 per gallon. By then it was 7 AM and did not want to stop so early and get a room. So the plan was Odessa. No rooms available at 4 PM. Mostly yucky places. Checked in Midland, same junky motels booked up. One really sleazy place had a room I would not stay in for $269 per night. We called ahead to the Best Western in Big Springs and they had one room for $180 per night. By then we were so beat we took it. It was clean though the Internet was out due to the wind???? 1040 miles in 22 hours with only a couple rest breaks. Speed limit on I20 is 80 MPH. We did not let many pass us and got 16.05 MPG. Not much different than cruising 65 MPH.
 
Our next leg got us out of TX to Hope Arkansas. Had a nicer room at the Best western for $71 per night. Also had the best BBQ of the trip at Jake's. Drove by Bill Clinton birthplace and had nice weather. Filled Chevron West Memphis AR for $3.11.
 
We drove from Hope AR to Paris Landing State Park Inn, TN. Nice room overlooking the lake for $70 per night. We hit Paris during the annual catfish festival. The hotel had all you could eat catfish and hushpuppies. Very good meal and stay. Next day on to Ohio via Bowling Green, KY. Went to the Shaker Museum. Tried to visit Mammoth Caves and the waits were too long for the tours. We did get Shell gas in KY for $3.29. We spent the last two days here in Ohio. Plan to leave in the morning for Indiana. 2595 miles so far at $509 or 19.6 cents a mile
 
to be continued.......

#306 of 341 Re: San Diego to Ohio to Indiana [gagrice] by steve_ HOST

Apr 28, 2013 (7:10 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Apr 28, 2013 6:26 pm)
Durn you, it'll be at least two months until I visit family in Chattanooga, and I'll be jonesing for hush puppies from now until then.
 
On the bright side, the fumes around Midland from all the stripper wells probably would have gotten to you if you had found a room there.
 
Next time, try stopping at McDonalds a couple of hours before your destination, get on their free wifi, and scope out some places on Travelocity or Expedia. You could even Priceline one that looks okay.
 
Surprised the lines are long at Mammoth so early in the season. Maybe because of the sequestration?

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