Overdoing Our Stay in Minneapolis

I thought I had ADD, you should've seen Benji on the wheel for the last 4-hour leg of our ascend to Minneapolis. What added a bit of enjoyment to the frustrations of driving endless miles in desperation to finally see the 'Welcome To Minnesota' sign was witnessing Benji's reactions to the obscene amounts of roadkill on the side of the road. Freakin' out like a 3rd grade girl after her barbies were stolen. Well, as seen to the left, this is the Minneapolis skyline, quickly snapped while sitting shotgun.

We're here and these last couple days have exceeded our expectations like whoah. This is Beverly Hills but on LAKES, I mean all residents should own one saying that there's 10k of 'em and it seems thats how many residents there actually are. Everyone has a dock, a boat, and maybe even a couple jet skies (which we will be riding today after breakfast today). Our Let's Go USA guide book said that 'sota is home to more than 100 golf courses, so we had to hit one up, but had to settle for the Par-3 because Marty wouldn't let us get in the way of him and his boys' 18. Being from CA, why Benji and I haven't played golf before? Beyond me. A beer a hole is what we bet. Although I'm still the better athlete, I owe him two beers.

Aside from golf, I have to give a special shout out to our gift from Hashem, this GPS thingy. Benji got like 15 maps from AAA before our trip, but who are we kidding. We're two little Jews who have felt ever so entitled our entire lives. Thanks Manya, Rob (who Benji imitates kiddish flawlessly), Julie, and Steve (without the mustache, of course.) Well, this trip has barely begun and we haven't even left our first destination. Got lunch in a few, jet skiing after, but waiting 30 min for our tummys to digest before getting in the water (thanks, mom) and then the Twins game vs. Cleveland. Where are we off to tomorrow morning? South Dakota, Wyoming? Who knows. Oh, ps- we left a light on in the car for like 5 hours last night, battery didn't die though- that would've been bad.

One love. Edub, Avraham, Eweb or whatever ya'll call me.

Meeting up with eWeb in Chi-town

So the road trip began in Toledo, Ohio. Firstly, without my stupendous Auntie Lu Lu and Uncle Bill, this trip would not have been possible. That is because they lent eWeb and I their Toyota Forerunner to drive back to Cali. Thank you! 

After leaving my Aunt and Uncle, I set out for a 4 hour drive to Chicago. This was the first time I ever had to pay to drive somewhere. What the F' is up with tolls. I just don't get in. In cali, we have FREEways. Not down with this toll BS. 

Anyway, after paying

$13 to get to Chicago, I went to the Cubs-Dodgers game at Wrigley Field -- all by 

myself (I'm so cool) -- because Evan couldn't go because he's u

ltra orthodox now, and this past saturday was not only Shabbat, but also Shavuot (Zman Masan Toraseinu -- Baruch Hashem). 

Wrigley Field is incredible. The most beautiful baseball stadium I've been too by far. Haven't been to Fenway (Boston) yet, but hopefully will one day. 

After my Dodgers (pronounced Doyers) got sloshed by the Cubs 7-0, I met up with Evan, who was staying with the coolest family ever -- the Israels -- for Shavuot and Shabbat. They fed me gloriously, had the cutest kids in the history of the Jewish people, and were overall, very lovely hosts and great company.

As of Saturday, we still did not have a route planned out at all for our t

rip. We took out all the maps I got from AAA, and they were of no help. How we figured out our trip was from Aleeza Israel's, 7, puzzle map of the United States. We used it as our guide with the whole Israel family to figure out our trip. And Evan was like, "I got a boy outside of Minneapolis," and that was that. We said, alright, lets do Minnesota. And hence the name "thankyoumarty" for our blog, as he welcomed us to his home for our first stop.

So we went to bed Saturday night with the plan of going to Minnesota. As you'll see in the next post, we made it -- yes, the car is still in tact and we're still alive. 

- Bdave