Whoopsie

Its not that I completely forgot about this blog, but I did keep ignoring my impulses to share the greatest foods I've tasted on here. I promise to update this at least a couple more times before I forget about it.

I did not get a chance to update this blog with all the delicious food that I tasted that summer. It makes me quite sad. However, when I did do this trip, Twitter had not yet been invented. All my ideas about being able to update frequently and with awesome little snippets about food, are now finally achievable. You can now keep up to date with all the food that I feel like Twittering about in the Twitter box to the right. Also, it may also fill up with random thoughts on my UAV. Twitter only supports one phone per account :(

Anyways, a quick listing of some foods that I've sampled since I last posted

• Five Guys - This East Coast chain is quite possibly the most delicious hamburger place I have ever been too. For instance, I no longer miss Red Robin, its that good.
• Lobster - Lobster is delicious. Lobster ravioli, lobster pasta, lobster rolls (the buttered kind, not that lame mayo one), lobster pizza. I am thoroughly convinced that it is lobster, not bacon, that makes everything better
• Cheap hotdog lunches - Super Duper Weenies, Danny's Drive-In, Rawleys. You can't beat these cheap eats.
• Diners - Not much in the way of Fast food out here, but there's always cheap diners. Like a small IHOP or Denny's but without that bad chain aftertaste.
• Dutchess - My only exception to my fast food ban. A CT-only establishment thats actually not bad.

Anyways, I should try to update more. Maybe. We'll see. Check the Twitter.

Sucess!

I've found it. I've found the cheap delicious Connecticut specialty I was looking for. I was looking for all the wrong things. I looked for seafood and ethnic foods and all sorts of exotic things that I might possibly find for cheap. But the real food of Connecticut: HOTDOGS!

Really, you just can't go wrong with a hotdog stand named "Super Duper Weenie" that used to operate out of the back of a truck. It was amazing. I didn't get any pictures of it, but I'll get some soon. $6 for a New Englander Hot dog and fries. Totally worth it.

There's also some other hotdog places I've got to try too. Apparantly, the other main style of hotdog here in Connecticut is deepfried, which as you all know, is my favorite way of cooking.

The Roadtrip video is finally up

So, I've been slacking off ever since I've made it to Bridgeport, but I've finally finished the time-lapse video of the drive. I didn't set it to music, but if really want, you can turn on your itunes and pretend like I did. I posted it in two parts on youtube.

Also, all my pictures are up both on facebook and on webshots.

The total tallies are as follows
4583 miles
14 states
2 countries
73 hours of driving
128.584 gallons of gas
35.64 average MPG
62.7 MPH average speed
4,587 pictures (3.08 GB)
0 car breakdowns
0 medical emergencies
5 wrong turns
7 near accidents

All in all, one good road trip. But now I have to go back to doing that "school" thing. Which is not quite as much fun as road tripping.

Eventually, I'll post up the individual adventures and eating locations. It'll take some time though. I'm awfully lazy.

Update

Ok, so we've gone 26000 miles, and we've barely had any internet access to update. So here's a really quick rundown of what we've done so far.

30 minutes in Tijuana
Boardwalk in San Diego
Sand Castle at the Pacific Ocean
Cabazon Dinosaurs
Drive through Arizona Indian Reservations
London Bridge in Lake Havasu
Drive through the trecherous mountain pass of Route 66
Ate at the Roadkill Cafe off Route 66
Slept in Flagstaff
Wasted 45 minutes going to and from a Meteor Crator what we didn't want to pay to see
Took pictures of the largest map of Route 66
Stoped at a Dairy Queen that had 17 billboards advertising it in a row
Tourist trap with dinosaurs
Got stuck in Traffic in Albuquerque
Ate dinner in Santa Fe and saw old buildings
Slept in Albuquerque
Drove through the middle of nowhere to Roswell
ROSWELL WAS AWESOME
International UFO Museum
Farleys in Roswell
Waffle House in Fort Worth
Slept in Fort Worth
BBQ Brisket in Dallas
Paris, Texas with the Eiffle Tower replica with a cowboy hat on top
Arkansas border
Corky's BBQ in Memphis
Cracker Barrel in Nashville
Dinosaur Walk Museum in Pigeon Forge, TN
Krystals in Pigeon Forge


That's it so far for now....

Part 1: San Diego

I'm tired. I'll write this up later. Also, no food review for today :(

The Great Eating Road Trip Adventure of Awesomeness

Less than 48 hours before I leave, I have finally completed detailing the voyage.


The Great Eating Road Trip Adventure of Awesomeness

Part 1: To Tijuana!

Wednesday, August 15th

• Leave Tracy - 8am
• Arrive in Irvine, Pick up Allison, Leave to San Diego - 3pm
• Arrive in San Diego, dinner w/ grandparents - 5pm
• Crash at Allison's house for the night

Total Mileage: 447.3

Thursday, August 16th

• Explore San Diego/Tijuana
• Leave San Diego - 1pm
• Arrive in Irvine - 3pm
• Allison goes to Camp dinner, I bum around Irvine.
• Crash at Allison's/Dylans/Jaime's Apt or Josh/Brandon/Kipp's Apt

Total Mileage: 83.8

Part 2: The Ghosts of Route 66

Friday, August 17th

• Leave Irvine - 8am
• Cabazon Dinosaurs - 10am
• Start on the Route 66 trail
• Barstow - noon
• London Bridge, Lake Havasu, AZ - 3pm
• Oatman - 4pm
• Grand Canyon Caverns - 5:30pm
• Flagstaff - 8pm - Timezone change (but no daylight saving, thus no
  actual time change)
• Stay at Motel 6, Flagstaff - $70

Total Mileage:664.4

Saturday, August 18th

• Leave Flagstaff - 8am
• Continue Route 66 trail
• Holbrook - 10am
• Gallup - noon
• Albuquerque - 3pm - Timezone change w/ daylight saving, so time change
• Check into Motel 6
• Drive to Santa Fe - 4pm
• Meet up with Uncle Mike for dinner, explore Indian Arts Festival
• Back to Albuquerque - 9pm
• Motel 6 -Coors Rd - $45

Total Mileage: 450.3

Part 3: Aliens and BBQ, a winning combination

Sunday, August 19th

• Leave Albuquerque - 6am
• Explore Roswell, UFO museum - 9am - 11am
• Lubbock - 3pm - Timezone change
• Arrive in Fort Worth - 8pm
• Motel 6 Fort Worth, 117 - $42

Total Mileage: 670.9

Monday, August 20th

• Leave Fort Worth - 9am
• BBQ at Sonny Bryan at 10 am
• Little Rock AK - 4pm - possible traffic
• Arrive in Memphis - 7pm
• Drive by Graceland, Dinner at Corky's BBQ
• Motel 6 - Memphis - $51

Total Mileage:526.3

Part 4: Race to a Billion pictures or Who Will Collapse First from Sleep Deprivation?

Tuesday, August 21th

• Leave Memphis - 4am
• Nashvile - 8am - traffic - Timezone change
• Knoxville - 10am
• Drive by Dollywood - 11am
• Arrive in Asheville - 1pm
• Travel up the Blue Ridge Parkway
• Roanoke - 10pm
• Econo Lodge - $50

Total Mileage: 755.2

Wednesday, August 22th

• Leave Roanoke - 6:30am
• Explore Dinosaur Land - 9:30am-11am
• Explore Washington DC - noon-2:30pm
• Catch the ferry at Lewes, DE - 4:15pm - $30
• Cross the Delaware
• Arrive in Atlantic City - 6pm
• Explore the Boardwalk
• Tropicana Casino and Resort - Boardwalk - $170

Total Mileage: 420.4

Part 5: A whole new adventure begins

Thursday, August 23rd

• Leave Atlantic City - 10am
• Arrive Philadelphia - 11am
• Pat's Philly cheesesteaks
• University of Bridgeport - 1pm
• Move-in, explore Bridgeport
• Allison guests at the dorm

Total Mileage: 303.7

Main Trip Mileage: 4322.4

Part 6: Canuck Power to the MAX

Friday, August 24th

• Explore Bridgeport
• Leave - 10am
• Albany - 1pm
• Syracuse - 4pm
• Rochester - 6pm
• Niagara Falls - 8pm
• Toronto - 9pm
• Motel 6, Toronto - $130

Total Mileage : 542.6

Saturday - 25

• Explore Toronto

Sunday - 26

• Leave Toronto - 10am
• Niagara Falls - 11am
• Rochester - 1pm
• Syracuse - 3pm
• Albany - 6pm
• Bridgeport - 8pm - Allison guests

Total Mileage: 542.6

Part 7: You mean there's a 3:00 in the morning too?
Monday - 27th

• Leave to JFK - 3:30 am
• Drop Allison off at JFK - 4:30
• Back to Bridgeport - 5:30am
• Allison flies home - 6:30 am

Total Mileage: 122.6

By the Numbers
13 Days
5698.1 Miles
3 countries
95 hours of Driving
$578 for hotel
16 tanks of gas - $632
$250 for food
$100 suveniers
Billions of pictures
Hundreds of short movies
No less than 3 medical emergencies
At least 2 car breakdowns
Estimated Weight gain: 10 lbs
Mental exhaustion recovery time - 1 week
3 timezone changes
Losses from gambling/conmen - $100



Its so close I can taste it....

Part 0.15: Jimbo's Tacos

Ok, I'm going to cheat a bit here, but I had to review this place. I've actually have never been, but my mom brings back food from here all the time. Ignore that I can't judge the price, location or atmosphere, but really it doesn't matter anyways, cause these are quite possibly the worst tacos I have ever tasted. In fact, this place makes me consider redesigning my rating system because it doesn't properly weigh the taste of the food. In fact, I think from now on, taste will be out of 15 points instead of just five.

Anyways, now to warn you to never go to Jimbo's Tacos. The tacos are always soggy and greasy. Why are tacos greasy? Its supposed to be meat, cheese, lettuce and salsa. Where is there grease in that? Its almost as if they're deepfried, but without the delicious deepfried taste. The taco shells are an abomination. Its a fried corn tortilla, but covered in salt and parmesean cheese. And way too much of it I might add. Its like taking a bite out of a soggy salt block. The only redeeming quality is that if you cover it with enough hot sauce, you can drown out the rancid taste of the meat. Though you're still left with an even soggier salty taco shell.
All in all, don't go here.

Ratings:
Location: ?/5 - Its in everywhere but Tracy, which for once, I applaud Tracy's good sense.
Price: ?/5 - Irrelevant.
Taste: 2/15 - I'll give it some points for the hot sauce, but that's about it.
Atmosphere: ?/5 - Supposidly it has some history behind it.
Total: 2/30 - Here's to my first bad review. Hopefully it'll also be my last.