# Gingy's Cross-Country Extravaganza! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847 "2003-05-31T23:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/41 "2003-06-03T12:15:28Z")
Call me a Yankee again and I will make sure you never get another cup of Tim’s. I’m going up to Edmonton for the first weekend in July, to be subjected to-- I mean, for the family reunion. Then I’ll be heading south, to Calgary and Red Deer and Lethbridge. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/42 "2003-06-03T12:17:10Z")
Say, have you seen _Fargo?_ If you have, when it comes time to drive from the Twin Cities to Fargo, don’t be surprised if it takes a lot longer than it seemed to take in the movie… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/43 "2003-06-03T13:24:31Z")
Last time I drove from Minneapolis to Fargo, I almost fell asleep at the wheel. The person I was driving with had driven from Kingston, Ontario, to Minneapolis, and needed a bit of sleep. I took over. I almost didn’t make it. We pulled off into an approach to a farmer’s field and napped for a little while, and I thought it was the most beautiful place in the world. Except of course for the Rockies… but then Zenster already said that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/44 "2003-06-03T13:45:38Z")
Of course there is a possibility in Regina…if you don’t want to take RJK’s advice and miss highway #1… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/45 "2003-06-03T14:00:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by imthjckaz \* > \*\*the rest of us just want some Gingy goodness. > Not mention that I am [106% compatible](http://www.livejournal.com/users/imthjckaz/84562.html) with her. > > \*\* Yea, well, [so am I](http://www.livejournal.com/users/gingy/204720.html#cutid1), and somehow I suspect I have the inside track on Gingery goodness. Nya! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/46 "2003-06-03T18:41:25Z")
Yeah… we don’t want that, now, do we? Let’s not tell **mauvaise, eutychus** , or **Jessity** either. ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/47 "2003-06-03T18:53:28Z")
What? No, you can not have the inside track on the JessityGoodness. Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/48 "2003-06-03T20:30:35Z")
I’ll give you a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/49 "2003-06-03T20:41:02Z")
Is that a Canadian or American dollar? ---
**Author:** ![Jessity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jessity)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/50 "2003-06-04T01:49:16Z")
Pfft. I’m worth way more than a dollar. How 'bout ten? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/51 "2003-06-04T01:55:58Z")
I’ll make it $20 for both. What? Are you leaving straight from the party? I want my Gingery Goodness, too, you know. And don’t forget to bring me any squished pennies you might come across. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/52 "2003-06-04T11:30:02Z")
I’ll be leaving right from “Heaven”, yes. I’ll be staying til about four or five, I think, then on to Columbus. I’ve pretty much decided that Columbus-Minneapolis is too far for one day and planning to camp. Does anyone know anything about Iowa camping? Moreover, does anyone have a self-erecting tent big enough for two? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/53 "2003-06-05T15:51:31Z")
Right. Nobody has a tent. Today, I picked up many hours of ‘talking books’ for Matthew and I to listen to on the way. Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/54 "2003-06-05T18:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*…does anyone have a self-erecting tent big enough for two? \*\* heh heh. _snerk_ sorry. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/55 "2003-06-05T20:16:57Z")
I am going to pee on your house when I drive through. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/56 "2003-06-07T00:56:21Z")
A small update: I have my Advance Parole documents, after spending too much money and too much time at the BCIS/INS offices this morning, as documented [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189062). So, I’m officially allowed to leave the country. YIPPEEEE! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/57 "2003-06-09T14:21:17Z")
And yet another change in route. **Tiburon** (TIBBAY!) has generously offered Bug and I a place to stay in Illiniois. So: 06/28 - Jonathan Chance’s to Jessity’s in Columbus 06/29 Columbus to Tiburon’s in Springfieldish 06/30 Tibby’s to lno’s in Minneapolisish 07/01 lno’s to Bismarck, North Dakota 07/02 Bismarck to Great Falls and/or Barons (where Mom lives) We have set up the tent so I know how to do that myself. I’ve got my paperwork in order so I’m allowed back in the country. I’ve got Talking Books for the boyo and I to listen to. If you were my friend, you’d make me a mixed tape. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/58 "2003-06-09T14:35:12Z")
I have a tent (two, actually) here in Indianapolis. They’re not self-erecting, but they are pretty darned easy. Actually, we’ve got TONS of camping stuff if you should need to borrow it. And if you want to take the time to stop off at my house. Let me know! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/59 "2003-06-09T17:08:39Z")
Thanks Avarie, but we’ve got a ton of camping stuff that we very rarely use. I’m equipped to the gills. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847/60 "2003-06-09T17:19:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*If you were my friend, you’d make me a mixed tape. \*\* OK, we’ll do that at the party. Do you have a CD player in that thing? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gingys-cross-country-extravaganza/178847.md?page=4)