Saturday, April 10, 2010

Elements of the Element

Here are some of my favorite features of the new element.

The "aux" port. I can listen to my ipod, or my phone while driving. There's also a handy power outlet and a little shelf where I can store everything.



The rear seats fold all the way down. Not to mention that they also fold up flat against the outside of the car for more storage space, or come out of the car completely.

The center console has a removable ice chest!!! I'm thrilled. Ice cold diet coke on road trips: check. When I'm not using it as an ice chest it will work fine as a regular center console thingy.

Look how wide those doors open! This makes it super-easy to gets things in and out of the back seat. It also reminds me of the mini van comercial from when minivans first started having backseat doors on both sides of the van. There was this van parked on an outcropping of rocks and an orca (may a dolphin, but I think it was a whale) totally lept out of the water, through the van and back into the water on the other side. If I ever have a chance to do that, I am totally going for it.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Element

This is how I plan on getting there :-)

Monday, April 5, 2010

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Because I found it, and it's too cute to ignore

Champion, gold medal nappers

Photos from the Forest Gump Bench

First, we take the serious, posed photo...

next, we dig into the box of chocolates!




Ollie Otter

Here's a poster from the restroom at a Tennessee rest stop. I'm pretty lucky that there was no one else in there, or it might have gotten a bit awkward. I'm not sure what social ettiqutte rules say about photography in public restrooms.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Mastering the Art of Mobile Blogging

Dear Readers (both of you), please forgive me as I learn the ins and outs of posting directly from my phone. I'm sure over the course of the next couple of days, there will be some unintelligible dribble posted as I figure out what I'm doing. This is, of course, a necessary evil as I'm sure many of the interesting things that happen on the trip will not wait for me to boot up the computer.

I'm finishing up my Spring Break in Nashville now, and hope to make several travel-related posts as I make my way back home.