...Adventures of a Long Road Trip Back in the Fall of 2006, my wife and I decided to take the kids to Disneyland. We left on our trip in the cool darkness of the early morning. As we drove down the road, my wife started wondering if we forgot anything. We were about four blocks away from the house when she yelled out a few choice words, then said,’ We forgot the package from the travel agent!" I turned around immediately and went in and grabbed it. As we got to about the same spot, she remembered another thing we had forgotten. This happened about three times. That should have told me right there that this was going to be a trip for the ages. The trip all the way to Disneyland went off without a hitch. So we ventured on down to San Diego to go to Sea World. As we got closer to San Diego and driving down I-5 doing about 80 mph so we could just keep up with traffic, I thought I heard something on the roof of our Ford Expedition, where our travel bag was in a net and strapped down. When all of a sudden something in the rearview mirror caught my eye. I hollered a few choice words and said " There goes our travel bag!" It went flying in the air like a dead body falling from the sky. It landed in the third lane of southbound I-5. I pulled over to the side of the freeway, and got out to see how I was going to get it back. Luckily traffic was sort of light and it didn't hit or land on anybody's vehicle. My wife called 9-1-1 and a State Patrol officer showed up not too long after...
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...------------------------------------------------- Summer Road Trips: A Comparison of Younger & Older Drivers ------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction Summer is the best time to travel for many people as the weather gets warmer and children are finishing up the school year. With summer right around the corner, my wife and I have started to plan out the trips that we want to take. Though one of the trips will require a flight, travel for all of the other trips will be by means of our trusty old car, most requiring an overnight stay in the city we are visiting. After planning the logistics of the trips and making the necessary reservations, I was excited at the thought of the upcoming time off and chance to relax and refuel. I then proceeded to speak with my mother and ask if she could watch my dog for a few of the trips. I was surprised, however, to hear that she would not be able to watch my dog because she would be out of town on road trips herself that she had planned with friends. A few days later, I mentioned some of the trips I had planned to some colleagues at the office and some indicated that they, too, had road trips planned this summer. After further discussion with additional colleagues, I observed that many younger people were actually not going to go on many road trips this summer, while many older people actually had quite a few road trips planned. This led me to wonder if older drivers, in general, had a higher likelihood of having road trips planned this summer...
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...Narrative Essay 9/23/2014 The Relaxing Road Trip The Grand Central station of American the West where Lewis and Clark passed through, crazy horse fought for freedom, and the evergreens so thick they make the hills look black. It’s time for family road trip to the Black Hills. The whole family already has her bags packed and are ready to go. I’m the last one to leave the house and get into the car and I am not ready for this road trip. I said myself “this is going be the most boring trip ever, just mountains and trees and a 14 hour car ride of agonizing pain and misery with nothing else to do but sit there and look out of the window at corn until we get there. My sister I don’t normally get along with is kicking the back of my seat screaming that she doesn’t have enough leg space. 30 minutes into the trip she starts to cry about how hungry she is. And instead of my parents providing a reasonable solution to the problem like giving her some food from the cooler they just turn the music up louder. Which made it way worse for me, as her death screeching screams began to rise and started to kick harder on the back of my seat. I sat there and pondered on the thought of me just staying home at a friend’s house or anything just to be away from my family in a car for a whole day. Parents begin to talk about what we’ll see up there. Faces of presidents on mountains, crazy horse, all the colorful mountains and the thick forests. All that sounds very boring to me. Going up...
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...I am pretty sure there are not too many car rides quite as boring as travelling across Kansas and eastern Colorado. After moving from Kansas City we’ve made the trip back and forth several times and while nothing on the long trek ever changes, one thought has always crossed my mind. Imagine, coming across these hills and fields in a wagon, with no roads, no signs, no buildings, no civilization. I can not imagine what they would have faced, but I can say that the explorers who set out on this path were courageous and adventurous. Explorers such as Zebulon Pike and Stephen Long are both examples of these brave souls. In 1806, Zebulon Pike served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was commissioned to explore a major section of the...
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...1. How to travel 175 miles autonomously with speeds consisting of 0-50 mph. Problem components would include Terrain, weather, and equipment. Terrain, weather, acts of god i.e. falling rocks and wildlife. 2. Assuming ideal conditions at 50 mph the trip would 3.5 hours. But, this question cannot be answered at this time due to the lack of information given about the course. 3. Weather, road conditions, turn radius on curves, and general obstacles such as rocks ect, that will not be included in the course file. 4. The use of a sensor system would need to be implemented to be able to see and recalculate the route on the fly to be able to avoid obstacles. A manual override would need to be installed in case things go south quickly. Have a chase vehicle that is human controlled with the equipment needed to be able to make sure that the vehicle is handling obstacles correctly. 5. Test driving the route is not an option. Things that or not in the route profile will not be accounted for. (natural occurrences). Writing the program to be able to just plug in the route program will be a little more challenging. 6. Write the program to be able to understand the environment based off of geographical information. So that once you have the route you can load that information and the vehicle will already be prepared to accept the profile. 7. Computer equipment and or vehicle failure. Weather conditions. Serious last minute route changes. (Naturally)...
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...West Coast Trip West Coast of the United States is a well-known coast as a place to visit for the East Coast people to take a break or run away from the frostiness of snow during winter. Over winter break, I decided to spend two of my five weeks break at West Coast. It was a precipitous decision that I made because I was planning just to spend my winter break in Columbus, Ohio, because I didn’t have that much cost to go to West Coast, but then my friend forced me and she decided to sponsor my trip to west. It such a blessing to have that kind of friend in today’s selfish world. I was such a mess during Fall semester. I really need to fully use winter break to discover myself and see what I am capable of. Besides, I need to understand life as aging keeps hunting me and I have to learn on how to tolerate with people because the world has trillions of behavior in different person that I have met, I am meeting and the person that I am going to meet in my future. Before the trip started, I clear my mind from all the negative thoughts that I had in mind and brought only positive vibes with me. During the trip, I got to learn a lot about myself, learn to deal with complicated people and realize that we always need to be prepared. On the first day of my journey, I started to learn something about myself. It started with taking a flight to San Francisco. This is my first time getting on a domestic plane, alone. Actually it was my second time, but the first time was a flight from...
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...Pena Babayev ENGL 1312 Dr. West-Fort Persuasive Essay Rough Draft March 4, 2014 My First Trip I have had so many life experiences some of them are amazed and some bad. You cannot learn if you don't have any bad experiences or struggles in your life. I had full of amazing and incredible events, wonders that changing my moods and attitudes. One of the best and the most excited things I have ever had to do was my trip to Lake Archman, the pearl and treasure of Turkmen land. It is usual sunny day when we were about to leaving our busy and noisy city and get to the long road that are passing through the high and huge mountains of Turkmen Kopetdag. People went to the mountains on vacation for two reasons: to have fun and enjoy the view. We wanted to enjoy both of them. But first we agreed to go to Lake Archman. And while we were on the way to lake, my teacher said: “Listen! Now we are on the way to the Archman, and I want to you not to sleep in order to enjoy the beauty of nature.” And some of us really didn’t sleep after her advice, trying to get a real pleasure from staring at the grand mountains. As a final point, we reaching the place where everybody changed their face and had a big smile, which showed that all of us were really pleased of seeing our magic lake. Next day, after having a good lunch, my friends and classmates go to the beach for swimming and having a sunbath. When I saw the shining and blue like a sky water that was charming all of us, I hurried...
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...For instance, the gym I travel to is the Toronto Pan AM Centre which is located near a major 401 highway and street of Morningside road. The gym is a large building that has large parking lots and is located near gas stations and the University of Toronto Scarborough campus. Just as this weeks commentary noted the location of the Pen Centre. There are multiple shopping plazas that have Walmarts and grocery stores nearby making other convenient shopping possible. Notably, the City of Toronto does not have an automobile dependence as a whole however regions like Scarborough do have an automobile dependence by developing regions on the assumption that automobile predominance is used. For instance, in Scarborough, there are many main streets and highways available to reach any given place whether that be a mall, superstores, or plazas. One major characteristic that is present...
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...Mt. Rainer There are many beautiful places I had been to, and the nature always makes me feel pleasantly surprise. Mountain Rainer is one of place, which I had been to there for many times in my dream. When I plan the trip of Seattle with my girlfriend, the Mountain Rainer is actually do not in it. My girlfriend is a totally foodie, so the plan of trip is surround by many famous restaurants. Seattle is a good place for living, the commodity prices is not too high, and people are not rush for life. If it compare with some other same size city, I would like choosing live in Seattle. In the third day of trip, I saw a snowcap when I stood in front of my hotel’s window. It looks like the Qilian Mountain in my hometown. My girlfriend also like it, so we did some quick search in Google, and made a simple plan for travel to the Mountain Rainer. When I drive about three hours, my car enter into a straight road, which I can saw the snowcap more and more clearly. The Mountain Rainer is like a glamour girl stood in there very calm. I was completely charmed by her beaut. I stop my car in a rest area of national park, and walk in a trail. There are many high trees in the foot of mountain, and I can hear flow of water. Everything was quiet, and the fresh air wash over my face with little rain. The environment surround me makes me felt same with home. There is no modern building in there, only the original nature. Human, animal and nature are very harmony. I like the taste that mixes rain...
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...A Good Man Is Hard To Find Summary The story begin with this family that wanted to go on a trip. There was a disagreement between the grandmother and the rest of the family. Everyone wanted to go to Florida except the grandmother, she wanted to go to Tennessee instead. The grandmother tried to change her son mind every chance she get. She handed her son bailey a news paper explaining to him about this man that is called the misfit and how he escape from prison and he is headed to Florida. Nobody was taking her seriously. The next day everybody got in the car especially the grandmother she seem to be having a good attitude toward the trip. She secretly brought her cat Pitty Sing along and hid her in this basket. They got on the road and begin their trip to Florida. During the trip the grandmother plays games with the children and also told them stories. They stop at this restaurant to eat, the grandmother had a conversation with the owner red Sammy and his wife. She also talked about the misfit. When they got back on the road the grandmother told the kids about this old plantation which got them really excited and convinced their father to go see it. The grandmother told her son Bailey to get on this dirt road and that was the only way of reaching the plantation. After driving for a while they did not see anything. The grandmother suddenly realize that the old plantation was all the way in Tennessee. She was so embarrassed about the situation that she did not say a word...
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...years of weekend trips I am like the Superman of trips, just because I know the three most important things to plan. First, pick a place that speaks to you and your party, everybody has to enjoy the trip like there is no tomorrow. Find something that is close by and easy to get to, pick a place that is no more than four hours away, if you are going to enjoy your trip, avoid spending your whole weekend travelling. Remember to take into account the time getting back home. Second, Accommodations, if you are going to enjoy your weekend, getting a place close to the action is essential. Whatever you choose, rooming nearby will help you save money and stay close to the action. For example, consider a house on the beach, it could be more expensed but you will save time getting to the beach, paying for parking fees, and a place to leave your belongings and best of all, you have a place with your own bathrooms, clean and private and that is like heaven to me Third, make a list of all the things you need to bring on your trip. No matter how absurd it is to put on your list things like the toothbrush and shampoo, those are the number one things left at home and by experience the first things to buy in a non-schedule trip to the market. Involve every member of your party on this shore like their lives depended on it. It is important to place all the things to pack in one place near by the exit door or your garage. This will save time to pack your car and to get on the road as quickly as...
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...found that this vehicle (TN 37 BH 3223) has no modification and is similar to the other cars supplied by the manufacturer. 2. Being less than 6 months and hardly run 8,000 Km, initial requirement of calibration was not recommended as the trail has been planned to conduct in the place where distance is already known. 3. The vehicle has been taken to the nearest petrol bunk and toped up to a level (full tank) and market the lower and upper meniscus of the fuel position in the tank. Also marked the position of four wheels. 4. Properly sealed the fuel tank and noted the reading in odometer (7795 km) also reset the trip meter A reading to zero. 5. Driven up and down in NH 47,(Coimbatore – Avinashi Bye Pass road) and back to the bunk again. 6. Positioned the vehicle in same position as earlier and noted done the reading in both odometer and trip meter (7868 km & 73.2 km respectively). We are certain that the readings are correct (if calibration required, can be done later). 7. Top upped the fuel to the same level as set initially. 8. Noted down the amount of fuel top upped(1.58 ) 9. Thus attained the average fuel efficiency by dividing the distance covered (73.2) by(/) fuel top upped (1.58) as(=) 46.32 10. we have checked up for the density test report at the bunk and found...
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...Late in the summer of 2015, merely a week before I had to go to college, we once again went on a trip to the land purchased five years prior. We packed the same RV and rode in the same vehicle as in the last trip. As we left and got on the road, I wondered what the land, that I hadn’t seen in five years, would look like and to what degree the brush had populated it. I-90 traverses from Seattle and continues east across the country. Along this highway, dense trees give way to mountain views and lakes as it climbs up to Snoqualmie pass. Snow remains visible on higher peaks that jut up out of the earth even during the summer. Mountains are visible from all around as I-90 continues through the Cascade mountains toward Eastern Washington, where the lush mountain forests give way to an arid desert plain and the roads run straight for miles on end. Sand dunes appear orange in the distance as the sun sets. Irrigated fields of grapes and various other crops flank the highway. An occasional wind farm with a multitude of...
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...My spiritual journey is probably much like yours, with the main goal of trying to discover myself. What I like, and what I don’t like. What I believe, and what I don’t believe. Who I want to be, and who I don’t want to be. Although I’ve only had 21 years to work on this, I’ve come quite a long way from where I started. My grandfather was a minister, so ever since I can remember I have been attending church. It wasn’t until I was 12 however that I really found a connection to what some would call The Mystery, a Higher Power, or as I refer to it, God. There is a place in Jaffrey, NH called Monadnock Bible Conference. They run Christian based week long retreats year round for young adults, and it is here that I consider the beginning of my journey. These retreats were full of fun and games along with two worship services each day. These worship sessions were much like sermons, but catered to youth to keep us engaged. We listened to youth pastors and young adult speakers from all over the country who challenged and guided us in our faith. Along with these speakers were incredible Christian rock bands who played songs that moved us to get up and dance, and even knee down and pray. I remember attending one of the retreats right after starting 7th grade. I was overwhelmed by my new school, the peer pressure of new friends, and other typical 13 year old problems. I was listening to one of the speakers talk about how amazing God is, that when you have a relationship with him you have...
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...was saved, however, he was diagnosed with uremia, which surely caused by the physical contractions between the toxic drug chemicals and my son’s body, according to the doctor. The medical payment for my son is extremely high, so, I have to find some other way to make more money. Normally, people like me in Mexico have two ways to make more money. One is the easier way by dealing with drug; another is the harder way by crossing the US boarder to chasing dream in America. I hate drugs, so, there would be only one option for me. Trip to US Making a decision is hard, especially for this kind. But, like I said, I don’t have any choices. I have to go for myself, my child and my whole families. In Mexico, there are many travel agencies which offer “special service” to help the travelers cross the border. After comparing services and doing some researchers, I finally chose one agency and paid them 3,500 peso one-time fees. The agent promised me that the trip will be easy and safe; however, it came out with a nightmare. I left my home on the...
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