Day Three
Starting Point: Abner's Motel in Stanton, KY
End Point: Holiday Motel in Berea, KY
Today's Distance: 52 miles
Total Distance So Far: 190 miles
As with every morning, Brennan started the day by seducing the camera.
As with every morning, it didn't work.
Other than the first bit, today's route was a bit flatter than Brennan and Jason had seen thus far. Still, riding around Daniel Boone National Park is pretty as a picture. This picture, in fact:
The guys were flying, so we took our "lunch" at 10am in the Estill Park Library parking lot.
And the guys finished their trek around 1pm at Berea College. I was being all college-y, reading Heart of Darkness under a tree (my AP students best watch out!).
From there, Jason haggled his way to a cheap rate at the Holiday Motel (apparently the sketchier the motel looks on the outside, the better it is on the inside). We got cleaned up, and then drove to Richmond for a few brews.
We quickly found The Paddy Wagon, an Irish Pub that was having a Monty Python beer special (we got a sweet chalice...pics of that tomorrow maybe). But, in honor of the beer, and our trip, please enjoy this:
As for me, today I listened to:
Phantom Planet - The Guest
Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads
Tom Waits - Alice
- he sounds like Fozzy Bear...I have no clue why I picked him
Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy the Rabbit
And, unfortunately, my plans for recording songs each day has been unsuccessful, for a variety of technological issues I won't bother you with.
No, I refuse to allow you to be bothered.
But I had a back-up plan. Today was going to fulfill Buzz' request from the beginning of the week for a cover of Queen's "Bicycle Race." Sadly, this will have to do:
More pics from Day Three (I plan to get a slide show of ALL our pics soon):
Sorry. Apparently they didn't load. Whoops, I say. Whoops.
Tomorrow we head to Bardstown.....and the Maker's Mark Distillery!
did those jean shorts come with the room?
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving me the consolation prize, but I was really looking forward to hearing you guys attempt to reach the same vocal heights as Mr. Frederick Mercury and Co.
ReplyDeleteAnd is there any way you could find a more literal music video?
"Uh, Freddy, you just sang 'Star Wars'. How should we represent this in the video?"
"See if we can find a Darth Vader mask."
"Yes sir. What would you like us to use when you sing about Superman?"
"Surprise me."
Well done, dudes. Have fun.
p.s. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is still Tim Burton's best movie, by far. I was just yesterday thinking that you should work the instrumental from it into your covers project. Do you have access to an orchestra? Oh, and Paul Reubens might have had a 'stache when he was arrested in the porno theatre (theater?), so it could still fall under the overarching theme.