Thank you...Thank you very much...

1st Inning.

Cool Videos...

Ashton Kutcher recently gave a speech at the Teen Choice awards.  I know, 'how is this of any interest to me?'.  Well, to the shock of many it was quite the inspirational speech for the right audience and really to anybody else that has had the chance to view it.  It has made the rounds on the 'Net since that night but I feel it is good enough to keep going and here you go.  Enjoy!


Another cool super power beat down from the folks at Bat in the Sun productions.  Two very cool characters going at it in the jungle.  Who would you pick--Wolverine or Predator???



2nd Inning.

Music...August 16th saw the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death 36 years ago.  Elvis Presley.  The King of Rock-n-Roll.  Everyone has heard of him and almost everyone loves him.  I grew up in a household where Elvis was played and loved therefore I came to love his music and everything about him.  My mom had old 45 records and 8-track tapes of his music that I would play when I had the chance.  As you might imagine I grew up with a fondness for his music and knowing the lyrics to many of his songs. 

 

 

Elvis receiving a plaque during his initiation.

When I headed off to college at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, I joined a fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon-Beta Psi Chapter.  Little did I know that the TKE Chapter at ASU was Elvis' chapter.  No, he didn't go to college which is well documented but you see TKE let's their chapters initiate honorary members which is how Elvis was initiated.  The story is recounted here.  A few months after I was initiated and took a leadership role in the chapter a few of the members mentioned that we were getting bank statements related to a safety deposit box and none of us knew what it was for and what it contained.  Well, in early January 1997 we decided to pay to have the bank drill it open.  We discovered in the box old membership scrolls going back to the chapter's founding in 1949 (and including the one Elvis signed), a set of pictures of members that had passed away while in school, and a set of pictures from the night the chapter initiated Elvis.  The university paper did a piece on the event as well as the local Jonesboro paper (which got picked up by the AP wire and went national).  You can read more about this here and here.  Once the story got out the chapter ended up getting a call from the Maury Povich show (before he started to doing the paternity shows fulltime).  Maury was doing a show on lost treasures and wanted us to be on the show.  Although I did not get to go, our Chapter President and Chapter Treasurer did go.

After college I moved to Memphis, Tennessee and was there during the 25th anniversary of Elvis' death.  If you have never been to Memphis during 'Death Week' then you are missing out on an interesting celebration.  Thousands of fans from around the world converge on the city.  There is usually a parade and a candlelight vigil at Graceland.  Living in Memphis I, of course, visited Elvis' former estate and museums.  Anyone that is a fan should make the pilgrimage to Graceland.  I recall while living there during the 26th anniversary watching the news that night and during a downpour of rain there was still hundreds of fans lined up outside the Graceland gates with candles waiting to walk by Elvis' grave. 

I tried to think of which songs are my favorites and well, they all are but the one I love listening to the most is captured in video below from his concert in Hawaii.  Enjoy!




3rd Inning.

Articles of the week...

• Batman is a conservative..."When the left finally completes its revolution in America, one of the final things to go will be comic books. The art form is just too conservative to survive once everything else has been banned. In fact, a Marxist did attempt to suppress comics once before, in the 1950s. (I know, I know liberals, I’m overreacting — the next thing you know I’ll claim they would ban a rodeo clown.)"  Three words--Comic Book Code.  Google it.
• Background checks? We don't need no stinkin' background checks..."Attorneys general across the country are fighting back against new Obama administration guidelines on businesses using criminal background checks for job applicants and two federal lawsuits that followed, calling both 'a quintessential example of gross federal overreach.' " Yeah, you don't need to know about the prison time your co-worker served.  It's none of your business or your employer's business. (Insert extreme sarcasm) 
• My fellow libertarians, we got problems... A good pictorial on the problems we libertarians face each day.
• Mr. President, We are sorry... A very apologetic letter to President Obama (Insert more sarcasm)
  
• Show me the money!!!... "In 1974, just 3% of retiring members of Congress became lobbyists. Today, 50% of retiring Senators and 42% of retiring House members stay in DC and become lobbyists. The more than 1,500% increase goes a long way towards explaining how an entrenched, permanent political class has risen in DC."  We have to fix this problem my fellow citizen patriots!
• Cattle mutilations? Yeah, I said cattle mutilations... "A Missouri woman just wants answers — answers to why three of her cattle were mutilated with organs cut off. Without clear clues as to who might have done it, the rancher has said she is not ruling out the possibility of aliens."  A very bizarre phenomenon that has no easy explanation except for little gray men.
  
• Time to call for Liberty...Amendments that is... "What I hope to do, at least in some small way, is begin a discussion among those of us who believe the Republic is unraveling, and find a way to re-establish the Constitution and reclaim our heritage."  An excellent idea and one that would hopefully correct the path this nation is on.
• "It's the end of the Internet as we know it..."  "When the U.S. government orders a communications company to give up its data, the firm has two basic choices: resist, and risk its leaders going to jail, or comply, and break faith with its customers. On Thursday, Aug. 8, however, two privacy-minded businesses chose a third and unprecedented option: They committed corporate suicide rather than bend to the surveillance state's wishes."  Like a page out of Atlas Shrugged.
• Happy, Happy, Happy... "Duck Dynasty didn’t spring from the head of some screenwriter in New York or Los Angeles. It isn’t dark or cynical or ironic. It’s earthy and optimistic and light-hearted and funny, like the Robertson family itself. Like America itself."  One of my new favorite shows and one the entire family can watch together.
  

4th Inning.

This ole...Senior picture.  To the left, you see one of my senior pictures.  Handsome, huh?  Well, this inning isn't so much about a picture as it is about my 20-year high school reunion.  Grandview Senior High Class of '93, baby!  Now I will say up front, my high school years were not pleasant.  I never really felt I fit in with any particular group so I tended to keep to myself or just a small group of friends.  So, the thought of going to a reunion gave me a bit of anxiety but deep down I really did look forward to it. 

Rewind to a year ago...a group of folks that organized the 5 and 10-year reunions (15-year was cancelled) put together a Facebook page for the class to try and get interest built up for the 20-year reunion (side note-I was not able to attend any of the previous reunions).  Many ideas were thrown around for the reunion.  One of the ideas was for us to have a gathering at a local bar where we would not have a private gathering but we could mix with other Grandview classes from 1979, 1986, 1991, 2003, etc. Oh, and classes from other schools and other years. You get what I'm saying.  The other option was for us to rent a banquet hall somewhere nice and have a pay-per-person ticket option for a meal with a cash bar. 

Class of 1993 in 1993

The latter option won out but not after some back-and-forth about a female classmate that was pushing for the bar option.  I may have instigated it a bit by asking her if she even graduated with our class.  You see she became very vocal about her suggestion and friends of hers began making snippy comments towards others that were leaning towards the banquet hall option.  The big problem for me and many others was that we didn't remember this gal from high school.  Now let me frank with you...I am not claiming that I remember every single last one of my classmates.  Hell, there are probably plenty of people that don't remember me.  But would I take offense if someone said, "Jeremy, did you go to Grandview and were you in my grade?" ?  No, I would not.  I would simply say, "Yes, I was a quiet guy and kept to myself so you probably don't remember me."  What I had did was post a picture of our graduation night program which had a list of everyone that was graduating as the 'Class of '93'.  The classmate in question was not listed and so I used that opportunity to point it out to everyone that maybe she didn't actually graduate with us. 

 



A group of us toured the old high school
during reunion weekend.

Well, after I posed that question it of course enraged her.  She explained that no she did not graduate with us and that she had graduated earlier during the December of our senior year and that she dated a fella from an earlier class and those were the people she hung around with during those years.  I then received private Facebook messages from her further explaining that she was part of the witness protection program as a child as her father was part of the New York mafia.  With the mafia reference she then began to go off on a tirade using just about every expletive to describe me and the gals wanting to have a more formal event for the reunion and continuously urging me to contact the U.S. Marshalls if I had anymore questions about her.

 

Fast forward to this summer and one of the gals pushing for the formal event took charge and booked a banquet hall at Unity Village here in the Kansas City area.  There was some mild anxiety over the event due to human procrastination on buying tickets for the event but many classmates helped out with spreading the word to make folks aware by promoting the event through Facebook and other avenues.  Last week was the big night and I must say it was a very enjoyable evening.  The wife and I arrived early even after getting a bit lost in the Unity Village complex.  Seeing classmates that you had not talked with in-person for 20 years (yes, we have Facebook and many of us are friends through that and see pictures and comments daily) was delightful.  There were many smiles, laughs, hugs, handshakes, and adult beverages throughout the banquet hall.  A few awards were given out for various reasons and I won one for being the first to arrive (a package of chocolates that I shared with the classmates at my table).  It was a good night spent visiting with old classmates.  I even discovered that one of my classmates and I had gone to school from Kindergarten through Graduation.  But the highlight of my evening was having an old classmate and fellow little league/summer league baseball player come up to me and say he reads this blog (Thanks, Paxton!)              

Partial Class of 1993 in 2013

 

5th Inning.

Random Facts about me from high school...As a sophomore (and only sophomore in the class of juniors & seniors) I took a computer class in BASIC code writing...As a junior I played on the junior varsity baseball team...I worked at Ponderosa Steakhouse...I owned an original pair of Reebok Pumps shoes during my sophomore year...My favorite teacher was Mrs.Ledbetter...Spent many Friday/Saturday nights at Capital Lanes or Red Bridge Lanes for Rock-n-Bowl...Had a crush on a different girl for my sophomore, junior, and senior years...

I was on a first name basis with Vice-Principal Temple for missing too many days of school...I spent the majority of my high school afternoons and weekends at the home of my good friend, David Peterman...

6th Inning.

American History Lesson...On August 16th, 1841 protesters outside the White House burned an effigy of President John Tyler.  Tyler was the first Vice-President to assume the office of President after William Henry Harrison died in office only one month into his term.  One of the major issues of the day in 1841 was currency fluctuations and economic problems.  His party, the Whigs, wanted to establish a central Bank of the United States (which had been opposed by several Presidents prior to him).  President Tyler vetoed the efforts of his own party in this instance and enraged them.  On the evening of August 16th, 1841 many Congressional members of the Whig party headed to the White House to protest.  During their protest, they hurled rocks and shot firearms into the air, and burned an effigy of Tyler.  The violent demonstration lead to the District of Columbia creating a police force. 

I picked this historical incident due to the recent event of the Missouri rodeo clown that wore an Obama mask.  We live in a country of elected leaders not royal tyrants.  We have a Bill of Rights that include freedom of speech.  The outcry over the rodeo clown was such that you would have thought there was a crowd out on Pennsylvania Avenue burning an effigy of President Obama.  That was obviously not the case yet we still have some suggesting the jester be thrown in the dungeon for mocking the king.

7th Inning.

Firearms Corner...Anyone that owns firearms should have a gun safe.  Either a handgun safe next to the bed or a large gun safe in one of your bedrooms or basement.  Firearms safety is important.  At one of the last gun shows I attended there was a vendor there selling fancy looking nightstands that served as mini-gun safes and mini-fridges. Well, the folks over at Heracles Research Corporation have jumped on that theme and have created the Sofa safe.  This safe will hold up to 30 rifles and other valuables.  It also has a 2-hour firewall.  In addition to the safe you can also order one of these sofas with bullet-proof cushions that can be used as shields.  Now, the price tag is a bit up there at around $7,000 and since these sofas weigh in at around 600-900 pounds I don't think you will find many friends willing to help you move but if they do they may request you move into a ranch-style house with no stairs. 

8th Inning.

FFL Factoid...Continuing with the 'Top 10 Frequently Asked Firearms Questions and Answers' per the ATF.

2. May I lawfully transfer a firearm to a friend who resides in a different State?

Under Federal law, an unlicensed individual is prohibited from transferring a firearm to an individual who does not reside in the State where the transferee resides. Generally, for a person to lawfully transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person who resides out of State, the firearm must be shipped to a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) within the recipient’s State of residence. He or she may then receive the firearm from the FFL upon completion of an ATF Form 4473 and a NICS background check. More information can be obtained on the ATF website at www.atf.gov and http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/unlicensed-persons.html. The GCA provides an exception from this prohibition for temporary loans or rentals of firearms for lawful sporting purposes. Thus, for example, a friend visiting you may borrow a firearm from you to go hunting. Another exception is provided for transfers of firearms to nonresidents to carry out a lawful bequest or acquisition by intestate succession. This exception would authorize the transfer of a firearm to a nonresident who inherits a firearm under the will of a decedent. See 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(5).

9th Inning.

Baseball video...Wild Thing!  With my recent high school reunion I began recalling memories from my youth.  One of those involves the movie Major League and how it affected my friends and me who played little league baseball.  I remember everyone wanting to pitch and when they did there were no curve balls being thrown, it was pure HEAT.  I don't know how we escaped without someone being seriously hurt.   Anyway, this scene is one of sports cinema's great moments (in my humble opinion). 

I found out long ago, It's a long way down the holiday road...

This week I'm recapping the 9 best moments from my recent vacation in the RV to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. 

1st Inning. 



Charlestown State Park

Campgrounds...After departing the KC area, we headed down I-70 towards St. Louis then hopping on I-64 for pretty much the remainder of our trip to the east coast.  So, we were looking for campgrounds to stay at along I-64.  The first overnight stop was at the Charlestown State Park in southern Indiana.  A very nice state park with full RV hookups, paved sites, and a freshly manicured campsite.  A recommended campsite near the Ohio River (although we didn't make it to the river).  The second night we stayed at a KOA campground in Charlottesville, Virginia.  In our brief ownership of the RV we have only ventured to state parks here in Missouri so expanding into the KOA campgrounds was a nice little experience.  They had lots of amenities to include full or partial hookups, cabins, pool, volleyball court, arcade, cable, Wi-Fi, and the standard laundry/shower facilities. 

Office/Camp store in Charlottesville, VA.

On our way back to KC, we decided to stay at another KOA campground in Staunton, Virginia.  This was another great little campground with pool, playground, full/partial hookups, private lake, cable, Wi-Fi, game room, camp store, volleyball court, and the standard laundry/shower facilities.  I discovered that these KOA campground also have organized activities for campers, especially the young ones, and the weekend's activity for the day we were leaving was 'Superhero Day'.  Other than a pizza delivery mix-up with a local Papa John's our stay was delightful.  Our last night of camping on our way back found us searching for a campground off I-64 towards the southeast area of Indiana.  After some fumbling around with the GPS we ended up at turning off on the exit for Tell City and headed toward the Hoosier National Forest's Indian-Celina Lake campground.  We were a little late and driving the north loop of the campground looking for an electric hookup (gotta have the A/C!)  we were confronted by the loop-park host who told us the south loop had the electric sites.  So, we headed down the path found us a double site and that loop-park host said his bosses would only charge us for a single.  We ended up buying some firewood from him and enjoyed some roasted marshmallows before we went to bed.  With all that said, I would recommend any of the four campsites. 

 
2nd Inning. 

 

License plates...On our trip we decided to keep the girls busy looking for State license plates to see if we could find all 50 States.  Well, pulling in our driveway at the end of the vacation we were left with only 3 to go--North Dakota, South Dakota, and New Hampshire.  Although we did get some bonus plates--Washington, D.C., Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. 

Another license plate note from our trip...it would appear that the State of Virginia has some informal competition for the best vanity plates because every third Virginia plate had one.  Two of my favorites were: 'STILLFYN' and 'GIMEABUD'. 

 

 Although not a license plate message, my favorite sticker decal on the back of a vehicle that passed us was across the back window of a pickup truck and read, "I wouldn't be speeding if I didn't have to poop!"

3rd Inning. 

Glen Ferris, WV

Detours...Making our way from Indiana to Virginia I made a mistake when typing in our KOA campground address.  When asked if I wanted to avoid toll roads I misunderstood and typed yes (I wanted to take the toll roads to get there faster).  Well, making that mistake took us on a scenic route, the Midland Trail National Scenic Byway.  The road started off pretty good following the river and taking us through some neat little towns but then the mountains started and the S-Curves and being in an RV going through that terrain was well, less than enjoyable for the family as I tried to concentrate on getting us back on the interstate.  It was definitely a white-knuckle ride for a good portion of the trail.  If you are ever in that area and want to kill a day I would recommend it as there were plenty of spots we would have liked to pull over and get out but were pressed for time. Also, if you are interested in staying in the area for a vacation check out the Greenbriar hotel.

4th Inning.

Beach...Sand, ocean, waves, sand, sunscreen, kids, and fun!  We arrived on a Sunday afternoon and left on a Friday morning.  In between there were many hours spent on the beach in Corolla, North Carolina.  From our beach house it was a quick two-block walk to the beach and we did our best to wear down a path on the boardwalk there and back.  My wife's family seemed to have everything you would need while spending time in the sand including chairs, umbrellas, snacks, etc.  The kids enjoyed playing in the water and the waves until I was out in it with them and noticed jellyfish.  They then became terrified but then a cousin pointed out that they were not stinging jellyfish and all was good.  We spent time collecting seashells and the girls even wanted to bring back some of those jellyfish that washed up on the beach.  Also, the girls got a few surfing lessons by a member of the family and seemed to really enjoy that.  I was told by my oldest that this was the best vacation ever--better than DisneyWorld.  (As we unpack here at home, sand is everywhere...)

5th Inning. 

Summer Breeze Too

Beach houses/food...My wife's uncle provided us a beach house to stay in for the week while we were there.  The house's name was 'Summer Breeze Too' and it had plenty of space for all of us that were staying in it including my family, my wife's sister and her family, mother-in-law, another former in-law (mother of the cousins hosting us), plus an uncle and his wife.  When not at the beach the kids were playing in the pool or playing pool on the billiards table on the ground floor.  My brother-in-law and I spent most nights in the hot tub drinking adult beverages and listening to music on his iPad.  One night it did get a bit awkward when the former in-law decided she would come down and join us in the hot tub.  Not sure if it was her leg rubbing mine or if it was my brother-in-law's leg rubbing mine. 

Lobster we wee about to devour

Every morning breakfast was served by my wife's uncle in either our house or the one he had rented for his family across the boardwalk from Summer Breeze Too.  The doughnuts from Duck Doughnuts were awesome! Also, every evening included a meal supplied by either my wife's uncle or one of her cousins and they did a fabulous job at keeping us from starving!  The meals included Italian, Mexican, and even one night there was a private Chef dinner where they came to the house and made dinner for us.  The Chef night included lobster, shrimp, ribs, and all sorts of goodies!   

RV outside Summer Breeze Too

Overall, the lodging accommodations were spectacular and exceeded everything we could have hoped for during our vacation.  The only issue we encountered was getting to Corolla on the Sunday we arrived as traffic was bumper to bumper for several miles and we clocked it at one point of moving 1 mile in 1 hour.  North Carolina might want to think about adding a middle turning lane to alleviate some of those traffic jams but that is just my two cents.  Being able to roll up in the RV and hop out and hop in the pool or run to the beach made for a relax-filled trip.

6th Inning. 

(Picture borrowed from the Internet)

Crab hunting...One night the kids decided to go sand crab hunting.  This adventure was organized by my wife's aunt and included all the kids.  For the rookie like me it was quite the sight.  Since it is at night and along the beach there are really no overhead lights.  What you have is flashlights and special blinking lights zooming here, zooming there, zigging, and zagging all over the place.  I swear if someone was not aware and happened to stumble onto the beach they would think aliens had landed and they were making there way towards the homes of all the tourists in Corolla.  Now I didn't get to take any pictures or videos of this event but that was only due to me being busy catching crabs to then throw on my wife as she screamed and ran around with arms waving and grabbing at her clothes.  When you do find them and try to catch one beware because they are really fast!  Now they did find quite a few of them but it was a 'catch & release' night.  The kids did enjoy it and wanted to bring some of the crabs home but we convinced them that it wasn't a good idea.  If you ever get the chance I would recommend it as it was a lot of fun.  I found the video below on Youtube which is a perfect example of the chaos that ensues with kids chasing the crabs around the beach with flashlights. 

7th Inning.



Wild horses spotted grazing.

One of the more colorful beach houses we found.

Stuck in the dunes looking for horses...There is one main road that leads into the northern part of the Outer Banks and that road literally ends and becomes the beach.  You are allowed to drive on the beach if you have 4WD and you will see many people pulled over letting air out of their tires for even better traction on the sand.  As you turn off onto the beach you will see a sheriff's deputy sitting on an atv and probably under a tailgate tent (they apparently need to be there to catch idiots attempting to drive in with a 2WD vehicle).  Cruising north on the beach you see ocean to your right and sand dunes with shrubs/trees to your left, eventually coming up on beach houses.  On a good day you will pass folks parked and tailgating on the beach as they enjoy the water.  One particular thing that makes this area special is the wild horses roaming the terrain.  So, one day a group of us (my brother-in-law, nephew, cousin's husband, and cousin of a cousin, and me) decided to check all this out and as we made our way down the beach and to the beach houses.  Meandering around the dunes and around the houses we searched until we found the horses who seemed to be used to human interaction as they were spotted all around the houses.  After a few more rounds of driving the dunes we headed back to the families. 

 


The lighthouse in Corolla and the kids at the bottom.

A day later I was riding along with my sister-in-law and her kids and my kids (minus my soon-to-be 2 year old) as we went to see a lighthouse there in Corolla.  After visiting the lighthouse she wanted to take the kids to see the wild horses since only her son got to go with us guys the previous day.  Since we were in the same 4WD vehicle as before we headed to the beach road.  As we drove along the beach the kids were bouncing up and down looking for a horse.  At the same time the kids were showing their enthusiasm we headed down the beach road and my sister-in-law kept saying she was nervous about driving in the sand and was worried about getting stuck.  I kindly suggested a few times that we turn around but in her excitement it must have fell on deaf ears.  She kept asking where we saw the horses the previous day and I explained that we turned left and drove down a sandy path in between the shrubs (remember-there are no paved roads or marked roads at all).  So, with the first resemblance of a path she turned left and off the beach we went.  Now the first mistake we made that day was turning left before we came upon the majority of houses out there in that stretch of land as there wasn't much to use as a proper landmark to determine direction.  We then proceeded up and down sand dunes and through paths crowded with trees and shrubs with very few other vehicles around us.  We ended up passing a suburban who was also looking for horses but through all the paths and shrubs/trees he was quickly gone.  After 5 minutes or so we were all alone driving around and around with no horses, no cars, no houses, and no beach in sight.  With my sister-in-law behind the wheel we began trying to make our way back to the beach but kept getting turned around and even more confused and then she began to panic and stopped and asked me to take over.  I jumped in the driver's seat with the kids hootin' and hollerin' about wanting to see a horse and wondering if we were lost.  As I tried to find direction among the dunes we finally hit a point where the 4WD was not doing in good and well, we got stuck.  I went forward then reverse, forward then reverse...put it in 4H then 4L but we were not going anywhere.  At that point my sister-in-law hit full-blown panic mode and hit her OnStar button.  As I got out to try and survey the terrain for a way out she was talking with the OnStar customer service rep and trying to explain our location but after a few holds they wanted her to provide more information as to her location.  Let's see...there is sand, hills, trees, and shrubs.  That's it. Nothing more to tell. 

 

I jumped back in and did some more forward/reverse and finally got us out of the stuck situation and floored it driving over a hill with expectation of a path to the beach only to find a downhill path to a marsh.  Quickly putting it in reverse I got us out of there and back to what I can describe as a bowl of sand with paths leading out in about 6 directions.  The only problem was I couldn't get her Tahoe up any of the hills and out of there.  I put it in park and she wandered up a hill to try and get a visual and direction but quickly returned with a message of 'there is sand and more sand and nothing else'.  Now the kids began to panic wondering if we were going to make it out of there.  With determination I kept at it trying to get enough momentum to get up and over one of those hills out of the bowl.  Finally, we made it up and out and lo and behold we were on our way!  Quickly busting down a few paths and through many trees we saw a tour jeep with sight-seers and a path back to the beach.  It turned out to be one heckuva day trip and I didn't have to wander off like Clark Griswold in the desert trying to find help!

 

8th Inning.

Vacation Mixed-CD...To prepare for the trip to North Carolina I decided to make a mixed-CD for our listening pleasure.  My interpretive dance moves from behind the steering wheel were stellar! You can check out my track selection here in video format.  Enjoy!


9th Inning. 

Chesapeake Bay Tunnel-Bridge

Random vacation observations...Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina are beautiful states...Seeing the massive piles of coal in West Virginia...I have now listened to 'The Incredibles' a record 57 times and actually watched it 1 time...The Chesapeake Bay Tunnel-Bridge is an awesome feat of engineering...We were reminded of many other locations we would like to go on vacations to such as Colonial Williamsburg, VA and Roanoke Island...My kids love to play non-stop on my wife's iPhone while travelling...No matter how much you have packed and how many souvenirs you bought, you can always find room to pack a few cases of Yuengling beer...It is a mandatory requirement that after driving 8-10 hours and you arrive at your campground to immediately exit the RV and consume a beer (trust me on this one)...There is nothing wrong with teaching your 21-month old to flip the bird out her window at cars that cut you off on the Interstate...