Monday, August 30, 2010

Awards and Superlatives for the Qualitative Crowd


So, we also spent a lot of time talking about our favorite places/ events/ etc. and have generated thew following list describing some of the Best/ Worst/ Biggest/ Most-est things of the bike trip:

Favorite town/city: Aberdeen, MS
Worst town/city: Shiloh, TN
Favorite State/Province for bike touring: Ontario (Honorable Mention: Ohio)
Worst State/Province for bike touring: Tennessee
The Jason Haserodt Award for Monster-Related Greatness: Rachael
The "Sasquatch Hands" Award for Smelliest Gloves: Michael
Best Bike Bling: Shira
The Perfect Bike Award: Serenity (Rachael's bike), for no bike problems of any kind

Eric
Favorite Biking Snack: Corn Nuts
Favorite Biking Drink: Chocolate Milk
Favorite Quote: "You guys must like sweating. I'll sweat to make money, but I won't sweat for free." (Random dude in Alabama)

Rachael
Favorite Biking Snack: cracker sandwiches/ fruit set in Jello
Favorite Biking Drink: Tea
Favorite Quote: "Pardon me, I don't mean to be rude- but, what's your purpose?"

Shira
Favorite roadkill: Armadillos
Worst roadkill: dogs
Favorite drink: 44 ounces of Dr. Pepper
Favorite snack: Krispy Kreme (preferablly left on a table by someone else)
Favorite quote: "You guys sure do have an aroma about you" (Postman in
Crump, Tennessee) and "Well, you're still kind of homeless" (Manager
of grocery in Coffeeville, AL)

Bill
Favorite roadkill: unknown things
Worst roadkill: dogs
Favorite drink: Tea [ed.: Bill refers to what is know in the north as "Sweet Tea"]
Favorite snack: Krispy Kreme, Cheetos, and Fritos

2 comments:

Kingfisher Designs Jewelry said...

That was great. Sorry Oreos didn't make the list. Thanks for the great post card and a golden day with all of you.

Anonymous said...

I probably consumed more oreos than any other snack item- but by the end of the trip I was cookied out:)

Rachael