Rediscovering the Wonders of America: From Monument Valley to Key West's History
Apr 16, 2024Episode 31
Zee Michaelson & Jay Lawrence
Have you ever stood in awe of the towering spires of Monument Valley or felt the touch of history on the sun-kissed shores of Key West? Join us, Zee Michelson and Jay Lawrence, as we take you through America's picturesque landscapes and rich historical tapestries. From Utah's iconic desert vistas to the story-rich Seven Mile Bridge, we weave a narrative that captures the essence of springtime travel across the US with personal musings, including my own dental adventure, and a peek at future wanderings.
Strap in for some essential travel tips that could elevate your next excursion from good to great! Discover the game-changing conveniences like a multi-port USB charger and learn why timing is everything when you set your sights on Montana's Going-to-the-Sun Road. We don't just stop at the practicalities; we're here to quench your curiosity with intriguing tidbits, such as Switzerland's pristine tap water, offering a sip of the extraordinary from across the globe.
As we round out our journey, our conversation shifts from the somber history of Key West's 1935 hurricane to the joyous reminiscence of classic road trip films. Through tales of tycoons and trains, high roads and low roads, we invite you to rediscover the wonders that lie within the vast landscapes of the United States. With each mile and story shared, we're here to transform your travel dreams into your next grand escapade, all while inviting you to engage and become a part of our ever-growing community of adventurers.
Have you ever stood in awe of the towering spires of Monument Valley or felt the touch of history on the sun-kissed shores of Key West? Join us, Zee Michelson and Jay Lawrence, as we take you through America's picturesque landscapes and rich historical tapestries. From Utah's iconic desert vistas to the story-rich Seven Mile Bridge, we weave a narrative that captures the essence of springtime travel across the US with personal musings, including my own dental adventure, and a peek at future wanderings.
Strap in for some essential travel tips that could elevate your next excursion from good to great! Discover the game-changing conveniences like a multi-port USB charger and learn why timing is everything when you set your sights on Montana's Going-to-the-Sun Road. We don't just stop at the practicalities; we're here to quench your curiosity with intriguing tidbits, such as Switzerland's pristine tap water, offering a sip of the extraordinary from across the globe.
As we round out our journey, our conversation shifts from the somber history of Key West's 1935 hurricane to the joyous reminiscence of classic road trip films. Through tales of tycoons and trains, high roads and low roads, we invite you to rediscover the wonders that lie within the vast landscapes of the United States. With each mile and story shared, we're here to transform your travel dreams into your next grand escapade, all while inviting you to engage and become a part of our ever-growing community of adventurers.
Collage Travel Radio
Speaker 1:
Welcome to the Zee Michelson Travel Podcast. This podcast is devoted to the travel industry. Zee says let your imagination run wild and start dreaming about where you want to go. And dream big, reach for the stars, and if you only get to the moon, at least you enjoyed the trip. Your guide to travel is Zee Michelson, a travel advisor, and sitting at the controls is Jay Lawrence, your concierge of podcast travel. Now here's Zee.
Speaker 2:
That's me that's me, I'm Zee.
Speaker 3:
The Zee Michelson Travel Podcast is brought to you by Collage Travel Media Network.
Speaker 2:
And of course, that voice was Jay Lawrence.
Speaker 3:
I thought you wanted to have the announcer voice come in there.
Speaker 2:
Yes, the concierge of podcast travel, jay. Yes, so how you doing today, jay?
Speaker 3:
I'm I'm, I'm eyeing the, I'm eyeing the the desert.
Speaker 2:
You're eyeing what?
Speaker 3:
You know I'm getting ready to have a cataract moved.
Speaker 2:
Yes, you're gonna. You're gonna be able to see me now, I hope.
Speaker 3:
My wife says, if I see her she may change. I don't know.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, things will become clearer for you, I hope. Oh, yes, yes, yes, I mean now you know, getting cataract removal is like getting a tooth pulled it goes one, two, three.
Speaker 3:
Don't talk about teeth removal.
Speaker 2:
I know you just had that Last week well, I didn't have teeth removed. Are you under under construction? I have five five cavities filled. Oh yeah, that's horrible. I have five teeth in your mouth that you know are there.
Speaker 3:
It was so simple, though. I just laid back, and they just stuffed me.
Speaker 2:
Oh, okay, that'll work, drill.
Speaker 3:
And then the the dentist. She felt like it's a female. I've never had a female dentist before and she is so gentle, she felt like an artist. Oh, nice, working on that, you know, making that feeling just.
Speaker 2:
That's okay. Go ahead and give her a plug. Yeah, we'll do. We'll do a shameless plug, go ahead.
Speaker 3:
Dr Row.
Speaker 2:
Dr Row yes, cool, very nice.
Speaker 3:
Yes, mm-hmm, it's good to hear people getting some nice response to dental work. Yeah, you want to see my teeth. Look at him smiling, see how bright they are now. Well, that's good.
Speaker 2:
And you know what we're going to talk about today.
Speaker 3:
I give up.
Speaker 2:
We're going to talk about rediscovering the US of A.
Speaker 3:
That's a great thing, because I love driving it.
Speaker 2:
You know it's it's spring. Spring is in the air and we love to drive around the United States.
Speaker 3:
Well, that's what I said, and it's really good.
Speaker 2:
You know it's really good during the spring time. So what are the best scenic locations? This is what we're going to talk about today.
Speaker 3:
That's what I'm looking forward to, because coming up in a month maybe two months. In a little bit. In a little bit, I'm going to be taking a road trip, so am I Head north.
Speaker 2:
So am I, yep, but we're not going to the same place.
Speaker 3:
Okay, well.
Speaker 2:
Well, that's why. That's why this is a travel podcast, because we keep going all over the place. Yes, and you know I won't be able to chat about all of the places.
Speaker 3:
Why is that? Because there's so many. My staple came out and I don't know which page I'm on.
Speaker 2:
The one that has a picture of me Again sorry, you don't have your eyes yet. You're new eyes will be able to see it All right. Okay, so let's get into it. All right. Which state?
Speaker 3:
are we going to?
Speaker 2:
Well, I haven't been to this state yet.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, and.
Speaker 2:
I really want to get there.
Speaker 3:
I have some friends that are going.
Speaker 2:
And I have friends that live there. Oh yeah, I haven't been there. It's Utah and Monument in Utah is the first on my list. The scenic byway 163 is remarkable section the trail of ancient national scenic byway. I really, really want to do this. It's 116 miles and it's about a three hour drive.
Speaker 3:
Is that or forest gump was running down the road.
Speaker 2:
Yes, yes, yes, that's the one Cow. Isn't that cool? Isn't that cool? Yeah, monument Valley is taking Monument Valley, and I know I'm going to destroy this word or these words. See Bill Nidzikdali. It's called the Valley of the Rocks Right To the Navajo.
Speaker 3:
But again, I don't speak Navajo Monument Valley. Isn't that where a lot of westerns were shot from? John Wayne era Monument Valley with those big rocks and and the badlands. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
So all that western area? But, yeah, the Navajo called it that it's hard to believe that it was once part of a sea floor. What? Yes, yeah, thousands and thousands of years ago. You know me, I love those history channel things. Yes, the weathering, the erosion, all by water and wind, sculpted the landscape to create these amazing beauties today. But it was part of the sea, yeah, and just a little history A little bit, yeah, a little more history.
Speaker 2:
The Anasazi Indians were the first to settle there around 1200 BCE and, just like you said, farsgump did his little run there in the desert there. So, yeah, that's an amazing place. Utah is quite the place to go visit. Yes, have you been there?
Speaker 3:
No, I don't think, I can't remember. Well, utah, is that where?
Speaker 1:
Salt.
Speaker 3:
Lake City is yes, okay, I've been to Salt Lake City, doesn't that count?
Speaker 2:
Well, you in Salt Lake City are just flying through it Airport, airport, right, how many, how many places have we been Because the airport landed?
Speaker 3:
us there.
Speaker 2:
Airport, yeah, but yeah, I want to see a lot more of Utah, but Monument Valley Monument, Utah is probably pre-Meltop of the list, you know.
Speaker 3:
Boseman Montana is where my destination out west usually is.
Speaker 2:
I know.
Speaker 3:
But you either have to fly through Salt Lake or Minneapolis.
Speaker 2:
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3:
And actually I think you have to get to Salt Lake, to get to Minneapolis, to get to Orlando. Yes, probably, yes, it's probably a hub. Yes.
Speaker 2:
It's a hub for you. Yeah, okay, yeah, hubba, hubba, hubba. Well, now, next one that's on my list and it's near and dear to me is California. Well, yeah, 17-mile drive California.
Speaker 3:
How's that?
Speaker 2:
Well, it links the Pacific Grove and a fluent Carmel by the Sea. Along California's central coast they have championship golf courses, which I have gone through all of this, probably best known for the lone cypress. And I've seen this lone cypress sitting there. It's an ancient tree. It's perched on top of a granite outcrop in front of the Pacific Ocean, so it's like sitting there all by itself on these rocks. I've seen it. I've driven this path, the cliffs and the rocks, oh gosh, photo, photo. You know, snap as many photos as you can, because that's what is the snowmaze.
Speaker 3:
Now, this is below San Francisco.
Speaker 2:
It's below San Francisco Carmel, if you remember was the mayor there was. Come on, think, think Jake, think An old actor.
Speaker 3:
I've got a picture.
Speaker 2:
Western Clint.
Speaker 3:
Eastwood, clint Eastwood, yes.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, Clint Eastwood used to be the mayor of Carmel. Carmel is gorgeous. I've been there too. As a matter of fact, I did the coast drive and stopped in Carmel.
Speaker 3:
You know, he got tired of being the mayor and went back to making motion pictures.
Speaker 2:
He probably made more money that way yeah.
Speaker 3:
Now my wife is going to be driving this.
Speaker 2:
I know she has to do the 17-mile drive. Yes, that's definitely, definitely, because she's going to go San Francisco South, right, right, right, okay. And she's going to go all the way down to San Diego, right, yeah she's going to.
Speaker 3:
So she's going to cover this up.
Speaker 2:
Oh, yeah, so she's going to come on us. Tell her she better break out the camera, make sure it's all charged up, because she's going to want to take a ton of pictures.
Speaker 3:
Oh, her problem is not her. She's got a cell phone Right. That's got 80,000 pictures on it already and now this year she's going to do another trip.
Speaker 2:
She's going to do another 80,000 pictures, yeah, yeah, so definitely, carmel is gorgeous, you know, I do recommend her stopping in Carmel.
Speaker 3:
And you had an out. You had something happen in Carmel, didn't you? Wasn't that where you stayed overnight once? Stayed overnight once, and what happened there?
Speaker 2:
And yeah, we had my roommate and I. We were traveling that route and, as you are barking, that's what we heard at three o'clock in the morning. We wound up staying in a cute little hotel. Close to the beach, right it was close, very close to the beach, because Carmel by the sea and it was dark out we couldn't see a thing and the water bed that we had was frozen solid practically because they didn't put the heater on, oh no.
Speaker 3:
That's the worst thing of a water bed.
Speaker 2:
But we couldn't figure out what it was and in the morning, when we got up, we kept hearing the barking, and hearing the barking and it's like man, don't they take their dogs in at night and they finally. We finally walked out and we got breakfast at this great place and we finally seen what was barking. What was barking the seals, the sea lions.
Speaker 3:
Oh, my goodness.
Speaker 2:
Sitting on the rocks out and you can really hear them, but it was fun. We did take pictures, of course, but yeah, clint Eastwood and he was the mayor there, but it is a very good place to go.
Speaker 3:
Did you drop by the mayor's office and see if he was?
Speaker 2:
in. No, we didn't, we didn't. But as you go through the coast you'll see the bleach tree trunks pescadero points. It rises piles of boulders that are thrown all along the shore, wildlife viewing like we just talked about the sea lions and the seals. They're out there on the water but you aren't going to hear them.
Speaker 3:
What about bird rock?
Speaker 2:
Now, yeah, you want to go to one of those because it's seal rock and bird rock. Lots of birds sitting on the rock, it's a nesting area. So you want to do that and be sure to stop at Point Joe.
Speaker 3:
What's point, joe?
Speaker 2:
It's where submerged rocks cause the water to churn, so it kind of turns around like a blender and lending the spot its nickname the restless sea. Yeah, so California, a lot of beautiful locations driving north to south, south to north. It will not disappoint. I thought it was gorgeous. Unfortunately, I was driving so I would have to stop all the time to say I want to stop here, I want to stop here, but if you're a passenger, great thing to do well, this is fantastic because we're rediscovering the great parts of America.
Speaker 2:
Right, and we're always talking about national parks. Yeah, yeah, and we love our national parks. Well, what about it? Well, a Katie, a park loop road in Maine.
Speaker 3:
You're going from one coast to the other side to side.
Speaker 2:
Now, this is another state I haven't been to yeah, maine, I haven't been to Maine. I haven't either and I love Maine lobster.
Speaker 3:
Uh-huh.
Speaker 2:
Now Jerry's not in the studio with us, wasn't Jerry there? Oh, yeah, yeah, we should have got Jerry in on this one. Yeah, but yeah, I love Maine. Lobster Jerry was there. He lived in Maine for a while. Yes, yeah, but this is another great scenic drive, so you have to, you know, base yourself in the bar, take advantage of this gorgeous scenic loop.
Speaker 1:
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:
It goes through the wonders of Arcadia, now Katie, a national park, mm-hmm, it's 27 miles long.
Speaker 3:
Wow.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, and it goes along Paradise Hill Road and you travel the coast. Now that's really cool and you can pull over and walk along the granite ledges and sandy beaches and rocky headland and many spruce, fir and pine trees all Abound over there now.
Speaker 3:
You probably better dress for this. Being that close to the water, the cold yeah it could be a little nippy.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, it could be a little nippy. Now I heard about this place. What's?
Speaker 3:
under hole.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, where incoming waves dramatically spit trapped air and water up. It sounds almost like a whale's blowhole. Yeah, you know where you see all of a sudden the waves and all of a sudden a spurs of water comes out at you. You can even admire Otter, otter Cliff. I gee, I wonder why they call it Otter Cliff and Kabul Beach. It sounds breathtaking. I have not been to Maine. I want to go see it. You know me, I don't like the cold, so I'd probably want to do it in the summertime. But you may want to Up and back, detour the summit of Cadillac Mountain to take in the view, because the view overlooks everything. So it's breathtaking, absolutely breathtaking. And again, it's a national park. It's recommended that you go early in the day or Outside peak season to avoid the crowd. It does get crowded.
Speaker 3:
This is the Arcadia Park Loop Road in Maine right Arcadia National Park.
Speaker 1:
Welcome to the Z.
Speaker 2:
What is that? What is that? What are you doing, jay? You're pressing buttons over there.
Speaker 3:
Why are we?
Speaker 1:
starting over again.
Speaker 2:
I guess, cuz you want to hear it twice. Oh, there we go. There's my travel chip music. Now I'm gonna have four more countries that offer straightforward paths. But let's talk travel tip. All right, chargers, we're all traveling and we have a million different devices. You know, we have our cell phones, we have our laptops, we have our iPads, and how many times have you gone on a cruise or traveled and there's just not enough outlets to charge all your electronics?
Speaker 3:
right.
Speaker 2:
You may want to get a single multi-port USB charger and you can charge many of your devices Mine, I have one, and mine charges three devices at once. Yeah, some fold down like a wallet so it's easy to pack. Some can even charge your laptop, which is kind of nice. Prices do range, so take a look and find one that kind of suits your needs. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at one for traveling, because the one I have is in my, in my house. Gee, I'm married to an electrician and I don't have that many outlets. Hmm, but yeah, so I'm looking at the fold down one for the cruise and the amazing thing is how many devices we get.
Speaker 2:
Right, and the one that I seen. It ran around a hundred dollars. Yeah, actually not only had multiple ports that you can plug in, but it had multiple plugins in case you went overseas for the Different elect. Oh, that's so. That's kind of cool too. And again, it folded down nice and easy easy, easy-peasy.
Speaker 3:
Well, that was a good travel tip.
Speaker 2:
Okay, you ready to get back on the road, jay?
Speaker 3:
all right on the road again.
Speaker 2:
The road again so I know you love this state. Yes, yep, and we talked about a little bit just a few seconds ago, and you've been there many times and I haven't been there once.
Speaker 3:
Okay, let's see what would that state be confusion?
Speaker 2:
Montana, montana, going to the Sun Road in Montana. Did you drive this? No, I haven't.
Speaker 3:
The problem is it's further north than where I usually am.
Speaker 2:
Oh, so you have it. So now you're gonna have to go back. Oh, yes, I'm planning on it. Well, good, now, if you drove this without stopping? Without stopping, it would take two hours, yeah, but you'll want to stop along the way to see all these sites. Oh yeah, the drive crosses the continental divide, mm-hmm as it summits Logan pass, which is 6,646 feet above sea level. Right, so that's kind of cool, yes. And among the roads, many highlights are, you know, peaks, waterfalls, glaciers, glaciers yes, and of course, you'll see a lot of wildlife. Uh-huh, you got mountain goats, you got the big horn sheep that sounds cool. Grizzly bears not too crazy about running into a grizzly bear.
Speaker 3:
And when you and when you drove out west to Colorado, you saw a lot of wildlife along yeah.
Speaker 2:
I saw an alope and elk and wild horses Mm-hmm, which I was so excited about because I always hear about wild horses and I never saw them.
Speaker 3:
Were they smoking marbles?
Speaker 2:
No, they really weren't. They didn't even have a marble or man out there with them but yeah.
Speaker 2:
But anyway we digress. The seasonal route cuts through Glacier National Park. Seasonal route, but you do need to remember that the weather will dictate when it opens. You know, right now I know that the whole area in South Dakota, montana, colorado, all of that area is being hit constantly with snow over these last few weeks. Right, so it's. You got to remember this is a glacier called Glacier National Park for a reason, you got to remember. The weather will dictate it and when it opens. So look at going early July through late September.
Speaker 3:
What a window.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, that's kind of the window. And Again, if you are in Montana in off season you may want to check out Looking Glass Highway. It's also called Montana 49. We want Montana 49?.
Speaker 3:
I'm not sure.
Speaker 2:
You're gonna have to break out your maps, Jay.
Speaker 3:
Yes.
Speaker 2:
And this skirts the southeastern edge of the park and it's opening around.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, but they got to keep the stow plows moving right.
Speaker 2:
Because it's it's a lower, it's probably at a lower level.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, one of the last times I went to Yellowstone which is close to it's south of Glacier right, but yet it was May Right and certain roads in the park were not open yet on it, yeah so just remember that.
Speaker 2:
And sometimes you can call the National Park and find out. They will tell you what's the deal. You know whether they open, whether you need a pass, whether it's crowded.
Speaker 3:
Sometimes National Parks do get overcrowded, yeah, and then you can't get in well, and when I went to Colorado be with my son, we were going to Rocky Mountain National. We had to have a Reservation to get into the park right and the road was closed.
Speaker 2:
You needed reservation. How about trivia question?
Speaker 3:
I hear my trivia music do you think I would know the answer if, if I had it?
Speaker 2:
maybe. So here's the question what country is known to have the best quality tap water? Hmm, quality tap water? Think about it. What makes your mouth water? For water? I Don't hear you saying anything, jay. Switzerland you'd be right and I could understand, because look at those mountains, everything is pristine. You know, when I looked up this question, I went, I did the same thing. I thought about what would be real, and it's probably nice and ice cold.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, I had to think about it. Yeah, and I must testify you can see on the camera right that I did not have the answer in front of me.
Speaker 2:
So Switzerland will have to go and test the water. Wow, the best tap water the best quality tap water Wow.
Speaker 3:
That was good, thank you.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, you're welcome Switzerland. Well, we'll have to go there on our next visit, because right now we're talking more and more about visiting the USA. Yes, okay, something that is near and dear to both of us. Yeah, right here in Florida. Yes, because we're here in Florida, the weather has been very nice lately. Yes, overseas Highway, florida. Now, I haven't been down this way in a very, very, very, very long time.
Speaker 3:
Are we talking about the seven mile bridge that goes to the Key West?
Speaker 2:
We are talking. They overseas highway links the mainland Florida to Key West. I've been there.
Speaker 3:
You have Mm-hmm one thing, one thing I could say I've been to.
Speaker 2:
Now it connects the islands and the inlets via a road built right over the ocean. Yeah, and you follow. To follow it requires crossing 42 bridges yeah, it's the longest of which is a seven mile bridge and in places, the water beside the highway is only a few feet deep. Yeah, that's amazing thing, but it's still water, it's still water I couldn't drive it right parts of the highway Utilizes an infrastructure installed for the Florida coast you railway, which is an economic casualty. In 1935, they had a major, major hurricane.
Speaker 3:
That's amazing because the money that they went in to build that yeah. You know, the key West used to be the major shipping lane.
Speaker 2:
Right. You go around and land and back up Absolutely. So they had to redo it. So motorists can learn a little bit about the areas past if they stop at the pigeon key, where in the shadow of the old seven mile bridge. So it's the old seven mile bridge that was completely destroyed and you can hear all about it and what happened and how it works. Now a museum tells the story of Henry Flagler's railroad and the people who built it. The drive is breathtaking. Now we have Flagler College, which is on the north eastern side of Florida, right, so Henry Flagler was very popular back in his day.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, these guys that had all that money and the things that they did, you know, build a railroad.
Speaker 2:
Like Carnegie, and it's amazing, you know, and then you see the houses that they built in. One of the my next podcasts are going to be about castles in the United States. Really, yeah, sounds interesting, yeah, we're going to talk about that another time, stay tuned. So so, jay, should we do one more driving?
Speaker 3:
Well, I think so.
Speaker 2:
Well, you know, jay, I really do love the West. How many times I always tell you I love to be out West? Yes, the high road and the low road of Tau, new Mexico. There's two scenic routes like Santa Fe and Taos the high road and the low road Easy right.
Speaker 3:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
The former snakes up through the badlands and dotted with junipers and pinion trees, the forest gives way to meadows as the road climbs through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Watch out for elk. Like I said, I saw a lot of elk when I was driving in the West, as they sometimes stray onto the highway. They don't know that the roads Right, they don't know that they can't walk on the street.
Speaker 3:
They don't know where those signs are.
Speaker 2:
or it says and I've seen roughly 60 to 70 head when I was driving in one area. Luckily they were off the highway where I was. As a matter of fact, I was driving through New Mexico at the time.
Speaker 3:
Wildlife crossing.
Speaker 2:
Right. How do they know to read those signs?
Speaker 3:
I have never seen a wildlife cross At the sign. At the sign, yeah.
Speaker 2:
You'll want to pull over to snap a few pictures of Trichus, overlook, and stop in Chamao to visit the San Torrio de Chamao it's an adobe church built in 1816, which that sounds really cool and Ortega's Weaving Shop, where they've been creating textiles the traditional way, the traditional way for nine generations Now, when I see that people are doing things for generation after generation after generation. I watched a television show with Josh Gates, one of his expedition unknown type of things and he was in Israel and he went and he visited a tattoo shop that actually tattooed religious things on people and they were in generation in generation in generation. They had the original tattoo stencil from.
Speaker 2:
Like you know, the great, great, great, great, great grandfather.
Speaker 3:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
And they actually were writing for Jesus. They called it. It was like a biker group. They were really cool. But Josh Gates didn't get a tattoo, but one of his guys did. He's one of his cameramen, actually got a tattoo and it was pretty interesting.
Speaker 2:
So I love to see that the generations keep going and hear the textile nine generations. The Low Road, however, is named for its lower elevation and it hugs the bank of the Rio Grande as it passes through canyons. That's pretty neat because you're down there by the Rio Grande. There's a slew of wineries to check out if you're into wine, and you should also nose around the quirky collection of colorful old gas pumps at Embudo. So you know this is something that's different. You know you want to take a look, because there is a lot of things that you can do to rediscover America. There's little places, big places, breathtaking places. Have we traveled enough? Well?
Speaker 3:
I'm just getting ready to travel myself, you know.
Speaker 2:
Right, but you're going north and not going west. Oh yeah.
Speaker 3:
You always, when you talk about this, I'm going. Oh, I want to be there, I love it, you know.
Speaker 2:
And now, more and more, I'm understanding more and more trains are doing routes, so we're going to have to start talking more and more about trains, trains.
Speaker 3:
Train travel Places and what.
Speaker 2:
Yep train travel.
Speaker 3:
Trains, automobiles. What was that movie with John Candy, Trains and Automobile?
Speaker 2:
John Candy and Steve Martin.
Speaker 3:
That was a funny picture, not Steve Martin, john Candy and Steve Martin.
Speaker 2:
Was it Steve Martin, steve Martin?
Speaker 3:
Wow.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I mean I don't have my computer in front of me, but I'm pretty sure it was Steve and John, because they were like crazy together.
Speaker 3:
Well, yeah, john Candy, john Candy. Oh yeah, poor Steve played the bumbling guy, the straight guy, the straight guy, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:
And John Candy was like a wild, wild cannon. Yeah, funny picture, funny picture. But what can I say? We have so much traveling to do, so little time to do it in.
Speaker 3:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
And then every week for more travel info and insights and just plain old fun. Please follow me and like me on Facebook. Do you have a favorite location or an interesting travel tip? I would really like to know. You can shoot me an email at zmichelson at gmailcom. Remember, my Z is spelled Z-E-E. I'm very excited to let you know my podcast can be heard on all your favorite podcast players. Feel free to give me a review. I would love to hear what you have to say.
Speaker 1:
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:
Thanks for listening today. Can I give a shout out?
Speaker 3:
to Gary.
Speaker 2:
Absolutely.
Speaker 3:
Gary, thank you for listening. Thank you, Gary. Now back to you.
Speaker 2:
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