Archive through July 07, 2002
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Archive through July 07, 2002
Tess | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 05:51 pm     Qz--Her Highness is 70 miles out and closing fast. Since the speed limit persists in being 60 but the Buttermobile has no clue how to go that slow, we've settled on the story that Miss Buttercup is Norwegian Royalty and therefore will be claiming diplomatic immunity if she gets pulled over. Either that or she'll just leave them in her dust. |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 05:52 pm     Juju2bigdog home from Columbia River Gorge 2-day trip. (Washington/Oregon border) We saw a marvelous sight this morning, just north of Yakima, WA in a highway rest stop of all places. It was a clear sunshiny day, and both Mount Adams and Mount Ranier were visible within the same field of view. For those not familiar with the area, these are HUGE volcanic mountains, and they stay snow-capped all year round. |
Wargod | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 06:00 pm     Welcome home, Juju! |
Tess | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 06:06 pm     Welcome home, Juju!!! |
Tess | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 06:20 pm     BC is out of SC and speeding your way QZ. Start mixing that pitcher! |
Egbok | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 06:50 pm     Welcome home Juju - that must have been quite a sight and from rest stop of all places! You were given a view of nature's beauty at its' best! Go Butter, Go!! Zoom, zoom!! It sounds like QZ will be taking good care of you once you arrive. Have fun girls!! And Bookie, I don't know who the other two are but I'm guessing that's Wiggle Worm on your shoulders....am I right? (Okay Tess, start giving us some hints here!) |
Lancecrossfire | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 06:52 pm     Have a great visit Butter and Zed!! Zed, remove some of that lead build up on the bottom of her foot--lol. |
Tess | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 07:02 pm     Yaaaay!!! QZ is on her way to get Miss Buttercup right now! She's going to get the scenic route just like we did I'll bet. It's one of the prettiest drives I've ever seen! Have a fantastic week you, two. Buttercup, I'll catch you on the return trip! |
Sage | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 07:09 pm     Welcome home, Juju! I know that rest area you are speaking of. I've been there many many times, and its a rare day when you get to see both mountains. Glad you had a great time. The queen and princess are sure to have a fabulous week, and I look forward to hearing from you both. |
Webkitty | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 05:29 am     Oh Juju! We had a 2 week trip planned to the Columbia River Gorge and surrounding area this summer and cancelled it because of 9/11. We WERE going to just ~suck it up~ and fly out there anyway, but then our cat sitter closed her business, and we don't want to board them. (was really looking forward to it, sounds as great as I invisoned it, someday.....) Revised plans, load them in the car and head for the hills during fall foliage season. Butter and Zed, have a great time! |
Juju2bigdog | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:53 am     Aw, that is too bad, Webkitty. Yep, it is very pretty out here, especially in the summer when the rest of the country is sweltering. |
Webkitty | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 11:59 am     That's right, rub it in! LOL! (next summer, for sure) We were going to explore all over Oregon, then head down the coast to Northern Cal to see the Redwoods again. LOVE the West..........coast, desert, mountains, everything. |
Bookworm | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:04 pm     So did the Royal Tea Party happen or not? Egbok you are right about Wiggle, but I am not holding him. |
Tess | Friday, July 05, 2002 - 10:59 pm     Oh! I just realized I never updated this because the royal pair made it to chat a couple of nights this past week including Monday. Miss Buttercup did indeed make it to QZ's house and they have been getting along famously. Tuesday was spent shopping and eating and shopping some more. Then after refreshing themselves with a Cosmopolitan or two they both made it into chat again. On Wednesday they headed up to the mountains to have lunch with a Norwegian friend of QZ's and then it was off to TN to stay with another friend for 4th of July. Incoming news today at lunchtime tells me they had a great 4th of July and were going back out on the river today. I know they were hoping to get in some white water rafting this week so that could be where they were all day. Now, I'm trying to determine just when Miss Buttercup is heading home so I can hook her up with Abby during the return trip. Last weekend it looked like Saturday (tomorrow) was the most likely day for the trip back to Looooooosiana but there has been no confirmation as of yet. I wait, Butterphone and computer at the ready..... |
Tess | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 09:57 am     Miss Buttercup is on the move again! She's speeding down I-75 toward Abbynormal a little ahead of schedule this morning. Ok--nearly a couple hours ahead of schedule! |
Tess | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 01:31 pm     Buttercup has made it to the designated restaurant and is waiting for Abby to arrive as I type! Another TVCH meeting is about to happen. Yay! |
Tess | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 03:52 pm     Another successful TVCH meeting is past and Buttercup is racing towards home now. I'll let Abby and Buttercup tell all about their lunch together later. |
Wargod | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 04:07 pm     Woo hoo Tess! Hey Abby, didn't you just love Buttercup? Isn't she the sweetest person?? |
Car54 | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 04:10 pm     Yay! I hope they had some Alabama tomatoes for lunch!!!! Tess, you are the TVCH air traffic controller! What would our travellers do without you? |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 05:02 pm     Just got home and checked on Butter. She is barreling toward Misssissippi. |
Zed | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 05:05 pm     Well...this half of the Royal twosome is home. What can I say except we had a fantastic week filled with tons of laughs! Buttercup spent two days here in my hometown(we ate,shopped,ate,drank and ate...I think that sums it up). Then off to visit a friend of mine in her new summer home in the NC mountains. We jumped out of our cars into a waiting boat which whisked us off to the most charming club for a waterside lunch. An afternoon thundershower meant we had to linger over a wine and laughter filled lunch well into the afternoon before getting on the road again to Tennessee. The morning of the fourth, Butter,TnDude(as we shall call him) and I headed off for a day of tubing on the French Broad River in Tennessee. I have a tip for anyone that plans to go tubing....you know how you take two cars...leave one at the bottom of the river and take the other one to the top...then you float lazily for several hours down the river back to the first car at the bottom & drive up to get the top car? Well....don't let the person driving the bottom car forget to take her key down the river.....can you imagine...getting ALL THE WAY down the river and not having a key???? Well...I practically laughed myself into a seizure ...all turned out well after TnDude hitched a ride back to the top of the mountain...leaving Butter and I standing on the side of the highway in bathing suits with innertubes..looking fightfully silly. Since the Fourth of July calls for fireworks, that evening ,we did our part by producing the most awesome and dangerous pyrotechnic display ever seen on the French Broad. You may now call Butter and me,"The Great Flaming Balls of Fire Chicks". TnDude bought boxes and boxes of highly flammable and potentially lethal fireworks for our amusement. Thank goodness no film exsits of the three of us lighting these devices and running behind chairs as we sat on a dock being showered with all kinds of flaming debris...well at least the box was correct...there were "great flaming balls of fire" in each and every box. You all would have laughed yourselves silly had you seen us.... Another day of tubing down the river on Friday...more bruises and one almost concussion later we ended the day in a charming restaurant in Hot Springs NC. Saturday found us too lazy to do anything except raft in the river all afternoon, eat, drink and laugh. And there you have it.....TnDude thought Butter was adorable, and said she looked like what he always thought a Viking Goddess would! It was tons of fun.....I hope all of your TVCH experiences will be as enjoyable as this one has been for me! |
Abbynormal | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 05:10 pm     I am sneaking in here to write this. I certainly do not want the wrath of the paint-master to come down on my sweaty head. Since I got to go have lunch with Buttercup that apparently was my break for the day! LOL I really enjoyed our visit. We had a leisurely lunch which was planned at just the right time, since it started poring rain as soon as we were seated. Buttercup is just as sweet as pie and pretty too. (Speaking of pie, her southern accent is coming along nicely) We chatted for a couple hours, I wish we had had more time, because that is just not long enough. When it was time to go, we looked out the window and it had stopped raining and the sun was shining again. What a good omen! BTW, on her way to visit Zed she stopped and got gas in my town, probably about 3 miles from my house. Can you believe that? She had no idea that's where I lived. <insert twilight zone music here> Anyway, next time I hope we can visit longer and she can meet my family. |
Tess | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 06:17 pm     Hahahah, I knew y'all would love each other. I just knew it! Miss Buttercup is whizzing through Mississippi right now. Can't wait to hear all the details of her newest adventures. |
Urgrace | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 06:18 pm     Can't wait to hear from Butter, too. I know what you mean Abby. We only had a couple hours when Butter and I met, and part of it was spent eating! QueenZed, it sounds like you both had a real good time. That is wonderful. Thanks for keeping us updated, Tess. |
Urgrace | Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 06:20 pm     oh Bookie. There are four of you in the picture but I don't know who the fourth person is. There's you and Wiggle and Marm, but I lost track of this thread and am trying to catch up. |
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