The Jolly Green Giant’s Second Epic Trip
In which we congratulate the Jolly Green Giant on his stamina, wonder what comes next but first we stop to remember some of the highlights of the 2022 tour.
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Category: Driving
Quiet days in Oxford MD and on to New Jersey NJ (!)
In which Sid and Doris visit friends Joe and Betka, take part in a local charity road rally and go to a 1960s themed party at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, before giving Mr Jolly back to Matt in Parsipanny.
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Northbound via New Bern NC and Virginia Beach VA to Oxford MD
In which Sid and Doris enjoy another quiet Intra Coastal town, hear the roar of the Navy’s Hornets and rumble on to Chesapeake Bay and Maryland.
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Northbound via Myrtle Beach, SC
In which Sid and Doris play mini golf in a town with over 100 mini golf courses.
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Northbound: Savannah GA to Charleston SC
In which Sid and Doris visit Charleston, take a water taxi and spend happy hours aboard an aircraft carrier and a destroyer.
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Outta the Side Window 5
Some observations from Doris on marketing, maps, money, moustaches, and many other things mostly beginning with m.
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Northbound: Jekyll Island to Savannah GA
In which Sid and Doris visit one of the USA’s largest ports and begin to engage with the history of the Revolution.
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Historical plaques
Sign on a memorial bench next to a historical plaque: “In memory of my parents… Stan loved reading historical plaques, and Lois loved sitting on a bench… as he read them”
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Eastbound: Pensacola FL via Tallahassee to Jekyll Island GA
In which Sid and Doris see America at play, drive through Kill Me Quick in another downpour before settling in to Jekyll Island Resort, sometime holiday home of William Rockefeller and JP Morgan.
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Outta the Side Window 4
In which Doris muses on the language of road signs.
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