tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54922337663464800022024-03-18T21:07:41.338-07:00Food Truck Road Trip: 40 Cities in 30 DaysAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-2736457756541665782013-02-05T19:01:00.000-08:002013-02-05T19:01:07.944-08:00East Side King at Liberty Bar - Austin, TX<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Tuesday, February 5th, 2012</span></b><br />
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After a beautiful, perfect 80 degree day in Austin, Mitch and I decided it was a great night to enjoy a food truck dinner outside. There are so many trucks to choose from in Austin, but we knew right away where we wanted to go.<br />
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We had heard of a place called 'East Side King' which has 4 different trucks in the city. They were just recently featured on 'Unique Eats' on the Cooking Channel a few weeks ago, plus we had heard so many great things about the food in general. Also, the chef/owner, Paul Qui, was the winner of Top Chef Season 9 and is a James Beard award winner.<br />
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Of the four locations, we decided on the truck located on the back patio of the Liberty Bar. Each of the truck's menus are slightly different from one another and we agreed that the food truck menu at Liberty Bar would be to both our likings.<br />
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The menu was great - short and sweet and everything sounded amazing. We started ordering and listing things off that we wanted and, before we knew it, we managed to order almost $30 worth of food (this is a lot at a food truck!).</div>
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<b><u>What we got:</u></b></div>
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Everything was SO GOOD! </div>
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Mitch was very excited about the Tongue Buns - they were roasted perfectly and Mitch said "the consistency reminded me of pork belly but....pork belly made of beef! :)". Plus you could put anything in a steam bun and Mitch would eat it and be happy. </div>
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The Curry Steam Buns were crispy and sweet with just the perfect amount of jalapeño kick. The Veggie Meshi was fresh and hot - it was an awesome combination of spicy and delicious, and the Brussels Sprouts were cooked perfectly. The Beet Home Fries were to die for - crispy fried and served with an amazing Kewpie mayo. Beets are my favorite food and these will be worth going back for! The Yaki Imo was sweet and savory at the same time - a perfect comfort food. </div>
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We are so excited to try out the other East Side King trucks, although this particular truck definitely won us over and we can't wait to go back!</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-86910061795148010882013-01-21T10:04:00.000-08:002013-01-21T10:04:14.469-08:00Tacos and Donuts - An Typical Austin Food Truck Dinner<b>Sunday, January 20th, 2013</b><br />
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It's been a while since we ate at a food truck, so, because it was so beautiful out in Austin today (70 and sunny!), we decided to eat outside at a food truck for dinner. <br />
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I checked out www.bestaustinfoodtrucks.com to find a food truck near our house in South Austin.<br />
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Mitch with Tony (owner) and Rick. Awesome guys that were very nice and were very happy to give us Food Truck ownership advice!</div>
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<u>Fried Avocado Taco</u> - Tempura battered avocado with arugula, tomato, cotija cheese, and chipotle sherry vinaigrette</div>
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Everything was so delicious! The queso was served immediately, but the tacos and torta were prepared and then brought out to us. The Avocado Taco was fresh and tangy, and the fried avocado melted in my mouth! The Padre Taco was braised to perfection and was slathered in freshly sliced avocado. The queso was one of the best one's we've tried in Austin (queso is everywhere around here) - it was so spicy and yummy. We finished our meal by splitting the shrimp torta and fries - the bilillos bread that it was served on was amazing and fresh, and the chipotle lime aioli was the perfect accompaniment. All in all, a perfect fish sandwich that I can't wait to eat again! To top it all off, the torta was served with delicious, crispy fries that were tossed with chopped garlic.</div>
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"Gourdough's' - an awesome airstream converted into a donut truck!</div>
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After deliberating over the menu for several minutes (we were so full we almost considered not even getting one and coming back another time), we finally decided on something very simple, a chocolate and raspberry donut. </div>
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Although we were not able to finish it, the donut was wonderful. It was a fresh made, warm donut that melted in your mouth, topped with chocolate icing, raspberry sauce, and chocolate chips. It was so rich and smelled awesome. We can't wait to go back and try some of the other donuts!</div>
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We wish we could do it all over again!!! Let the next trip planning begin!</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">FYI: These events took place in October. After driving from Denver to Wisconsin and arriving home at the end of our trip on October 26th, 2012, we were exhausted and just wanted to enjoy being with family, celebrating my birthday with friends, deep-cleaning the filthy camper from being on the road for over a month, and packing everything up for our big move to Austin, TX the following week. </span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Once we arrived in Texas, we got settled in to our new home, began working and enjoying Austin, and I've finally found the time to write this blog entry from events that took place almost 2 months ago! It's hard to believe we've been living in Austin that long already, but we love it and have been so busy!</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">From here on out, we plan to continue to document all of our food truck dining experiences to share with you, whether it be more trucks in Austin, or trucks we stop at while traveling.</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Thank you again for all your support and for following our blog!!</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Thursday, October 25th - Friday, October, 26th, 2012: Denver and HOME!</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Luckily, when we woke up on Thursday morning in Silverthorne, CO, the snow had already begun to melt and the roads were already plowed. We started heading to Denver around 11am.</span><br />
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We found 'Hey! PB&J' almost immediately with it's hard-to-miss bright purple truck. It was a beautiful truck and you could tell the owners really took pride in it. Speaking of the owners, they were wonderful and truly interested in our trip. They gave us tons of advice, let us look inside the truck, and even gave us a free sandwich!</div>
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'Hey! PB&J' food truck.</div>
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Gourmet Grilled PB&J menu.</div>
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Myself with the owner and the nice guy who worked there.</div>
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It took a while to figure out what I wanted, but I finally decided on the 'Cranberry Pecan.' Mitch was going to wait to order something from another truck that caught his eye, but the owner insisted she make him something on the house!</div>
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Cranberry Pecan Sandwich - Pecan butter, fresh and dried cranberries, white chocolate, and cream cheese.</div>
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Blackberry Jalapeño Sandwich (Sorry, for some reason we didn't take a picture of this one! :( It had homemade peanut butter, charred jalapeños, homemade blackberry jam, cream cheese, and bacon!)</div>
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Both of the sandwich's were to DIE FOR. Oh wow, they were so delicious! I was stuffed after finishing mine, but Mitch still wanted to check out another truck before we left. Thank you again to the kind owner (I wish I could remember her name!) for the free sandwich and for her hospitality and advice!</div>
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Next we stopped at a truck called the 'Pink Tank' where Mitch got to talking with the owner. He was an very interesting guy who told us that he just decided he wanted to open a food truck one day. His wife thought he was crazy, but he bought a truck, rebuilt it, and never looked back.</div>
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I wish we would have asked him the meaning behind the name of the truck. It had an eclectic menu and Mitch easily chose the chicken and waffles, which was one of his favorite menu items on the menu from his restaurant in Milwaukee.</div>
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Chicken & Waffles - 3 crispy fried chicken legs with homemade hot sauce, topped with bacon crumbles, served on a buttery, beer-battered waffle with maple syrup and hot sauce ice cream.</div>
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Enjoying his chicken & waffles.</div>
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After a long drive through Colorado, Nebraska, and into Iowa, we finally stopped at a KOA campground in Des Moines. We were so cold and tired that we didn't even take any pictures to document it!</div>
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We got going around 11am the next morning, excited about our drive home. Looking back at our trip, it went by WAY too fast and we were so sad it was over. What a whirlwind! This road trip was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us and we will remember it for the rest of our lives! We got to see so many friends and family members that we hadn't seen in so long, we met so many wonderful and generous people along our way, and we saw some of the most beautiful corners of this country that not many people get to see unless they take the time drive through them. </div>
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We feel so fortunate that we were able to take this trip and gain the experience necessary for the next chapter in our lives living in Austin, TX. Our ultimate goal is to open our own catering/food truck business which is already well under-way. Mitch has been booking catering events and we will continue to save our money to purchase the perfect truck for us without going into a huge amount of debt.</div>
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Coffee Shop in Denver: $4</div>
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Colorado Gift Shop: $22</div>
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<b>Total for 3 Days: $382 </b>(under budget)</div>
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We woke up early at Krista and Ryan's and started our drive east. The drive out of Seattle and through Washington was absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, there were no food trucks anywhere that we could find. <br />
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We made a stop at a place called 'Fred Myers' to get some groceries and some books for me for the long drive. We continued through Washington and into Idaho. We stopped at a campground in Boise, ID for the night. It was super late when we got there, so we cranked the space heater and went to bed. I'm sorry to report that we didn't eat a single noteworthy thing this entire day! No food trucks to be found, no gourmet cooked dinner at the campground - only leftover food that we had in our cooler. <br />
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The Boise campground was by far the weirdest campground we've stayed at. It was clear that there were more permanent residents staying there than temporary overnight campers. The lady in the office was so confused when I wanted to check out in the morning. She even asked why we were moving and where we were going to. I explained to her that we were just there overnight and we got in very late.</div>
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We continued our drive into Utah, by-passing Salt Lake City, through some treacherous mountains in the pouring rain, and eventually made our way into Wyoming. We decided to stay the night at a campground in Rock Springs, WY. </div>
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During our drive that day, we stopped at gas station called 'The Middle of Nowhere' that was literally in the middle of nowhere - nothing for miles and miles and miles! The best part of this place were the ALPACA'S that were fenced in front of the convenience store of the gas station just hangin' out!</div>
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They were the cutest alpaca's! Kingsley hated them. Typical.</div>
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A cool tunnel we drove through in the mountains of Wyoming.</div>
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We were very excited for today! Today we were driving into Colorado to visit Mitch's brother and cousin for two nights. We woke up in Wyoming to light snow flurries and temperatures in the 30s, but it got nicer out as we drove down into Colorado.</div>
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This guy was parked next to us at the campground when we got up to leave in the morning. Antler christmas tree AND they were from Wisconsin! </div>
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Welcome to Colorful Colorado.</div>
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Approaching the Rockies.</div>
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Mitch's brother, Collin, and cousin, Matt, live together in Silverthorne, CO, near Dillon, Frisco, Breckenridge, and Keystone. We stopped for lunch in Steamboat Springs, about 45mins from Silverthorne. Once again, there weren't any food trucks, so we stopped and asked some cool looking dudes where we should get lunch. They recommended a place called 'Black Country Provisions' for sandwiches.</div>
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'Black Country Provisions' - Steamboat Springs, CO</div>
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Tuna on a Baguette with Chips and Izze Blackberry soda.</div>
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Turkey, Avocado and Bacon with Chips and Izze Blackberry soda.</div>
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Tuna sammy. Mitch didn't seem to think getting my smiling mug in the picture was important.</div>
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We arrived at Collin and Matt's house around 5pm. Mitch made dinner for everyone and we hung out at the house for the night.</div>
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T-bone steaks for the guys (clearly I was NOT thrilled with the choice of dinner)... with rosemary potatoes and sautéed mushrooms.</div>
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Today Collin and Matt both had off of work, so they drove us around to show us where they worked and to get lunch. We stopped in Frisco, CO at a place called 'Pika Bagel Bakery & Cafe.'</div>
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'Pika Bagel Bakery & Cafe' - Frisco, CO</div>
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Idaho KOA Campground: $33</div>
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We woke up in Crescent City, CA and headed straight out to the woods behind our campsite to explore the redwoods. They were unbelievable! We were in awe.<br />
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Hugging a SMALL redwood.</div>
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We stopped in a small town called Cave Junction, OR to get gas and immediately discovered a food truck! It was a pizza food truck, so we were very excited because we haven't stopped at a pizza truck yet. It was called 'Rosie's Inferno Fired Pizza' and it was in the gas station parking lot.</div>
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The chef at the 'Rosie's Inferno'.</div>
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Our pizza's in the 1000 degree brick oven - they only took 2 minutes to cook!</div>
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The Phoenix (chile oil base, chicken, fresh jalapeños, roasted red peppers, smoked mozzarella, and cilantro) and the Bianca (garlic olive oil base, mushrooms, ricotta, mozzarella, and basil).</div>
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The pizza's were absolutely fantastic and the crust was phenomenal! It is amazing to believe that these were made so quickly out of a food truck! We were very impressed and they tasted delicious.</div>
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Instead, we found a cool little health food market to buy some ingredients to make dinner at our campground later that night. The campground was in Albany, OR, about halfway between Eugene and Portland. </div>
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Mitch's favorite - Adoboloco Hot Sauce from Hawaii.</div>
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Yay! I've been looking forward to this day the entire trip! Today we stopped in Portland to eat at some trucks and then we were on our way to Seattle to visit our great friends, Krista and Ryan, who live there.</div>
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Thanks to the discovery of the 'Hog and Hen' online, it lead us to a huge row of food trucks! Unfortunately, neither of us ended up eating there, but I want to give them a huge shout-out for leading us to all the food trucks near them! If all food trucks were as easy to find as this one, our food truck hunting would be a lot easier!</div>
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Row of food trucks in Portland. There was every kind of food truck you could think of!</div>
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I found a vegan food truck to order from (first one I've found on this trip!) and Mitch found a modern Asian truck to eat at.</div>
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'Homegrown Smoker Vegan BBQ' menu.</div>
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Everything was SO GOOD! It always amazes me how 'regular' food can be converted into vegan food. Everything was so yummy and comforting and tasted great! Plus, I got all this food for only $8! Pretty incredible.</div>
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Crispy Chicken Bento Box</div>
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Mitch said the chicken was super, super crispy and delicious and it was served with sticky rice and veggies. It had a spicy lime aioli drizzled on top which really added to the flavor. The chicken dumplings were braised chicken and vegetables in wonton wrappers and deep-fried served with a sweet and sour sauce, as were the shrimp. Every was very good and made fresh to order. </div>
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Portland was whirlwind because we were literally only there for 20 minutes before we were back on the road again. We couldn't find parking, so we parked in a loading zone and ordered and ate our food as fast as we could. After our meal, we started our way to Seattle!</div>
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We arrived at Krista and Ryan's house around 5pm. It was so great to see them and awesome to know that we were going to be staying with them all weekend! They just bought a new house in Mukilteo, WA (about 15 mins from downtown Seattle) AND just a had a baby in August. It is such an exciting time in their lives and we are so lucky to be able to spend time with them!</div>
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Andie Rose!</div>
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Mitch made dinner for us that night (someone had to break in the new kitchen!) and we hung out at the house for the night. Everything was homemade with ingredients that Krista had in the pantry and it was all incredible!</div>
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Pan-seared halibut with lemon garlic butter.</div>
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Today we drove into Seattle to go to Pike Pier and walk around. We decided that eating at the pier was considered eating at a food market, so we ate there instead of hunting for food trucks.</div>
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Pike Pier/Public Market.</div>
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Produce.</div>
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Krista suggested we eat a place called 'Beecher's Homemade Cheese'. The line was out the door, so we knew it would good!</div>
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We woke up in Santa Margarita on Tuesday and explored the beautiful campground. We started our way towards San Francisco around noon and got there around 4:30pm. I found a place online called the 'SOMA Street Food Court' and we decided to check it out. It was very easy to find and parking, surprisingly, was not a problem at all.<br />
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The SOMA Street Food Park was amazing. It was a paved lot with numbered spots for the different food trucks to come and park. There was a covered and heated pavilion with picnic tables, flat screen TVs, free wifi, very nice bathrooms, an office, and beautiful landscaping. </div>
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The owner must have a liquor license for the property because there was a permanent truck parked in the back corner that is always there selling beer and wine. Food trucks are typically not allowed to sell alcohol, so the owner of this food court park did it up right with the stationary booze truck! </div>
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All the trucks looked very good, so we had a hard time trying to decide which one to go to. We went to 'Gyro's on Wheels' first to get an hummus and pita appetizer.</div>
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'Gyro's on Wheels' truck.</div>
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Hummus and pita bread appetizer.</div>
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Next, we went to a truck called the 'Southern Sandwich Co.' They had a very southern comfort-type menu. The chef was super nice and we told him all about our trip. </div>
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'Southern Sandwich Co' menu.</div>
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Mitch and the chef, Juan.</div>
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After we ordered and paid, the chef told us that he included an order of brisket and pork for us to try as well! </div>
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Pepper Jack Mac and Cheese</div>
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(The mac n cheese and cornbread were only $3 total, so I tipped him $2 and he included the brisket and cole slaw for free!)</div>
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Mac n Cheese, cole slaw, and cornbread from 'Southern Sandwich Co.'</div>
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Brisket, bread and pickles.</div>
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The brisket and pork was perfectly smoked that morning and it was delicious and flavorful. Mitch was so excited to eat them that he completely forgot to add the homemade hot sauce that the truck offered. He was so disappointed, but the meat was amazing by itself, so he couldn't be too mad. The mac and cheese was creamy and spicy and so good. The cornbread was made to perfection and even had jalapeños in it. Even the cole was spicy and delicious. All in all, a great meal made by an awesome chef. </div>
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Our final stop at SOMA was a truck called 'The Chairman.' Mitch thought he recognized it from some cooking show he had watched. It was a steam bun truck and there was a long line of people waiting to order, so we knew it would be good.</div>
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'The Chairman' food truck.</div>
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'The Chairman' menu.</div>
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Tender Pork Belly steam bun</div>
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All of the steam buns.</div>
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Crispy miso cured tofu with garlic-tofu mayo and baby choy sum.</div>
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Tender pork belly with turmeric pickled daikon and green shiso.</div>
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Coca-cola braised pork with savoy cabbage and preserved yellow mustard seeds.</div>
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All of the steam buns were very good and all had their own unique flavor. Mitch's favorite was surprisingly not the pork belly, but the spicy chicken one because the pickled carrots and cucumbers had a 'kimchi' flavor going on which he loves. I ate the tofu steam bun and it was warm, comforting, full of flavor, and delicious. </div>
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After stuffing ourselves silly, we started our drive towards our campground in Cloverdale, CA, about a 2 hour drive. The campground was at the top of a large mountain, so the drive to top on the crazy winding roads in the dark with the camper was pretty thrilling. <br />
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We woke up and hiked around the gorgeous campground overlooking hills and mountains and vineyards. It was pretty magnificent. </div>
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Cloverdale campground view. This picture doesn't do it justice!</div>
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'Becky's Taco's' food truck - Willets, CA.</div>
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Matt's beautiful home in the mountains. The view was incredible!</div>
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We said our good-bye's and started our way towards Crescent City, CA, about a 4 hour drive. Crescent City is right near the California/Oregon border and the drive up the coast was gorgeous! Curvy roads and redwoods every where! We stopped at a cool road side store in the middle of no-where that had redwood gifts and legend of Bigfoot items.</div>
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Crispy eggplant and roasted garlic with angel hair pasta and sweet potato leaves.</div>
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Cloverdale campsite: $60 (By far the most expensive campsite we stayed at - I wonder why it was so much more?)</div>
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We woke up in Benson, Arizona and made our way west to Tucson in about in hour. Neither of us had been to Tucson before, so we didn't really know where we were going. I tried to find food trucks on my phone, but, because it was a Sunday, I was having a hard time finding one that was open.<br />
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I found 'Planet of the Crepes' on Facebook.</div>
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After we drove around exploring Tucson for an hour, I found a website for 'Planet of the Crepes' which is a food truck in Tucson that is open every day. Once we mapped out where they were (no where near where we were at that moment), we hauled ass to try to get to the truck by by the time it closed at 1pm (it was about 12:40pm at this time).<br />
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I found their website with their hours and locations.</div>
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We literally pulled into the parking lot at 12:58pm. We parked and I ran over. I asked the lady in the truck if she was still open. She replied 'I suppose I am, but there's not much left...' So I told her we'd take whatever she had left and explained to her about our food truck road trip. She was very nice and I gave her the blog website address.<br />
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'Planet of the Crepes' truck.</div>
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I'm so glad we made it in time because the crepes were delicious!<br />
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Smoked Duck Crepe<br />
Nutella and Banana Crepe<br />
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Total (with tip): $14<br />
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Nutella-banana Crepe.</div>
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The crepes were served wrapped in wax paper and placed in a Solo drinking cone (very convenient) with a nice napkin wrapped around that and a fork sticking out. This made it super easy to eat something is normally served on a plate!<br />
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Nutella-banana crepe.</div>
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Smoked Duck Crepe.</div>
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The Nutella-banana crepe was so delicious and warm and comforting. The crepe was enormous and took me over 10 minutes to eat the entire thing! The smoked duck crepe had guacamole, onions, tomatoes, and aged cheddar cheese in it. The crepe itself was delicious - soft and crispy and very well-made. Granted the woman making the crepe had to work with the ingredients she had left, Mitch said it was good overall, but it had way too much guacamole on it (is that possible?) and that the ingredients together could have been better. All in all, it was tasty and Mitch was happy :)</div>
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After we ate the crepes, there was a farmers market going on in the same parking lot, so we walked around and picked up a few items. I made out pretty well considering one produce stand gave me an entire bag of free onions and another bakery stand gave me a free baguette! <br />
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Sleeping Frogs Farm stand.</div>
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Eggplant and sweet potato greens (from Sleeping Frog Farms)<br />
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Onions from another produce stand.<br />
Caroway Rye Loaf and a sour dough baguette (from Bake House Bakery)<br />
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Total: $11<br />
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After leaving Tucson, we started heading west towards San Diego (about a 6 hour drive). The only interesting stop we made was in the middle of the Arizona desert at a place called 'Dateland.' There were date palm fields all around, so we stopped to get gas and a ton of free date samples. <br />
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We arrived at our campground in San Diego around 9:30pm. This KOA campground was honestly the nicest one we've been to so far! First of all, it was gated. It had a beautiful pool and grounds - not as rustic as most of the campgrounds we've been to thus far. Very modern camping.<br />
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Mitch's dinner - Bacon and eggs with Ramen noodles and fresh heirloom & radish salad.</div>
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After we got up and walked around the campground for a while, we discovered the most amazing thing - a dog wash station. It was like a carwash/vending machine for dogs! Kingsley reeked from the alligator pond he jumped into a few days earlier, so it was great timing. <br />
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After that excitement, we got ready, left the camper at the campground, and drove into Ocean Beach to meet our friend, Max, who lives there. He was going to show us where some good trucks were.<br />
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Max used <u>www.sdfoodtrucks.com</u> to find a particular food truck he had heard was good. It was called 'Eat at Recess' and it was parked near Miramar Marine Corps Air Station. <br />
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'Eat at Recess' truck.</div>
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'Eat at Recess' menu.</div>
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The Science Project (Burger)<br />
Red Light (Vegetarian turkey sandwich)<br />
Side of Tots<br />
Dark Cherry Soda<br />
Root Beer<br />
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Total (with tip): $25<br />
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Vegetarian turkey sandwich.</div>
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The 'Eat at Recess' truck was pretty incredible. It looked very new and it was enormous. It had a drink station and a condiment station on the side, and the kitchen inside looked about the size of most restaurant kitchens! <br />
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The food was equally incredible. We were surprised at how big the menu was at this truck because most trucks have pretty small menus. The tots were so crunchy and wonderful. The vegetarian 'turkey' sandwich was also very good - sweet and savory at the same time. Mitch's burger was "effin' delicious" - you could tell that the burger was fresh pressed and the veggies on it were fresh and organic. He was very happy.<br />
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One block from Max's apartment.</div>
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Mitch and Max.</div>
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It actually wasn't horrible at all! We made it from San Diego to the food truck we were going to in West Hollywood in about 2 and half hours. Our friend, Michael (the same one who was in Austin while we were there) and his wife, Amber, live there and Amber works for a food truck/catering company called 'Heirloom LA.' On Monday nights, a wine store called Silverlake Wines has free wine tastings and they let Heirloom park their truck in front of the store to serve food for all the winos from 5-10pm.<br />
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Amber taking our order and the delicious, beautiful trifle cake on the counter.</div>
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I can honestly say that this meal was the best we've had, hands down. The chef made Mitch small plates of several things on the menu, and Mitch hung out with him in the truck for a while.<br />
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Garden salad<br />
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Garden salad with veggies, lettuces & vinegar.</div>
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Wild Baramundi white fish with Heirloom tomato ceviche.</div>
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Cochinite Pibil plate with pickled onions and dirty rice.</div>
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Sloppy Migs - brisket on a bun with fresh salad and onion rings.</div>
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Mojo Crispy - Ciccharon sandwich with queso freco and shell bean puree.</div>
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Overall, everything was absolutely perfect - the truck graphics, the truck set-up, the menu display, the staff, and, most importantly, the food! </div>
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The salad was so fresh tasting because all the vegetables were home-grown and organic. So simple and yummy with just a little vinegar on it. The perfectly cooked fresh whitefish was crusted in delicious crispy tempura and the tomato ceviche was a perfect accompaniment to the fish. The cochinite pibil plate was a standard, amazing braised pork shoulder with an awesome spicy barbecue sauce. The sloppy migs was Mitch's favorite - the brisket was super tender, slathered in barbecue sauce, served on yummy ciabata bread with crispy onion rings. Wait - I guess the mojo crispy was Mitch's favorite - the chiccharon was an awesome pork belly roll that appeared to be roasted and then fried which made it super tender and crispy all at the same time. Everything on the sandwich complimented each other but the pork itself was so tasty that it almost didn't need anything else with it!</div>
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All in all, the best food truck experience we've had so far!!</div>
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Amber is awesome and wouldn't let us pay for anything. Considering all the food they kept bringing out for us to try, this was extremely generous and totally unexpected! Thank you so much to Amber and the chefs at Heirloom. I went into the wine store and picked out a nice wine for them as a thank you :)</div>
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After our amazing meal, we started our trek north. Our campground was located in Santa Margarita, CA, about a 3 and a half hour drive north of LA. This campground was beautiful, located in the mountains way off the main highway. </div>
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San Diego campground: $55</div>
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Santa Margarita campground: $40</div>
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Gas: $244</div>
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Wine: $20</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-20539066834577903582012-10-19T19:12:00.001-07:002012-10-19T19:12:08.724-07:00Retro Camper Photo Shoot 9/21/12Hi everyone!<br />
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Here is a link to the awesome photo shoot we did with the amazingly talented Katie Donoghue just two days before we left for our road trip:<br />
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<b>http://www.katedphoto.com/2012/10/retro-pathfinder-camper-food-truck-adventure-style-shoot/</b><br />
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These pictures are even better than I could have ever imagined. Thank you Katie for your time and talent! <br />
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L&MAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-28502446307851525202012-10-18T12:19:00.000-07:002012-10-23T18:12:08.848-07:00DAYS 20 - 21: Austin, Van Horn, El Paso, Las Cruces, and Benson<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Friday - Saturday, October 12th - 13th, 2012: Austin, Van Horn, and El Paso (Texas), Las Cruces (New Mexico), and Benson (Arizona)</span></b><br />
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We woke up on our last day in Austin, packed up the camper, said our goodbyes, and started our journey west. First things first, we stopped to get breakfast at one of Mitch's favorite food trucks, Torchy's, which was parked at the South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery. This parking lot is great because there is about 6 trucks parked here and there's tons of picnic tables, umbrellas, bathrooms, and a covered seating area.<br />
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Torchy's Menu.</div>
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Fried Avocado Taco<br />
Green Chile Pork Taco<br />
The Republican (Jalapeño Pork Taco)<br />
The Independent (Portobello Mushroom Taco<br />
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The fried avocado was awesome, but the portobello mushroom taco was one of the best things I've eaten thus far! It was so flavorful and delicious! Mitch loves their house hot sauce, Diablo Sauce, and brought some home last time he was in Austin. Today, his favorite taco was the Republican with the grilled jalapeño sausage - it was delicious but he thought it could have stood a little more time on the grill. The grilled chile pork was also awesome because you can't go wrong with grilled pork carnitas :)</div>
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After breakfast, we stopped to get an oil change in the Jeep and fill up the gas tank. Then we were on our way. There isn't much to see or do between Austin and the little town we stayed in that night, Van Horn, Texas. It was about a 7 hour drive with hardly a single interesting place to stop along the way, but the views were beautiful!<br />
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I made Mitch make us the delicious vegan mac n' cheese again that he made while we were camping in Lafayette. He resisted a bit because he wasted to make something else, but I <i>begged</i> and he finally gave in.<br />
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We started our drive to El Paso, about 2 hours from Van Horn. It was a Saturday, so we weren't sure what we were going to find as far as food trucks. I found a few things on Facebook, but not much else.<br />
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We pulled into downtown El Paso and immediately saw a street festival going on with <i>dozens</i> of food trucks! The festival was called 'Chalk the Bock' and there were people everywhere eating at food trucks and drawing on the sidewalks with chalk.<br />
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We walked through the entire row of food trucks before deciding what we wanted. Our first stop was a taco truck that had spiral potatoes on a stick.<br />
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Spiral Potato<br />
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Total: $5<br />
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<u>What we ordered:</u><br />
Chicken in a Waffle Cone (from the kids menu)<br />
Green Chili Mac (also from the kids menu)<br />
Vanilla Bean Horchata<br />
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The chicken tenders and fries in a waffle cone made Mitch laugh before he ordered it because he thought it was a great idea. Once his order was up, we realized it was clearly from the kids menu because it was just a plain ol' store bought waffle cone with frozen chicken tenders and fries. Still, it tasted good, but definitely had room for improvement. It had marshmallow and BBQ sauce on it, which was actually a very good combo. The side of green chile mac was good size portion and tasted incredible! Also, the delicious vanilla bean horchata came in a huge 20oz cup and was only $3!</div>
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After we left El Paso, we started making our way towards Las Cruces, New Mexico. I found something online about a farmers market going on, but we couldn't find it for the life of us. We did find a great road side gift store though!<br />
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Awesome gift shop - we got THREE gorgeous, woven Mexican blankets for $20!</div>
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Miniature Pincher puppies for $20! I'm still not quite sure how I walked away from them...</div>
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Largest Chile in the World! - Las Cruces, New Mexico</div>
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We could see fireworks from our campsite! - Benson, Arizona.</div>
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Mitch made another amazing dinner at the campsite - cous cous, vegan sausage, onions, potatoes, peppers, spicy veganaise, and sweet tomato relish. AMAZING.</div>
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Van Horn campsite: $38</div>
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Benson campsite: $35</div>
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Oil Change in Austin: $51</div>
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Gas: $243</div>
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Strand of Peppers: $10</div>
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Gift shop goodies: $41</div>
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Santa Margarita, CA</div>
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The drive from Lafayette to Houston was about 3.5 hours. I had found several food trucks on my food truck phone apps, but decided to take a different approach and searched for Houston food trucks on Facebook. Usually if a food truck business has a Facebook page or a Twitter account, they update their hours and location on a daily basis so it's easy for their customers to find them or know when they're open. </div>
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Papou Jerry's Gyro Truck on Facebook - open til 10pm!</div>
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We decided on a truck called Papou Jerry's Gyro Truck. Our timing arriving in Houston wasn't the greatest. It's an big city and it was rush hour, but we found the truck with no problem.</div>
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Karbach Brewing Co. 'Weisse Versa Wheat' beer (from the 'West Alabama Ice House' bar that the Gyro Truck was parked in front of)</div>
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We arrived in Austin around 8:30pm to our friend Colin's house in South Austin. He has an awesome backyard with a fire pit, so the 3 of us and our other friend Dusty all hung out and had some drinks, then ate some dinner around 11pm. </div>
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The next day, while our friends were at work, Mitch and I explored Austin. It's such a fantastic city and I can't wait to live here permanently! There are so many independently owned restaurants and storefronts, not to mention 100's of food trucks EVERYWHERE you look! No need for a fancy food truck app/facebook/twitter account to find food trucks here. </div>
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Colin the sailor gettin' some fresh ink.</div>
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Southside Tattoo Shop - Austin, TX</div>
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Probably the most painful spot to get a tattoo but he lived to tell the story.</div>
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'Mi So Hungry' - Mitch said this was in the running to be his favorite food truck meal so far!</div>
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Everyone had to go to work again, so Mitch and I did some more exploring, this time to the outskirts of the city and more into the suburbs. When we got back to the city, we decided to stop at a food truck parking lot not far from Colin's house. There were probably around 10 food trucks parked there.</div>
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Nomad Dosa Food Truck - an old converted airstream trailer!</div>
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Kerala Kokonut Soft Dosa</div>
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Kerala Kokonut Soft Dosa - soft 'shell' (similar to a thick crepe), butternut squash, zucchini, eggplant, carrots and cauliflower with coconut curry, mild coconut chutney, and lentil soup dipping sauce.</div>
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SO SO SO GOOD! Very healthy.</div>
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Next stop was 'The Mightly Cone' which was recommended to us by someone while we were out the night before.</div>
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Hot and Crunchy Avocado Cone</div>
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The guys working were super nice and they even gave us a CD of their band for us to listen to during our road trip.</div>
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The Mighty Cone menu. The Crunchy Avocado Cone was probably my favorite thing that I've eaten so far! Crunchy, fried avocado - who knew?</div>
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'Hey Cupcake!' - Another old airstream! Love it.</div>
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San Jose Hotel was a cute, boutique-style hotel. We ordered a bottle of wine and hung out there for a while. After picking up the guys from the airport around 9pm, we hung out at Colin's house for a bit. Everyone wanted to go out, so I told the guys to have 'boys night' while I stayed home with the dogs and passed out from all the red wine I drank.<br />
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<u>Total Spending Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday:</u><br />
Kirby Cafe (we ate at a restaurant! ooops. Late dinner the 1st night we arrived): $30<br />
Jo's for coffee & sandwiches: $22<br />
Walgreens (tooth medication for Mitch, shampoo, conditioner, candy): $29<br />
Parking downtown: $7<br />
Drinks at Stubbs: $20<br />
Gas in Colin's car (thanks Colin!): $20<br />
Wine at San Jose Hotel (with tip): $54<br />
Tattoo's: $160<br />
Food truck food: $58<br />
Gas $132<br />
Coffee and croissants on Thursday morning: $16<br />
Groceries at Whole Foods $48<br />
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Crazy tunnel under the city in Mobile, AL.</div>
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Shrimp and sweet potato fries.</div>
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Sausage Jambalaya.</div>
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I'm not sure if I was just really hungry or if this food really WAS as good as it tasted, but we were happy with everything. Nothing fancy, but everything was delicious.</div>
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The drive was so beautiful! Louisiana coast coming up to New Orleans.</div>
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I found several food truck vendors on the awesome phone app call 'Eat St.' (Shout out to my friend Erica for the recommendation! Such a great app.) We picked out an area that had a few good-sounding food trucks and made our way to the east side of the French Quarter.</div>
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Once we finally found parking (NOT easy in the Big Easy, hee hee...), we walked around a bit. We were just in New Orleans last March for Mitch's 30th birthday, so it was fun to see everything again.</div>
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Jackson Square - New Orleans, LA</div>
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We still had fun just walking around - if you've ever been to New Orleans, you know that there is plenty to see/look at! We finally got back on the road and started heading to Lafayette, LA where we had our campsite reservation. We decided we would just make dinner there. We considered eating at one of our favorite places in NOLA called 'Coop's Tavern', but it was super busy and there was a wait. Plus we'd be breaking our road trip rules if we ate at a real restaurant!</div>
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The drive to Lafayette was about an hour and half. Mitch made a delicious dinner for us at our campsite (way better than any restaurant food we could have gotten!). I did some homework, then we watched a movie and went to bed - super excited for Houston and Austin tomorrow!</div>
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Vegan Mac n' Cheeze with caramelized onions and green tomatoes.</div>
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KOA campsite in Lafayette: $35</div>
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Scratch-off lotto ticket: $8 (no winners unfortunately) :(</div>
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We decided to stop in Tallahassee even though it wasn't an original planned stop on our itinerary. FSU is located there, so we thought we might be able to find some sort of food truck. It was a Sunday though and pretty quiet everywhere, so we basically gave up and started to head out of town.<br />
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Rib Snack Sandwich<br />
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Mike, the owner, was SO nice. We told him about our road trip and he let us take a bunch of pictures of him. He even gave us a free 'King's BBQ' knit hat and visor AND 2 pieces of cake! Thanks Mike! Mitch decided that he definitely lived up to his title of 'King of BBQ' as he was hunched over the hood of the Jeep, eating ribs and wiping his BBQ sauce covered face with his t-shirt. Even the fries were delicious!<br />
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After Tallahassee, we made our way towards Panama City in the Florida panhandle. We were headed to a small beach community called Rosemary Beach to visit Mitch's family friends, the Keepman family. They had just recently bought a house there, so we wanted to make sure we stopped to see them.<br />
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We ended up staying for several hours and had a blast. They even fed us dinner (chili for Mitch, crackers/hummus/snacks and wine for me)! They offered to let us stay with them, but we had already made a non-refundable reservation at a campsite in Pensacola, so we decided to stick with our plan :(<br />
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It got to be pretty late, so we started our drive to the KOA in Pensacola, FL - about an hour and a half west of Rosemary Beach. I'm not too sure how we stayed awake for that drive, but we eventually got there and passed out immediately.<br />
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Food trucks: $15<br />
Gas $148<br />
Campground: $35<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-36632213488336936042012-10-11T08:16:00.002-07:002012-10-11T08:20:38.527-07:00DAY 14: Tampa and Morriston, FL<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Saturday, October 6th, 2012: Tampa and Morriston, FL</span></b><br />
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Bridge to no-where in Tampa.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Shrimp taco</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Tempeh taco</span><br />
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Shrimp taco and tempeh taco.</div>
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Horchata and Pineapple Agua Fresca.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Next stop was Mitch's childhood house in Tampa where he was born and raised until age 5. We even got to surprise some of his old neighbors that are still close family friends!</span><br />
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Mitch's childhood home in Tampa.</div>
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The Whalen's - Kelon, Tera, Teri and Mick.</div>
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After leaving Tampa, our final stop was at my cousin, Marianne's, house in Morriston, FL, about 2 hours north of Tampa. She lives on a horse farm with her daughters and boyfriend, so we were excited to see a different side to Florida than either of us had ever seen. There were literally miles and miles of horse farms and horse training facilities!<br />
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The Belafonte in Morriston, FL.</div>
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Rachel, me, Lyric, Taylor, and Marianne.</div>
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Their land was beautiful and they had so many different kinds of animals in addition to horses on their farm.<br />
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Piglets!</div>
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Rachel, my cousin's 13 year old middle daughter, was our chef for the evening. She made us one of the best meals we've had so far! We were super impressed with her cooking skills. Marianne's other daugters, Taylor and Lyric, are such amazing girls too and treated us like royalty while we were there.<br />
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Ritz cracker-encrusted chicken with sweet potatoes.</div>
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<u>What we ate:</u><br />
Baked Chicken Tenders with Ritz cracker breading<br />
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Broccoli salad<br />
Potato Salad<br />
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Kennel and Vet fees for Kingsley (5 night stay plus all vet needs up-to-date): $243 (about $49/day)<br />
Starbucks (I know, I know....): $9<br />
Extras from Taco Bus (2 kinds of hot sauce): $6<br />
Gas: $76<br />
Food truck/farm market food: $31.50<br />
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<b>Total Spending for Day 14: $365.50 </b>(over budget)<br />
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Real life Mario Cart driving through northern Florida...</div>
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Thanks again to everyone for all the support!<br />
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XOXO<br />
Mitch and Laurel<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-38388084714365064182012-10-09T15:06:00.002-07:002012-10-09T23:18:19.565-07:00DAYS 11 - 14: Yes, we're still at Bonita Beach<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Wednesday, October 3rd - Saturday, October 6th, 2012: Bonita Beach, FL</span></b><br />
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We had heard about a dog beach down the street near our condo, so we decided to pick up Kingsley from the dog kennel for the afternoon and take him there. Mitch made some breakfast and we were off the dog beach. <br />
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Breakfast: Grits with leftover veg/tofu stew (with an egg for Mitch) and toast.</div>
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Dog Beach</div>
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Frisbee master</div>
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This place was awesome! There were probably 25 other people there with every king of dog you can imagine. Kingsley got lots of frisbee and hump time in, so he was happy.<br />
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Later, we drove to Ft. Myers Beach hoping to find some food trucks or street vendors, but found nothing. We stopped at a produce stand, an ice cream stand, and a fish market off the island though, so we still got our fix.<br />
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Produce stand in Ft. Myers.</div>
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Pickin' out the good stuff.</div>
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<u>What we got:</u><br />
Oranges<br />
Potatoes<br />
Tomatoes<br />
Onion<br />
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Total: $10<br />
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Mint Chip cone<br />
Mango Sorbet slushie<br />
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Total (with tip): $10<br />
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Beach Seafood Market - Ft. Myers</div>
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1# of grouper<br />
1# of medium shrimp<br />
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Dinner at the condo was 'Gulf of Mexico Bouillabaisse' - grouper, shrimp, saffron, seafood stock, tomatoes, garlic, peppers, and pasta with crusty bread.</div>
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<b>Total Spending: $41 </b>(under budget)<br />
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<b><u>Thursday 10/4</u></b><br />
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Thursday was another lazy day by the pool/ocean, reading and drinking Bloody Mary's. We didn't prepare any food at home because we made plans to meet Mitch's grandma (we call her Nonnie) for dinner in Lehigh Acres, FL where she lives. It was about a 45 minute drive from where we were staying.<br />
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Nonnie took us to a place called 'Beef o'Brady's' which (I think) is a chain restaurant in the south. It was very good!<br />
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Nonnie, Mitch and Laurel at Nonnie's house.</div>
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Fish and Chips<br />
Ribs and Chicken Tenders<br />
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Dinner was Nonnie's treat which was very generous of her! After dinner, we went back to her house to hang out with her and her boyfriend, Jim. The best part is when she pulled out all the old photo albums with pictures of Mitch when he was a kid! <br />
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Mitch. Stud. Same haircut today.</div>
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Mitch. Stud. Bleached mullet with the sides shaved.</div>
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Mitch. Chef-in-training. Stretching some pizza dough.</div>
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Mitch's mama. Beautiful Debi as a teenager.</div>
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Target (more sunscreen, tooth ache medicine for Mitch, nail polish, Twizzlers): $31<br />
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Friday was another lazy day by the pool (poor ol' us, I know)....<br />
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At night, I did some homework, then decided to color my blond hair with a box of brown hair dye. Not ideal, but desperate times call for desperate measures! There's no time for blond highlight up-keep on this trip! Good thing I like being a brunette :)<br />
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Mitch did weird 'Mitch' things (including harvesting, straining, drying out, and separating seeds into envelopes from all of the tomatoes and peppers we had brought along from his garden at home ... the things that keep him entertained are beyond me....). <br />
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Then we packed up the car/camper so we could leave early the next morning.<br />
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Friday breakfast - grits and veggies, Pellegrino and coffee on the patio.</div>
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Our condo - Seascape on Little Hickory Island</div>
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Walgreens (brown hair color, envelopes for Mitch's seeds): $19<br />
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New posts coming soon from:<br />
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Tampa<br />
Morriston, FL<br />
Tallahasse<br />
Rosemary Beach, FL<br />
Pensacola, FL<br />
Mobile, AL<br />
Gulfport, MS<br />
New Orleans<br />
Lafayette, LA<br />
Houston<br />
Austin<br />
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Yeah! So excited for what's still to come!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-65725374418438041322012-10-03T08:39:00.000-07:002012-10-03T08:39:45.939-07:00DAYS 8 - 14: Bonita Beach, FL<br />
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Mitch and I are taking a few days off before we're back on the road eating ONLY at food trucks across the US! Which means only home-cooked meals from our condo and plenty of wave-jumping in the Gulf of Mexico (and sunburns on my part).<br />
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We are having such a good time doing absolutely NOTHING! I think we're going to go to Miami for the day tomorrow (Thursday) to check out the food truck scene there. Also, Mitch's grandma (Nonnie) lives nearby in Lehigh, FL, so we're going to spend Thursday night with her and have dinner at her house. She is an amazing cook - she's the first person to teach Mitch how to cook!<br />
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Homemade vegan pizza (caramelized onions, mushrooms, garlic, spinach, peppers and tofutti cream cheese) and Campari cocktails.</div>
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Homemade vegan stew with couscous (roasted potatoes and peppers, tomatoes, garlic, cucumbers, vegetable stock, and tofu), beer, and Campari cocktails.</div>
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Bloody Mary's for the pool.</div>
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Pool with a view. The weather has been perfect so far!</div>
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Bonita Beach is so quiet and beautiful. Thank you again to Scott Bryer for extending his lovely beach front condo to us this week that he so generously gifted to us a wedding gift!</div>
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Target (we didn't pack swimsuits (?!) and Mitch's favorite boots got holes in the bottoms, so we had to stock up on those things, plus sunscreen, a new car phone charger, and some books): $131</div>
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We decided to check out Tybee Island, a small beach community just east of Savannah in the Atlantic Ocean. After driving through Savannah first, we discovered that parking was (surprise, surprise!) very difficult. Tybee was about a 25 minute drive from where our campground was, but was definitely worth the out-of-way drive! The beach was amazing! This will for-sure be a place for us to come back to some day.<br />
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Kingsley's first time in the ocean :) Clearly, he loved it. He just ran back and forth.</div>
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Gerald's Pork & Shrimp "Food Truck" - Tybee Island, GA</div>
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Shrimp Po-Boy</div>
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The Po-Boy sandwiches were the specialty of the house, so it was very easy to decide what to order. They were delicious! Plus, the cole slaw had capers in it, so I was happy. Also, the bread was really good. I always find that the bread can make or break a sandwich. Mitch liked it so much that he ate it so fast and forgot to put the homemade house mango hot sauce on! Mitch never forgets to put hot sauce on anything! </div>
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The only thing I would change about the meal would be to have some sort of dipping sauce with the fried okra - although they were delicious by themselves! Gerald, the owner, was very nice and talked to us for a while about our trip and about how his business came to be on Tybee Island. We will definitely be back to eat here some day.</div>
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Another side note - here is a cute picture of Kingsley and how he is choosing to situate himself while riding in the car:</div>
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I should probably also mention another tidbit about our trip to Tybee Island - we got pulled over by the local cops. We didn't have license plates displayed on the camper, so the cops were very curious as to what two Wisconsinites were doing on a tiny island in Georgia pulling a bright blue vintage camper. We even let them look inside the camper after one them asked about 'any dead bodies back there' or something to that tune. </div>
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After showing them the camper and Mitch winning them over (as Mitch does), they let us be on our way. One of them even let me take a picture of him...</div>
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I'll just go ahead and say that this was the WORST idea I've had the entire trip. I have nothing much to say about Jacksonville (I'm sure it's a fine city) except that there were homeless people everywhere, there were no interesting sights to see, and the only 'food' we could find near the stadium was a sad-looking hot dog stand in a run-down gravel parking lot. </div>
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After cursing ourselves for wasting an hour searching for the stadium and then driving around it like idiots, we got STUCK ON A DEAD-END ROAD with a CAMPER. Mitch was a champ though and really proved that his trailer towing skills are getting better every day. He managed to back out of the dead-end road without hitting anything or losing his cool. Once we were out, we decided to get out of Jacksonville ASAP.</div>
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We drove the rest of the way to Bonita Springs on the Georgia Peach (as Mitch calls it...more commonly called the 'scenic route'), and made to to our condo around midnight. We're going to take the day off from eating at food trucks tomorrow and just relax at the pool and cook meals at the condo. Plus we have to take Kingsley to the dog boarding facility in Naples in the morning - no dogs allowed at the condo :(</div>
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Boiled Peanuts (Mitch's favorite in the South): $3.50</div>
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<b>TOTAL: $208.50 </b>(over budget)</div>
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Today was the first morning we slept in without setting our alarm. When we got up, we decided to go for a run along a campground trails. Then we showered, and started our drive towards Richmond, VA (about an hour south).<br />
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Neither of us had been to Richmond before, so we drove all over the city. We searched for food trucks on our phones, but the only ones that were out on a Saturday were closed down by 12pm. We arrived there around 1:30pm, so we were a little too late. <br />
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Richmond was a really cool city, so we were happy to just drive around and look at everything. We almost had given up and were about to leave when Mitch suggested that I search to see if there were any farmers markets going on. Almost immediately, I discovered a farmers market/Italian street festival going on at a place called the Historic 17th Street Market. We made our way there, paid to park in a parking lot that our camper would fit in, and walked down to the market. <br />
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We walked around a little bit more, the headed back to the car so we could start our 7 hour drive to the Savannah, GA campground we made a reservation at. For dinner, I made sandwiches while we were stopped at a gas station at the N. Carolina/S. Carolina border. </div>
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It was almost 11pm by the time we got to the campsite, so we're going to check out downtown Savannah tomorrow morning/afternoon. Then we will be on our way to Orlando and Bonita Springs, FL (about a 7 hour drive from Savannah).</div>
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Gas: $145 (Thanks for the $$$ <b>Kyle Thomas, Annie Bal, </b>and<b> Aunt Mary Anne/Uncle Dale</b>!)</div>
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Campsite at Savannah KOA: $41</div>
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Parking at the farmers market: $12 ($6 for the car, $6 for the camper)</div>
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Donation to get into the farmers market (we got 2 reusable Italian Festival shopping bags): $10</div>
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<b>Total: $223</b> (over budget - seems to be a theme...)</div>
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We left the campground in New Jersey mid-morning and made our way towards Philadelphia which was about an hour drive. I started searching for food trucks on my phone as we got close to the city. The most helpful website/app I found was called 'ChowGetter' which showed us where several food trucks were parked throughout the city. There are many cities that use 'ChowGetter' so I highly suggest trying it out!<br />
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The closest food trucks to where we were driving into the city were near Temple University. It only listed 2 trucks there, but they both sounded good (you can click on them to see what they offer) so we decided to go check them out. <br />
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It turned out that there were <i>dozens</i> of food trucks parked near the university in addition to the ones on the ChowGetter app. The only problem was that it was terribly difficult to find parking! We finally just decided to park in a Loading Zone with our hazards on because we were so hungry that we clearly didn't care about following parking rules. </div>
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Mitch wanted tacos, so he went to Wingo Taco, which was a Korean taco and wing truck. The staff was so nice and friendly, and they were very enthusiastic about our road trip.</div>
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'Wingo Taco' Char-Grilled Korean food truck.</div>
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Spicy Sesame Chicken Taco</div>
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Stewed Beef, Potato & Tomatillo Taco</div>
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BBQ Beef Taco</div>
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Tacos from 'Wingo Taco.'</div>
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I walked around for a bit trying to decide what I wanted to eat. I decided to get a veggie burger from 'Sexy Green Truck' which, according to the website, specialized in local, organic food. They had a huge menu, so it took me a few minutes for me to decide what to order.</div>
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We both decided to get food from a truck called 'Noodlerolla'. I noticed that we're always drawn to the trucks that are brightly colored and have eye-catching graphics. I know that this doesn't always mean the food is better, but it can always help. I will keep this is mind when we have our own truck. </div>
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Spicy Bulgogi Burrito (beef, cabbage, potato, cilantro, bean sprouts)</div>
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We also stopped at 'Iced Gems' to get a cupcake - we couldn't resist! The guy working in the truck was very nice and we told him all about our food truck road trip. We asked him what cupcake he recommended and he told us to get 'Italian Wedding.' It tasted like pecans, pineapple, hazelnut, and amaretto all mixed together, with a delicious buttercream frosting. </div>
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Enjoying my 'Italian Wedding' cupcake!</div>
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By the time we got back to our Jeep, we decided we didn't want to drive much further that night, so we found a KOA campground just south of Washington, D.C., about an hour and a half south of Baltimore. Our original plan was to stop in Washington to eat at food trucks, but the further we get into our road trip, the more we are realizing that not every stop on our itinerary is going to work out. It all depends on what day of the week it is and what time of day it is.</div>
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We woke up and left Tom's around 10:30am. We headed straight to the Yale campus where our bartender from last night had directed us to go. It was only about 5 minutes away and we found the food trucks/carts right away.<br />
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On our way out of Seaside Heights, it was already 6pm. We were planning on driving to a campground near Philadelphia/Baltimore, but we changed our minds and decided to find a campground in New Jersey. We realize that we're not following our road trip schedule very well, but that's what makes the trip fun! </div>
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Tip Tam Campground - Jackson, NJ, about 30 minutes west of the Jersey coast towards Philadelphia.</div>
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Dinner at our campsite was grilled tuna sandwiches with homegrown tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers.</div>
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<b>Total Spent on Food Trucks: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>$12.50 </b>(under budget)</span></div>
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<b>TOTAL: $138.50 </b>(under budget)</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14398035839528043435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5492233766346480002.post-22449750688561581342012-09-27T20:41:00.002-07:002012-09-27T21:18:42.138-07:00DAY 3: Effort, PA and DAY 4: NYC and Hamden, CT<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DAY 3 - Wednesday, September 26th, 2012: Effort, PA</span></b><br />
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We woke up at our campsite and left around 10:30am. It was about a 7 hour drive to Effort, PA. Driving through Pennsylvania was fairly uneventful and boring, so we were happy to get to my cousin's house.<br />
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Jens (my cousin's husband) and Mitch making dinner.</div>
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Britta's son, Jens Jr.</div>
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Britta's daughter, Jovi, a.k.a. Smokey the Bear.</div>
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<b>Total Spent on Food Trucks: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$0</span></b></div>
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<b>Spending for Day 3: </b></div>
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Gas: $80 (Thanks for the BP Gas Cards <b>Katie Scheffen and Allison McCreadie</b>!)</div>
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Oil Change and new car battery: $181 :(</div>
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<b>TOTAL: $261 </b>(over budget)</div>
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Leftover from our $6000 budget: $5259</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">DAY 4 - Thursday, September 27th: Bronx, NY and Hamden, CT</span></b></div>
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The next morning we left their house around noon and stopped at Heckman Orchards farm market on the way out of Effort. </div>
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<u>What we bought:</u></div>
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5lbs of Honeycrisp Apples</div>
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Homemade Soy Candle</div>
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<b>Total: $16</b></div>
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Heckman Orchards in Effort, PA.</div>
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As we were driving through the city, we realized it was not the easiest thing to do with a huge trailer camper being towed behind us. We drove through the Bronx neighborhoods for an hour or so, past the stadium and the zoo, but decided it was going to be too hard to try to park the camper. So instead of stopping at one of the million food trucks we saw, we started heading towards Connecticut. </div>
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Awesome food! We were happily surprised.</div>
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After our food truck meal, we continued our way up to the Hamden/New Haven, CT area. We got there at 7pm and easily found our friend Tom's restaurant, the 'Park Central Tavern' where Tom is the executive chef. Tom is Mitch's mentor and Mitch was Tom's Sous Chef at Smyth at the Iron Horse Hotel (Milwaukee) from 2009-2011.</div>
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The two of us with Tom at Park Central Tavern. He made us an amazing meal for dinner.</div>
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Dinner was Disco Fries, Seared Scallops, Buttermilk Fried Clam Tongues, Seared BBQ Tuna, and Crab Stuffed Clams. Delicious.</div>
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After dinner, Tom took us to a local bar called 'The Playwright.' The bartender, Eric, gave us a bunch of suggestions of places to go to find food trucks in New Haven near the Yale campus. This was so helpful to us! We're going to check them out before we leave town tomorrow morning.</div>
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After our night at the Red Roof Inn, we woke up and left the hotel around 9:30am. We were on the hunt for the nearest auto parts store to get our camper lights in working order and then be on our way to downtown Cleveland to find some food trucks!<br />
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We easily found an O'Reilly Auto Parts store about 10 minutes from our hotel. We bought some new lights, windshield wipers, a wire harness receiver, an emergency LED light, and some electrical tape. We got right to work installing the new lights and crossed our fingers that they would work and we would be on our way.<br />
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After working on the camper for a while in the auto parts store parking lot, a nice man named Bill Mantle pulled in the parking lot and approached me to ask me about our camper. He was driving by and had to stop by to see it up close. Turns out he was a vintage camper and vintage car enthusiast and had a vintage camper that he had just re-modeled at his house down the road! </div>
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We explained to Bill what happened with the lights and he proceeded to help us try figure out what was wrong. We finally thought we had the problem solved, gave Bill some handshakes and hugs, and we were all on our way.</div>
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Mitch and Bill Mantle (nicest man EVER!)</div>
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As we were about to pull out of the parking lot, Mitch jumped out of the car to check the lights one last time. Good thing he did because they stopped working AGAIN. Bill invited us to come to his house down the street where he had tools and more space to work on the camper. We took him up on his offer and followed him to his house. </div>
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Bill called his neighbor, Bruce, to come over who also happened to be a camper-owner and all-around handyman. Bruce had us back the camper into his driveway and brought out a bunch of cords, tools and various items to work on it. Him and Bill proceeded to get under the camper and re-wire the entire thing while Mitch and I watched in awe. These guys were honestly the most genuine and kind men you could ever meet. It was a true god-send that they were able to help us out. </div>
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Hanging out with Bruce's dogs. They did NOT like Kingsley.</div>
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After Bruce offered to let us stay at us house, then gave a us one of those bag/camp chairs and some granola bars, Bill showed us his remodeled camper and we met his wife. We thanked them all profusely and wrote their addresses down (we're still thinking of ways to compensate them for their amazing hospitality and kindness). It was about 5pm by this time - too late to hit up any food trucks in Cleveland and too late to start making our way to Effort, PA to visit my cousins, so we decided to find a campground and call it a night.</div>
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We stopped at a grocery store and stocked up on food for the trip (finally), bought some firewood, and then stopped at Best Buy to get a mobile internet hotspot for our car. The Best Buy salesman ASSURED us that the hotspot would work anywhere. Once I got it set up in the car and we drove off, I immediately began doing some of my online class homework and updating our blog - until the hotspot stopped working. Turns out, the hotspot only works in large-ish cities where there is Sprint 4G coverage - NOT in rural areas outside the city. Effffffffff......</div>
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Feeling a little deceived by the Best Buy salesman, we made our way out of Cleveland to the Streetsboro, OH KOA campground we made a reservation at. It was about 40 minutes southeast of where we were. There was a Home Depot down the road from it, so we stopped and got a small space heater for the camper since it was in the 40s that night.</div>
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<b>Total spent on Food Trucks for Day 2: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">$0</span> :(</b></div>
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O'Reilly Auto Parts: $49 (Thanks for the Visa gift card <b>Barb and Jim</b>!)</div>
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Best Buy for the mobile hotspot device and one months worth of 4G service: $88</div>
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Groceries for the trip: $105</div>
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KOA Campsite: $26</div>
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KOA Membership card (year membership for 10% off all stays at KOA): $24</div>
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XO Mitch and Laurel</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Our plan was to leave at 8am, but it ended up being
more like 11 since we were up til 4am STILL packing and getting everything
together for the trip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Finally on the road - Our driver with his Marty McFly vest.</div>
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So tired but happy and excited!</div>
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The 3 of us - Laurel, Kingsley, Mitch.</div>
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(Side note, don't use 'normal' hangers in a camper.
Everything will fall off once you hit the first pothole in the road. I
will be on the hunt for those hotel-style infinity hangers that don't fall off
the pole.)</div>
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Clothes everywhere.</div>
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So we were off to Chicago at 11am. One of the
rules of the road trip is that we are to go into each city blindly looking for
food trucks. No planning. We want to see how easy or hard it is to
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<span style="font-family: Times;">We called our friend Kjersti who lives in the
Chicago to meet us and help us hunt for food trucks. We found an iPhone
app called TruxMap. This directed us to a school parking lot in an
Andersonville neighborhood where there were 2 trucks parked next to a farmers
market. I put the address into my phone and found the farmers market
easily. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Chicago</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Unfortunately for us, the farmers market ended at
1pm, exactly the time we arrived. One of the food trucks - 'The Tamale
Guy' - was just closing up. He was out of food and the Chicago Bears game
was apparently about to start. Once we explained him what our food truck
road trip was all about, he was super bummed that he couldn't make us any food
and chatted with us for a few minutes. We gave him the blog web address
and told him to check it out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tamale Guy Food Truck</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">The other food truck that was there was called
'Gigi's Bakery' and Gigi, the owner, was selling homemade cupcakes and other
desserts out of a food van. She was so incredibly nice and was so
genuinely interested in our food truck. She even tweeted about us and
took our picture! Chicagoans - check her bakery out! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gigi's Bake Shop</div>
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Gigi's Menu</div>
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Here is what we ordered at <u>Gigi's Bake Shop</u>:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">(1) Salted Caramel cupcake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">(1) Pumpkin Latte cupcake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">(1) Chessman's Pudding Dessert (Chessman shortbread
cookies, bananas, cream cheese banana pudding, whipped cream)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times;">$12</span></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to buy some produce and bread to take with us on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Times;">St. Roger Abbey Bake Stand</span></u><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">(1) Loaf of White Bread<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times;">$4</span></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Times;">Nichols Farm & Orchard</span></u><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Various peppers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times;">$16 </span></b><span style="font-family: Times;">(we got a LOT of produce for this
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Picking out some beans at Nichols.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times;">Total we spent on Food Trucks for Day 1:</span></b><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times;">$32 </span></b><span style="font-family: Times;">(Under budget! Yay! We set our
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picnic outside our camper on the sidewalk. The cupcakes were amazing.
We also sliced up some tomatoes that we brought along from our home
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Myself and Kjersti. Walking to Walgreens to get some necessities for the trip.</div>
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There was really nothing noteworthy to remember about driving through Indiana.
When we got into Ohio a few hours later, we stopped at a rest stop to
make something to eat for dinner. We sliced up some more tomatoes and
bread and ate tomato, veganaise, and salt sandwiches for dinner. Boring,
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stay at Mitch's friend Johnny's house. Johnny is a chef who owns 2
restaurants in the Cleveland area. Then we would plan to check out the food truck scene in the morning. When we were just west of Cleveland, we
got pulled over by a sate trooper. Turns out our camper brake and turn
signal lights were working, but the regular running lights were not. The
cop was super nice and told us to take the next exit to check everything out.
We thought we got it fixed, but then they stopped working again.
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out, we decided to stay the night where we were. Since there were NO
campgrounds within 10 miles of where we were and we didn't want to risk driving
without running lights, we stopped at Red Roof Inn (dog-friendly!) in Westlake,
OH for the night. Not exactly the road trip camping adventure we were
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<span style="font-family: Times;">So after a somewhat successful food truck road trip
earlier in the day in Chicago, and a not-so-successful food truck road trip
late in the day, we went to bed and dreamt of all the glorious food truck food
we would discover in Cleveland the next morning - after getting our camper
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Walgreens (Thanks for the gift card <b>Mike Besson</b>!)
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<span style="font-family: Times;"><b>TOTAL: $226</b> (whoops...a tad over our budget)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">XOXO Mitch and Laurel<span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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We started this blog for anyone who is interested in following our 30 day adventure road trip throughout the entire US. Our mission is simple: Eat at food trucks, learn as much as we can about food trucks, travel to as many possible US cities as we can in 30 days, and to have the time of our lives! </div>
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Back in March 2012, we spent an entire day driving around looking at real estate trying to find a house to buy that could eventually become our 'home'. As we lay in bed talking that night, we really started discussing what we wanted for our future. I was a student and worked full-time as a graphic designer and bartender. Mitch, an accomplished chef in Milwaukee, who worked 75 hours a week. Were we going to stay in Milwaukee, happy and content, with a comfortable income, amazing friends, and near Mitch's parents? Would we buy a house in Door County, the wonderful place I grew up in 3 hours north of Milwaukee, where we got married the year before, and where my parents live? </div>
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OR would we look outside our comfort zone and move 'away'? </div>
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The answer was easier for us than we thought it would be. Mitch had dreams of working for himself, owning a food truck and catering company. I had dreams of living somewhere 'exotic'....probably subconsciously taking a cue from my little brother who has lived in Alaska and Australia, and who was now on his way to living in New Zealand. I always knew Mitch was meant for greatness, but that there was always so much more to learn about his craft.</div>
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But this meant moving. Farther than nearer. </div>
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We discussed different cities. We knew we wanted to stay in the US for now, so that narrowed our options. When we discussed Austin, a place Mitch had been to but I hadn't, he knew it would be a great match for us. The next day we began our research and picked a final moving date. We gave ourselves 6 months to the day to make our plans, get our finances in order, and plan our move. </div>
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A few months before our departure date, we decided we wanted to explore the food truck business more. We wanted to go to as many food trucks as we could before opening our own. What better way to do this then to take a road trip through the entire country in search of the best food trucks out there? We knew it would take a lot of planning, money, and at a least a month to do so, but we also knew it would be a trip of a lifetime! </div>
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We began hunting for a older camper trailer that we could fix up and take on our journey. We found one about mid-summer and couldn't wait to get started on it. It was a 15' long, 7' wide, 1963 Pathfinder aluminum camper. It was the most horrible looking thing I've ever seen, but we saw the potential and knew it could look amazing. Our parents were skeptical, but we were so excited. <br />
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Interior (Back) with the cupboards scattered on the floor.</div>
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Pathfinder camper - Made in Spencer, WI!</div>
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The first thing we did was get a Home Depot credit card. Bad idea. We went to Home Depot so many times in a 2 month period that we knew most of the workers at our local store by name and they knew our entire road trip/camper story and probably thought we were insane.<br />
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Lucky for us, Mitch's parents, who live about a half hour outside of Milwaukee, let us keep the camper in their driveway. This was a huge help to us! We gutted it, tore out the walls, added new walls, re-wired the entire thing, painted the interior and exterior, built seats over the tire wells, got brand new tires, installed cupboards, a counter, and a sink, and decorated it. <br />
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Pre-restoration front of camper - parked at Mike and Debi's house.</div>
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Mitch's parents would come out and check on us every once in a while. The neighbors popped in to see what all the commotion was about it. We had power tools and the shop-vac going at all hours of the night, which, surprisingly, no one complained about.<br />
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Most of all, we had so much fun. Probably the most fun I've ever had doing anything in my life. We decided to model our camper after the ship in the Bill Murray movie 'The Life Aquatic' which is Mitch's favorite movie. We even named the camper 'Belafonte' which was the name of the ship.<br />
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The process took a little less than 2 months. We set a deadline of September 14th so we could unveil it at our Going Away party. We literally worked on it up until 2 hours before the party. <br />
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<b>Here was the entire process from Day One....</b><br />
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We picked up the camper in Janesville, WI (about an hour away from Milwaukee) and attempted our first gas station stop. From there we drove it to Mitch's parents house and got right to work.</div>
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Mitch removing the rotted wood panels.</div>
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Removing the rotted insulation.</div>
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Newly painted blue cupboard doors.</div>
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New tires at Tires Plus in Delafield, WI. These guys were awesome!</div>
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Painting the cabinets blue that I found on Craigslist for $10 TOTAL.</div>
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Scathaine Metal shop in Milwaukee helped us cut our "counter top" (a solid wood door I scored for $5 at the Habitat for Humanity store!!) to fit the width of the camper and they also cut out a hole out for the sink to fit in. These guys were SO nice and helpful.</div>
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Seeing it all come together FINALLY.</div>
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The futon we ordered FIT! Thank god.</div>
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Hand and power washed the outside so it would be ready for paint.</div>
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Painting the first exterior coat of white. It turned out great!</div>
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We jumped the gun and painted the blue layer of paint on late in the day right before the temperature dropped into the 40s and it started raining!</div>
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When we woke up the next day, that's when the camper looked like it was crying. We nearly started crying too... Luckily it dried and we were able to re-paint the blue section.</div>
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Counter top fit too! This was a huge relief.</div>
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Almost final 'kitchen' area.</div>
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Homemade curtains. Decor. Finishing touches for the unveiling at our party.</div>
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Almost final sleeping and sitting area. We added a clothes bar and hangers too.</div>
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So happy and relieved to be almost done.</div>
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Cork board map (to track our road trip stops) that has a flat screen TV installed above it (not pictured) :)</div>
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Made it to the Going Away Party on-time to unveil the camper! </div>
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We hand-painted 'Belafonte' on the side, added an anchor decal to the door window, installed white trim to the bottom edges, and added a yellow accent strip to finish the exterior.</div>
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Now it's September 22nd and we are leaving on our road trip tomorrow morning. When we set this date, it seemed so far off. Now it's here. The anticipation and excitement has built so much that I almost don't even know if this is really happening. </div>
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Once we return from our road trip at the end of October, we will spend a few days with our parents and friends before trekking back to Austin and settling in to our new life. I will update the blog daily, sometimes more than once a day, so we can share this road trip adventure with you. <br />
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Yesterday we had a photo shoot with the amazing Katie Donoghue, our neighbor and professional photographer. Here is a preview of the shoot with some pictures Mitch's brother took with his phone that I edited. We are so excited to see the final pictures that Katie took! More to come....<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Here is a list of the cities we will be visiting and the dates we will be there:</span></b><br />
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Day 1 - Sept. 23: Chicago and Cleveland<br />
Day 2 - Sept. 24: Effort, PA to visit and stay with Laurel's cousin, Britta, and her family.<br />
Day 3 - Sept. 25: Hamden, CT to visit Mitch's old boss and chef, Tom.<br />
Day 4 - Sept. 26: Seaside Heights, NJ, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Richmond, VA, and Virginia Beach, VA.<br />
Day 5 - Sept. 27: Myrtle Beach, SC, Charleston, SC, and Savannah, GA.<br />
Day 6 - 13 -- Sept. 28 - Oct. 5: Orlando and Bonita Beach, FL. We will be staying in Bonita for a week in our friend, Scott's, condo that he gifted to us as a wedding gift.<br />
Day 13 - Oct. 5: Morriston, FL to visit and stay with another one of Laurel's cousins, Marianne, and her family.<br />
Day 14 - Oct. 6: Tampa, Mobile, AL, Biloxi, MS, and New Orleans.<br />
Day 15 - 18 -- Oct 7 - 10: Baton Rouge, LA, Houston, and Austin, TX. We will stay in Austin for 3 nights with our friends Colin and Dusty.<br />
Day 18 - Oct. 10: Las Cruces, NM and Tucson, AZ.<br />
Day 19 - Oct. 11: San Diego<br />
Day 20 - Oct. 12: Oceanside, Venice, and Santa Barbara, CA.<br />
Day 21 - Oct. 13: San Francisco, Napa and Humboldt County, CA.<br />
Day 22 - Oct. 14: Eugene, OR<br />
Day 23 - Oct. 15: Portland, OR<br />
Day 24 - 26 -- October 16 - 18: Seattle, WA. Stay with our friends, Krista & Ryan, who live in Mukilteo, WA for 2 nights.<br />
Day 26 - Oct. 18: Boise, ID and Salt Lake City.<br />
Day 27 - 30 -- Oct. 19 - 22: Breckenridge, CO to stay with Mitch's brother and cousin for 2 nights.<br />
Day 30 - Oct. 23: Kansas City and St. Louis, MO.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Rules of the road trip:</span></b><br />
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*We can ONLY eat at food trucks, food stands, street vendors or farmers markets. We will purchase food and beverages prior to leaving that we will bring along to eat and drink on the road or while camping/staying at the condo.<br />
*Always order something new and different that is popular to the region we are in.<br />
*No ordering drinks at food trucks (to save $) unless it is something popular to the region we're in that we've never tried before.<br />
*Keep all receipts and literature so we can document everything.<br />
*Stop at regional landmarks as much as possible, especially if we've never been there before.<br />
*Follow the food truck food daily budget, gas budget, campground budget, and incidentals budget spending no more than $6000 total for the entire trip.<br />
* HAVE THE TIME OF OUR LIVES!<br />
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Thank you all for your support! </div>
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XOXO </div>
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Mitch and Laurel</div>
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