Few to no road deicing chemicals are used there. Also weight limits are lower on the highways. They are higher on the higher, even numbered interstates due to steel mills and other factories producing heavy stuff.

I went to Dollywood when it first opened. There wasn't much to it back then, but I got to load my own musket and shoot it. Louder then a mofo, but cool as hell. You could also thow hatchets against a target. Do they atill have that or has Dollywood gone too corporate?

It's y'all. Not 'ya all'.
Hehehe I'm a spelling pest sometimes.

While driving yesterday there were some beautiful green areas and it felt a bit like home in a way. It was pretty, so the photo is more of a quick representation of what was actually there

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It was also really hot yesterday. As a person who ONLY (kind of sarcasm, kind of true) lives in cold climates, I kind of died yesterday. But hopefully today will be as hot and then I can get a cool Sonic (not an official sponsor )

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First rule of America: Don't try to apply logic to our policies

No snow, no freezing temps and no salt on the roads in the winter down there. Makes a huge difference on roads, bridges and cars.

Have you seen the guy with the gun rack in his truck window with 2 shotguns yet? Usually has a pro gun bumper sticker as well. That was a eye opener when I was down there a few years back.

If you think the TN area is hot now, never ever visit Florida. I know TN is hot and humid, but I swear I'd die if I lived in Florida. When we do a Disney run it's always in October or November, when it's "only" 95 degrees there. They are consistently 20 degrees higher than us at all times, and it's way too flat there so there's no shade to be found.

You guys are going to be true rednecks by the time you get back to NZ. As if two stops in Fullerton wasn't enough....

Great reading all your postings on this recent trip,
but its about 400 posts shorter than the route 66 trip, last year.
Just one more detour (Elvisville) before you go home, have a safe trip.

Two stops in Fullerton is more than enough.

^^^666 post!
Nice job RD!
Up the Irons!!!

You shoulda followed me in!

Is New Zealand colder than I imagined? Would there be a U.S. state equilavent?

I see.

I hate air conditioning mostly. I enjoy being outside a lot better if I'm not in it very much.

Around here we only need screen doors most of the year.

More like "Bogan Net."

I can only speak of the North Island.
Think of it as a "flipped" California with Aukland as San Diego and Wellington being more like San Franscisco.
If you, or anyone else reading this thread ever gets the chance to visit this amazing place for the annual Pincade dmbjunky, I highly recommend it.
RD joked a few pages back that I wanted to build a small house next to his on their land in Pukekohe to start a homebrew pinball revolution...
I wasn't kidding.
It's that amazing in NZ.

In the good old days there was a plate glass sliding door beyond the infamous Bogan net, but that didn't last...

I was at a party at my neighbor's house like 10 years ago, and there was a priest there because it was some religious thing or something (I don't remember exactly, too long ago). Anyways, point of the story, so the priest is walking outside and doesn't see the screen door there, so he just plows right through it, falling forward down the two steps and taking the screen down with him. He didn't get hurt, so it's all good. Honestly one of the funnier things I've seen, now I always think of that whenever I see a screen door.

RobbieT probably peed his shorts laughing at that infamous event.
Good thing he wasn't drinking milk or else O-Din's games would've been a bit "gamier" that night...

Poor Twister took the brunt of "Bogan Net 2014."

NOOOOOOOO I JUST DON'T LIKE THE SUN. I'M A VAMPIRE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT

Aww thank you Nimble,

New Zealand thanks you for the compliment *heart*

Thank goodness I live in Queensland!

Now I'm really worried. We just booked a holiday for 3 weeks in Florida from the 18th June to the 5th July - a little warm at that time?

Thanks for the US adventures. Make sure you get back for the Batcave!

Probably looking at 35 Celsius during the day and the chance of a thunderstorm! The good thing is the storms typically last an hour or so and then it's sunny again! If you're doing the Disney/Universal trip they have every building air conditioned so you can seek refuge if it's too hot!

Have you ever opened a car door in the summertime and got in it without rolling the windows down and turning the AC on first? It's kind of like that lol

Actually that is a perfect analogy!!!

Except maybe also add a humidifier in the car...kind of like a tropical greenhouse.

The humidity is what makes it really miserable in the southeastern US, imo. Southwest is hot too, but still somehow preferable to me in the summer.

Maybe he's busy taking a dump?

Elvis bought that new. set it up himself and it's never been moved since from what I was told.

Humidity sucks. I can't tell a whole lot of difference between SW Mo and Florida in the summer other than we don't get the daily rain.

Singing through a Marshall half stack huh?

Only the BEST for Wayne!

Greenbacks are da best!

But is he dead? I swear I saw him surfing yesterday!