{"id":2085,"date":"2007-06-18T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2010-07-05T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T17:10:43","slug":"epic-journey-new-york-to-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=2085","title":{"rendered":"Epic Journey:  New York to Chicago."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;saddr=30-79+44th+St,+Astoria,+New+York+11103&amp;daddr=1616+W+Addison+St,+Chicago,+Illinois+60613&amp;sll=41.938628,-87.679309&amp;sspn=0.285009,0.559616&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;s=AARTsJqhp7XqdNy_acHQg4QTH-ZuJuJXmA&amp;ll=41.343825,-80.81543&amp;spn=6.59764,21.972656&amp;z=5&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;saddr=30-79+44th+St,+Astoria,+New+York+11103&amp;daddr=1616+W+Addison+St,+Chicago,+Illinois+60613&amp;sll=41.938628,-87.679309&amp;sspn=0.285009,0.559616&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;ll=41.343825,-80.81543&amp;spn=6.59764,21.972656&amp;z=5&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Julie and I set out on Friday morning halfway across the continent with our two co-pilots; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nickbarboneoss\" title=\"Myspace:  Nick Barbone.\">Nick<\/a> and Patty. Nick and I managed this journey in &#8216;The Penske&#8217; while Julie and Patty lead the way in the Civic.  Considering the nearly 800 miles we decided to spread the trip over two days spending one glorious night in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityrating.com\/citycrime.asp?city=Youngstown&amp;state=OH\" title=\"City Rating:  Ytown Crime Stats.\">Youngstown, Ohio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/789509030\/\" title=\"Truckin' It. by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1223\/789509030_047da85948.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Truckin' It.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/567142848\/\" title=\"IMG_5892.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1098\/567142848_8d05a68069_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5892.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/789933104\/\" title=\"IMG_5897.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1216\/789933104_d445a13842_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5897.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/789056137\/\" title=\"IMG_5898.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1251\/789056137_7178218f62_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5898.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/789943312\/\" title=\"IMG_5899.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1136\/789943312_06e34e3cc9_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5899.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/4764670520\/\" title=\"P6140006.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4114\/4764670520_666d45bbbc_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"P6140006.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/789503256\/\" title=\"IMG_5930.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1035\/789503256_6ec3e520d5_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5930.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/788757429\/\" title=\"IMG_5933.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1108\/788757429_1bd201dec5_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5933.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/789731278\/\" title=\"Road to Chicago by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1309\/789731278_afd3e7455d_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Road to Chicago\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Along the way we acomplished the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Toured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barleycreek.com\/\" title=\"Barley Creek Brewery.\">Barley Creek Brewery<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Drank 32 ounce beers for $4.25<\/li>\n<li>Never ate at Wendy&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Spotted 42 of 50 U.S. License Plates<\/li>\n<li>Spent 1 crime free night in Youngstown<\/li>\n<li>Issued 1 last NYC Parking Ticket<\/li>\n<li>Managed to get parking spots for &#8216;The Penske&#8217; directly in front of two apartments in 2 of 3 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population#Incorporated_places_over_100.2C000_population\" title=\"Wikipedia:  List of US Cities by Population.\">most populus cities<\/a> in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Survived over 16 hours in a car with only an AM\/FM Radio.<\/li>\n<li>Listened to an entire 30 minutes of a Blues station that played nothing but <em>fishin&#8217; songs.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Trucked two wall unit air-conditioners over 800 miles to discover our new apartment has Central Air.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barleycreek.com\/\" title=\"Barley Creek Brewery.\">Barley Creek Brewery<\/a> in Tannersville, Pennsylvania:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/567495677\/\" title=\"IMG_5879.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1314\/567495677_c2db87b85b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"IMG_5879.JPG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/567517889\/\" title=\"IMG_5877.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1382\/567517889_e0e8e2eb1f_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5877.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/567111400\/\" title=\"IMG_5881.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1086\/567111400_5b98fc52f6_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5881.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/567528961\/\" title=\"IMG_5883.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1147\/567528961_47641bd229_t.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" alt=\"IMG_5883.JPG\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to both Nick and Patty for their Navigational Skills and their desire to eat red meat for nearly every meal.<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View Larger Map Julie and I set out on Friday morning halfway across the continent with our two co-pilots; Nick and Patty. Nick and I managed this journey in &#8216;The Penske&#8217; while Julie and Patty lead the way in the Civic. Considering the nearly 800 miles we decided to spread the trip over two days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,7,19],"tags":[87,134,247,280,311],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bronder-luck","category-food","category-travel","tag-chicago","tag-epic-journey","tag-new-york","tag-penske","tag-road-trip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pazIS5-xD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4393,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}