Day 9 - Cabela's and Ann Arbor

Today was a Super Fun day even though we didn’t do much sight-seeing.  There is a Cabela’s Outfitters the size of an airport near Petersburg, Michigan where we slept for the night.  The store was so big that our GPS located three different Cabela’s entrances.  We must have been inside for at least 2 hours.  For those of you who have never been to a Cabela’s, it has all of the hunting, fishing, boating, ATVing, camping, and hiking equipment you could ever dream of.  It’s a Rednecks paradise; and since Kenny and I are now a part of that club with our travel trailer and Dodge truck equipped with a CB radio, it felt like a little slice of heaven ;).  

I couldn’t pull Kenny away from the Gun Library; and he almost convinced me that I needed a pink rifle.  “Do I need a pink rifle?  It would be good for protection and the price is right since it’s slightly used… wait… no.”  Not only did the store sell outdoorsy equipment and clothes, it had an indoor aquarium and a display of nearly 100, if not more, mounted animals that were killed by the Cabela family over the years.  Not the best place to go if you are an animal lover.  I’m not a vegetarian or crazy PETA activist, but the number of stuffed dead animals in that building was a little disturbing.  Kenny didn’t think so; he went right up to the cafeteria and ate a wild boar sandwich.  Other items on the menu: Ostrich, Elk, Salmon, Venison or Buffalo…you get the idea.  

But the fun didn’t stop there!  We went around the corner to the Jerky Outlet where they had every kind of smoked dehydrated meat imaginable.  We picked up some regular beef jerky and kangaroo jerky, which I felt a little guilty eating, but it was delicious none the less.  It tasted like any other kind of jerky…yup, salty and chewy.

While we were on our way to Ann Arbor, Michigan we passed by a billboard which said “Northridge church is for LIARS!”  The next one read “Northridge church is for LOSERS!”  Kenny and I had a good laugh at that one…even though it’s not funny, not funny at all…

I found that Jackalope that you were looking for!

*Lesson of the Day*…We realized today that the lady selling radios to the truckers over the CB was really a hooker.  She was selling “Radios” for $200, “antennas” for $60, and something else that I can’t remember for $30.  I was wondering why most truckers were giving her an attitude and telling her to bug off…Little did I know that she was selling her vagina over the radio waves.  Unfortunately, one trucker did accept her offer to buy “her radio” at the rest stop.



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Stats:

              Miles  = 233.2

      Road Time = ~6

                Gas  = $53.00

               Tolls  = $0.00

  States Driven  = MI