Last Friday Jesse and I embarked on a road trip that we lovingly named The Big Jesus Road Trip. Our final destination and epoch of the trip was a 33 foot tall stainless steel Jesus statue.
A plan was hatched and a route was devised. The plan was set in motion. Considerations were made. Including starting the road trip by listening to the Audio Adrenaline song Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus.
I could move to hollywood (yeah)
get my teeth capped i know i could
be a big star
on the silver screen
just like james dean
i could be a star
i could climb the corporate laddermaybe be just like the beatles
melodic rocking heavyweights
i could learn to sing and dance
if i only had a chance
i could be a big rock stari could be anything i wanted to
i could do anything but one thing’s true
never gonna be as big as Jesus
hand
never gonna be as big as Jesus
never gonna build the promise land
but that, that’s all right,
o.k. with me (bop bop bop bop ba dop, ooh!)i could build a tower to heaven
get on top and touch the sky
i could write a million songs
all designed to glorify
i could be about as good
good as any human could
but that won’t get me by
But in the end, we just headed out on the open road to the sound of the Taurus.
The Open Road – Highway 17 – Goodell, Iowa
We passed through the following cities:
- Stanhope
- Webster City
- Blairsburg
- Belmond
- Goodell
- Klemme
- Ventura
- Clear Lake
- Miller
- Duncan
- Britt
- Algona
- Cylinder
- Emmetsburg
- Mallard
- Pocahontas
- Cherokee
- Meriden
- Cleghorn
- Remsen
- Le Mars
- Merril
- Hinton
- Sioux City
- Lawton
- Moville
- Correctionville
- Early
- Lake View
- Auburn
- Carroll
- Glidden
- Jefferson
- Grand Junction
We did important things like:
Take the Traditional Road Trip Photo
Visit the Surf Ballroom
Visit the plane crash site that claimed the lives of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritichie Valens
Feel the pain of finding out that the World’s Largest Cheeto had been kidnapped.
>Feel the thrill of seeing the World’s Largest Cheeto when the waitress brings it out for a special appearance.
Meet this awesome guy!
Kiss the Blarney Stone
Got a honk and a wave from the friendly folks in Mallard
See the world’s ugliest statue.
See the Big Jesus (and Mary too).
See the Sgt. Floyd Memorial.
I hope to go into more detail about the trip in the near future. Until then, you can check out many, many more pictures from the trip in my Photography 139 Gallery.