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The Road Rules, Tarrytown, NY (2026)

07/19/2026

At long last; Queen Annie, Queen Mom, & Eddie & Dad are home! Eddie & dad refused to put crowns on, so they are not officially designated Kings, (even though in my book, Eddie is always my King 🥰)

So, without traffic or stopping, from our house to the hotel in Syracuse, the drive should take about four hours and 22 minutes. Fast Eddie could probably cut it to under four hours, but that would assuming he doesn’t have to pay close attention to traffic laws, bumps, or potholes that would jostle the passengers around in the car like ragdolls. So, unfortunately, Fast Eddie mode was not activated for this trip.

We stopped multiple times, at multiple places, for coffee, rest stops to p*e, and hit a tiny bit of traffic, so our trip home took over six hours. 🤦‍♀️ We are all beyond exhausted, even though we really didn’t do anything today except drive.
*I forgot to mention that at one point, mom asked Eddie if he wanted HER to drive so he could rest. She obviously forgot that her license has been revoked since she crashed her scooter into a vendor at the car show.

We are all thankful to be home in one piece, and ready for the next adventure.
Well, maybe not dad so much since he has to get his knee replaced tomorrow morning.
Eh, maybe I’m not ready for the next adventure either; I’m the one taking dad early tomorrow morning & then working from the hospital all day.
Ok, Eddie has been driving the crazy bus the past four days, so I’m sure he would like a day to relax.
Oh, and mom is getting a mini procedure done on her hands tomorrow.

Ok, I take it back - nobody is ready for more adventuring so soon 🤣🤣

As of now, Eddie & I don’t have any additional travel plans until September, but that’s always subject to change. Either way, we hope you all enjoyed a long weekend away with us at The Syracuse Nationals, and looking forward to joining us again in September - destination unknown.

*FYI - we were at Burger King at like, 9:45am/ish this morning. I am currently STILL wearing my crown as I’m unpacking, doing laundry, and getting ready for tomorrow. 👸👑👸

07/19/2026

And, we had to stop again. Got to play with the sinks again (you’d think she would have figured them out by now, but NOPE) I’m not complaining; I am enjoying watching her every time 🤣

At this rest stop, The Queen got to meet The Ghostbusters. I don’t know who they were, or why they were there, and I’m sure they didn’t know who I was or why I was there. I’m not sure who was more excited to meet the other. I mean, it’s not every day you’re out busting ghosts that you bump into The Queen. It is also not every day The Queen is out doing Queen stuff that she bumps into the Ghostbusters.

07/19/2026

We made it about an hour & a half before somebody had to p*e. Ok, I was the somebody lol! Did I intentionally have to p*e knowing we were near the rest stop that has cool garbage cans that look like frogs?? One will never know.

Getting mom out of the car is a whole project. She just won’t let go of her coffee. But, we got her out of the car, went to the bathroom, & then I got to watch her fool around with those high tech hand washing stations again. 🤦‍♀️ 🤣

Eddie was able to find a microwave at the rest stop, so he heated up mom’s second cup of coffee. He also stood in a really long line & got me a Caramel Frappuccino from Starbucks! He’s the best.

As I was walking out of the rest stop, multiple people went to hold open ALL the doors for me. I was like, ok, guess people are in a good mood today. But, then when I thanked them, they said things like “anything for you”, “you’re welcome, queen”, and “my pleasure, your majesty”. I forgot I was still wearing my Burger King crown from earlier. I had no idea how much power comes with this crown!

07/19/2026

Ok, we finally left the hotel! 🎉 Please enjoy our daily coffee update.

Eddie usually gets mom two coffees from Dunkin every single morning. Somebody in the house heats up the second one for her whenever she’s ready to drink it.
On the way to the car show on Friday, mom requested only one coffee because she knew she wouldn’t have access to a microwave at the show.

This morning in the drive thru lane at Dunkin:
Eddie: Mom, you want one or two coffees?
Mom: ………🤔🤔🤔
Eddie: *wanted to make sure mom heard his question* Mom, one or two coffees today?
Mom: Do we have a microwave in the car?

Note- she still got two coffees despite learning that we do NOT have a microwave in the car. Also, let’s not forget that we are only less than 5 hours away from home & we pass a million rest-stops along the way 🤦‍♀️🤣

Dad is following his clear liquid pre knee replacement surgery diet today, so he just wanted black coffee (which is how he always takes his coffee). I know it’s approved on his clear liquid diet list, but it is still not something that comes to my mind when I hear “clear” liquids.

Dad asked Eddie to stop at Burger King today (instead of McDonald’s) cuz he wanted to try their coffee. All he knows is that he HATES Dunkin coffee. I 100% approved this change in location to try coffee from. lol! They even gave me crayons so I can color in my crown!!

07/19/2026

I hope nobody took bets on us actually leaving this hotel by 9am, cuz you definitely lost.
None of us are together, but we are all still at this hotel.
Eddie is loading things in the car.
I went to check on mom & dad & do a sweep of their room. I passed mom in the hallway. She is now in the elevator with some random lady. You’re welcome, Random Lady. Please enjoy mom trying to figure out how to get out of an elevator with her scooter.
Dad is still in his room. I am standing outside of his room waiting for him to let me in so I can do a quick sweep to make sure they didn’t forget anything. I called him & said “I’m outside your room”, but I have a feeling all he heard was that “I’m outside”.
Will we ever leave this hotel? How many places do we have to stop for coffee before we hit the road? Stay tuned to find out.

07/19/2026

I was kinda on edge all day as I kept checking the weather to see what was going on. I follow the taco system for thunderstorms, and all day today we either had the ingredients for tacos, or actually had tacos. Currently, we have tacos right now.

In addition to stalking the weather channel app, Eddie and I watched tv and actually took a nap! (Somehow I actually slept through a taco)! I also spent about an hour riding the elevator up and down between our room and my parent’s room because they just couldn’t figure out technology. I had to connect an iPad to the WiFi, connect Bluetooth headphones to the iPad, and link my Netflix account to the hotel bedroom and living room TV.

While I was clocked in for my part-time shift as an IT Consultant, Eddie ran around the hotel doing one of his favorite, stupid things to do while traveling - trying to steal as many rolls of toilet paper as possible. Usually, he does this while we are roadtripping and we end up carting a bunch of rolls of toilet paper around the country. For some reason he thinks random rocks and stolen toilet paper are souvenirs. He managed to get six rolls of toilet paper today.

The only plans we had for today were our dinner reservations at 5pm with my parents. The restaurant is 3 minutes away from the hotel, depending on who is driving. If Eddie is driving, it’s 3 minutes. If I am driving, it’s about 30 minutes because it involves a rotary and I think rotaries are stupid, and I don’t know how they work so I only know how to go in circles. Luckily, Eddie drove tonight, so we got there in 3 minutes and nobody was dizzy.

We enjoyed a delicious dinner together. Dad had to go all out cuz he can’t eat anything tomorrow in preparation for his knee replacement on Monday. We all talked about which cars/displays were our favorite from the show yesterday . Mom’s answer was “popcorn”.

Even though she in a ton of pain, she said she was sad we didn’t get go to the show today because now she knows where the popcorn is located (of course now we all have to remember this new landmark - the popcorn is next to the vendor mom ran over with her scooter). She was planning to take our usual path around the fairgrounds, but go backwards and start with the popcorn. You must know that the popcorn comes in one of those rectangular buckets, and somehow mom eats it while she is driving her scooter, which requires the use of both hands. She typically leaves a trail of popcorn behind her as she’s scooting around, which is helpful for us if we lose her; we just follow the popcorn.

So, back to weather. I managed to stay safe all day by not leaving the hotel. I had the volume on the tv up super high and I napped through some tacos. But, of course the second we stepped foot outside to leave the restaurant to head back to the hotel, we were dead smack in the middle of a taco. The thunder was so loud and went on for a really long time. I pretty much ran off from the restaurant and jumped in the car. Thank God Eddie and dad were there, cuz I kinda just left mom out there with no support to get to/get in the car. Sorry mom!

Eddie quickly and safety got us back to the hotel. I was so anxious and all I wanted to do was get to our room. The rest of the people I was with did not seem to share and/or care in my sense of urgency. Mom wasn’t intentionally trying to take forever to get to her room, but her scooter was in her room and she just can’t walk fast with her walker. Dad walked into the hotel and beelined right to the bar to get his complementary glass of wine. Eddie was right by my side, but then he saw a dog that he had to make friends with. Pete is currently training to work with people who have Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other memory-related issues. It was laughably ironic that 2 minutes later, mom got off the elevator, and proceeded to walk in the complete opposite direction of where her room is. **yells for Pete**

We are all finally in our rooms. I am back to watching TV with the volume on full blast, trying to survive the rest of the night. Some people think the plan is to leave the hotel to head home by 9am tomorrow. I’ll keep you all posted on how that goes.

07/18/2026

Good morning, Road Rules Followers!

Did we leave the hotel by 8:30am (to get coffee from 51 different places and head to the carshow)? NOPE

Are we still currently at the hotel? YEP

Are we planning to leave the hotel? NOPE

Let’s start with the obvious. Please see the pictures of the weather report for today. The majority of you are aware of my terrible fear of thunderstorms. The majority of you are also aware that dang near every time I try to go on vacation (whether for a few day or a few weeks), a storm seems to follow me. I’ve been followed by thunderstorms all over the country, but I believe this may be the first time I have been followed by a possible tornado.

I’m not even sure how to prepare for this. When we were in Ohio last summer, there were special signs that told you where to go in the event of a tornado. Do they have these signs in upstate NY? Do I call the hotel front desk and ask them what their tornado protocol is? I honestly do not know what to do.
Oh, did I mention that me & Eddie are in a room that is on the 5th floor? Anyone want to guess how many floors there are in this hotel? If you guessed five, you are correct. So, we are like, the closest we could possibly be to the thunder, lightning, & the potential tornado.

I’m not even sure who I should be asking you to pray for; me or Eddie. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤣

The details above are mostly why we are not planning to step foot out of this hotel. (aside from going to dinner at 5pm, at a place that is pretty much 3 mins away from the hotel).

In addition to the weather, we can add the physical conditions we are all in today.

-Mom and Annie: Mom & I are hurting a lot as yesterday was the most activities we have done since our recent surgical procedures. Mom’s hip was just replaced about 7 weeks ago, but she is a slow healer like me. Yes, I realize that my most recent surgery was all the way back in December, but I needed a second surgery on this particular area in April. Let’s not forget I still have other body parts that require fixing, but I know to wait til surgery season (winter) to get all that fixed.
-Dad: Dad claims he is “ok”, but I can tell that yesterday he used up almost everything he had left in his knees. I mean, that was his goal to do before he gets one brand new knee on Monday.
-Eddie. Well, Eddie is an anomaly cuz that man is like the Energizer Bunny who can keep going & going & going. But, there was NO WAY I was gonna let him go running around outside with these weather conditions even though he seems to think that when we are told to “seek shelter” that means “go outside to watch and/or play”.

So, for now, everyone is in their hotel room resting, with ice packs and/or heating pads, watching TV. (except Eddie, who is just doing the TV watching)

07/18/2026

Well folks, it’s been a day (a LONG one).

I’m not even quite sure where to start or where to end with the all the events that took place today, but I’ll do my best to share in chronological order to match up with the pics posted.

Upon entering the carshow, my parents just zoomed off on their scooters. Eddie & I stood around for a while playing where’s Waldo. Please note that out of the entire seven hours we spent at the show, I’d say the four of us were actually together (in the same place at the same time) for a total of two hours.

At one point, I was with mom & dad, & Eddie was nowhere to be found. While I would have loved to have Eddie by my side all day, had he not wandered off, I would not have had the chance to overhear my parents talking:

Dad: Did we lose Eddie?
Mom: I’m ready
Dad: I said Eddie
Mom: Myron, I already said I’m ready; where is Eddie?

Shortly after that gem of a convo, we all got split up again, but Eddie & dad found each other somewhere, and I eventually found mom. The timing couldn’t have been better as a giant parade of blower cars started to drive by us. Mom almost lost her mind because it was too loud, so she turned her scooter to rabbit mode & tried to race into one of the air conditioned buildings. This is the same person who has the ability to literally turn off her ears, but thought the best way to get away from the noise was to drive along side the cars (you can see in the pic that it looks like she was trying to race them). This is also the same person who woke up really early the other day (I guess just to go to the bathroom) and when I tried to hand her her ears, she responded by saying “no thank you; I’m not ready to hear yet”.

While I was assisting mom, Eddie was in another area of the show dealing with an issue with dad’s scooter. I guess he drove thru a giant hole (since he was looking at cars & not focusing on where he was going). The scooter stopped working & Eddie had to drag this stupid dead scooter all the way across the entire fairground to bring it back to the car. I thought the scooter was done for, but Eddie had some tools in the car (shocker), & was able to use the trailer hitch to flip the scooter over to figure out wtf happened. It seems like dad managed to completely knock the battery out, but the battery is in an inconvenient place, & Eddie had to basically disassembled the whole battery compartment in order to fix it. He’s really amazing, right?

We all reconnected at some point & went to look at more cars. Well, me, Eddie, & dad did. Mom took off again on her scooter in search of popcorn. That was all she wanted. Not only did she scoot around half the fairgrounds looking, but me, Eddie, & dad were also looking. They used to sell popcorn at almost every food stand on the fairgrounds, but this year, there was no popcorn anywhere, & mom was crushed.

By this time, it was close to 3pm & we were all hot, tired, & hungry. Eddie & I found a place in the shade to sit & relax while mom & dad went through two more indoor buildings in search of popcorn. At this point, mom only had popcorn on the brain. She was so focused on popcorn that she decided to stop watching where she was driving.

Eddie & I called dad to find out where they were and all dad said was “we will meet you at the bar that sells Bloody Marys, but WE HAVE TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW”. Then, he hung up on me. We were really worried about wtf happened & why we had to leave so abruptly.

Apparently, while mom & dad were searching this building for popcorn, mom wound up in a random vendor’s checkout line. Doesn’t sound like a big deal, but the line mom accidentally wound up in went in a clockwise motion, and mom was driving counter clockwise. Dad (and a few people in this line, & the vendor) started yelling at mom to stop. All that did was get a mom flustered & instead of stopping, she hit the throttle. She narrowly missed mowing down a bunch of people, but she crashed head on into the vendor’s table & knocked the whole thing over. She’s okay, but she was embarrassed & upset, and not to mention- still didn’t have any popcorn.

The people she almost ran over & the vendor she crashed into were very nice & just wanted to make sure she was okay. Was I upset I missed seeing this & didn’t get any pics ? YEP. After everyone helped get mom back to scooting in the right direction, dad finally found some popcorn, which slightly cheered her up.

We ending up leaving the show & went to one of our favorite Polish restaurants where mom was able to eat her feelings away with homemade pirogies & potato pancakes.

We returned to the hotel where everyone is taking a shower & going to bed so we can attempt to try this again tomorrow.

WHAT A DAY!

07/17/2026

So, the plan we agreed on last night was that we would eat breakfast, load all the mobility devices we brought back into the car, and leave the hotel no later than 8:30am.

We arrived at the carshow at 10am 🤦‍♀️ I know we left the hotel late (around 9:15ish), but I really don’t think this was all my fault.

I assumed we would be meeting in the hotel lobby or at the car to leave. Silly me for this ridiculous assumption. I was outside around 9, but nobody was in the lobby or in the parking lot. I immediately looked for the car to make sure they didn’t just leave without me.

After sitting outside for about 10mins I finally called Eddie to ask where everyone was. They were all waiting for ME in my parent’s room. I did NOT get the memo about meeting there, because, if I’m being honest, that’s a stupid place to meet up to leave the hotel.

Once we all officially met up, we went to McDonald’s to get coffee for dad cuz he hates Dunkin, and then, we went to Dunkin to get coffee for mom since that’s the only place she likes coffee from.

We finally got to the carshow & within seconds, lost mom & dad as they just took off on their scooters.

I know I tried the Apple AirTags last year, but I don’t think they really helped much. I did still bring them with me this year, just in case. I thought I was charging them last night cuz I thought they charged with the same charger as my Apple Watch. NOPE. They take those CR2032 cell batteries, which I do not have in my travel bags. (I do have 47 AAA & AA batteries).

As we were driving to the show, I got an alert on my phone that said Eddie & I may have been left behind at the hotel. At this point, we almost wish we were left behind LOL!

07/17/2026

I’m really not a fan of chain restaurants, but Bonefish grill is always our go-to for dinner on Thursday night in Syracuse.

For the most part, we all have a favorite dish we like to get, but I spotted something on the menu tonight that really piqued my interest:
Unicorn Fish & Shrimp (Wood-grilled unicorn fish paired with five jumbo shrimp brushed with a light citrus herb marinade, topped with mango salsa).

The second I saw it, I knew I HAD to get it. Everyone at the table immediately started to see smoke coming out my ears as the gears started spinning in my head. WTF is a Unicorn Fish?! Annie brain was going crazy trying to figure out what this was and I eventually came to the conclusion that a unicorn fish had to be a narwhal. I don’t even know if you can eat Narwhal, but I was convinced we were going to have to be moved to a larger table and that four waiters would come out carrying out a giant tray with a cooked version of Mr. Narwhal from the movie Elf.

Obviously, Annie brain was way off as you’ll see in the second picture which shows what arrived at the table. I was really upset because I looked all over that plate and I didn’t see a giant horn sticking out of my fish anywhere. It’s like a kid’s birthday party where you were expecting a unicorn to show up and instead some guy shows up with a horse.

Picture # 3 shows what an actual unicorn fish looks like. So, maybe I shouldn’t have expected a full sized Narwhal with a giant horn to be served, but there still should have been a mini horn on my fish. Don’t get me wrong, whatever the heck I ate was delicious, but I still think this was a serious case of false advertising.

I wanted to say something to the waitress about this, but Eddie said he’d leave me at Bonefish if I caused a scene for being a du***ss who thought I was gonna get a full sized narwhal for dinner. Luckily mom is with us, and she won’t let Eddie try to leave me behind or ditch me on the side of the road somewhere.

After leaving Bonefish disappointed, but still with a happy, full belly, we got to see the creepiest looking sky. Lots of people have asked if the wildfire smoke was worse up here than back home. When we left the house earlier today, it was very hazy and smelly, but the further we drove away from home (and technically closer to Canada) it really looked like there was a lot less smoke. We actually even saw the sun for a bit, but that was short lived. Hoping this starts to clear up soon.

We got back to the hotel and everyone was ready for showers and bed, knowing tomorrow is going to be a long day at the largest carshow in the Northeast. You may notice how late I am actually posting this. That’s because we spent a good deal of time riding the elevator back & forth to my parents room for a multitude of things. Mom forgot something that I happened to have, dad couldn’t get the tv to work, they needed me to set up power strips & extension cords (yes, I always have a bunch packed in my travel bag) so they could plug in their phone chargers, iPad, laptop, their ears, etc. It was really nice that they thought about these things every few minutes instead of all at once.

We finally got them all set up so we could take showers & get into bed. I imagine my dad must have his laptop set up with the cameras on the screen, watching the chickens at home, while simultaneously watching the news on TV, as he eats his bag of avocados. 🤣

It’s been a LONG day. Tomorrow’s plan is to eat breakfast, load all the mobility devices we brought back into the car, and leave the hotel no later than 8:30am. First stop is Dunkin to get coffee for mom since that’s the only place she likes coffee from, second stop is McDonald’s to get coffee for dad cuz he hates Dunkin. Third stop will either be the carshow or the looney bin.

More to come tomorrow. Goodnight, All!

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