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Cruisin’ Crystal and I thought we were seeing double when our new little friends Lainie and Eloise brought their very own Wienermobile to park next to WNR MBLE! They were so excited to see a sign at the store that the Wienermobile was coming that they made sure they stopped by to get a picture with their own pedal Wienermobile. What a great photo opp! Thanks Lainie and Eloise for bringing it on by!

We always love when fellow wieners come visit the Wienermobile, and usually take a picture with each one. So when I was back in Wisconsin doing some events in my hometown I was excited for my aunt and uncle’s daschunds to get their pictures with the Wienermobile!

Fritzie relishing his opportunity to sit in the Wienermobile

Scrumptious Cincinnati Chili!

While Cruisn’ Crystal and I were in Cincinnati, OH we couldn’t leave without trying the legendary chili. Neither of us had tried Cincinnati chili before and were really curious as to how it was more distinct than any other chili. Within the first bite we knew right away it was not even comparable to the standard chili. Cincinnati chili has a sweeter taste, an added touch of cinnamon. It was delicious! We enjoyed our Cincinnati chili atop a pile of spaghetti and sprinkled with some cheddar cheese. Make sure you try some the next time you’re in the area!

WNR MBLE looks so shiny and clean!

This is one of the most common questions we get asked a lot on the road. And my answer to you, is the dog wash of course! The Wienermobile is a hot dog after all. So it’s only fitting that we take WNR MBLE to the dog wash to gently polish those buns.

We are often asked where the Wienermobile is going next and how to find out where we’ll be. Well, you’re in the right spot so far! Make sure to check out our nifty map to see where any of the six Wienermobile vehicles was throughout the country. The Wienermobile goes to a lot of grocery stores, fairs, festivals and parades throughout the country. So you could also check your grocery store for this sign to see if the Wienermobile will be there soon:

We hope to “ketchup” with you soon!

Let me sum up my adventure for you in photographs:

Visited Pike Place Market

Took the ferry across the Puget Sound

Went up in the Space Needle

Ate some amazing seafood

It was a lot to cram in to 40 hours, so I really did feel like I was sleepless in Seattle. But it was a great trip and definitely worth every minute of it. I can’t wait to “ketchup” with Rachel Relish and C. Melton Cheddar soon!

While passing through South Dakota on our way to Montana, Cruisin’ Crystal and I were informed we had to stop at the Corn Palace. Now neither one of us knew what this was, or had we heard of it before, but we figured me might as well check it out. And if we weren’t already convinced to stop and see this palace, all of the billboards every couple miles for the hundred miles leading up to it were convincing enough. Once we pulled into Mitchell, South Dakota we followed the signs to the “World’s Only Corn Palace.” Surrounded by regular buildings and residential homes, the Corn Palace definitely was noticeable.

You may not be able to tell from the picture, so you should probably go visit Mitchell, SD, but everything on the outside is decorated with different parts of the corn stalk. After all the anticipation leading up to our visit, we didn’t even get to go inside because the palace was closed. We arrived twenty minutes too late, and it was closed for the day. So I checked out the website to find out what was inside. Maybe I’ll get to stop by the next time I’m swinging through the area so I can see for myself.

One of the many, many perks of driving cross country in the Wienermobile is getting to see places you’ve never seen before. For instance, I haven’t really traveled much out West, so on my journey towards Montana I was taken back by the beauty of the wide open terrain of the West. Another breathtaking beauty I was able to see was Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota. Unfortunately most of the attractions were closed for the season, but we still got to drive up to memorial and walk around.

I’m still in awe as to how Gutzon Borglum and his crew were able to carve out such intricate details in the rocks and create this beautiful monument. I learned that the faces were created by using dynamite and blasting each face into an egg shaped formation. Then each face was carved by using a scaled model of the memorial, where the faces would be from those of a 465 foot tall man. Fun facts that I also learned about the memorial are that each face is the size of a six story tall building, it took 14 years to carve all of the faces, and the workers had to climb 506 steps daily to get to the top of Mount Rushmore to continue carving.

The Avenue of Flags leads from the concession building to a lookout terrace of the memorial. All fifty states and six territories have a flag represented in the Avenue of Flags. And each pillar that the flags are hanging from list the states and territories with their date of statehood on them. Walking through this and then looking out at Mount Rushmore is sure to increase anyone’s patriotism.

Avenue of the Flags

my home state

Cruisin’ Crystal and I try our best to keep our buns as clean as possible. While washing the Wienermobile in Billings, Montana we attracted quite the crowd, which it usually does! Everyone grabbed a few quick pictures and asked where they could see the Wienermobile while it was in town. Well, we had a few friends who decided to stay and watch us wash the Wienermobile, and they even pitched in $0.75 to help with one rinse cycle!

So Cruisin’ Crystal and I would like to extend another “franks a bunch” to our new friends Jeremy, Casey and Drew from Billings, Montana.