Day 1

The first day,

The Misson: Travel from Dunkirk, NY to Louisville, KY.

Phil and Tim left in the morning, it was cold out, that wouldn't change much throughout the day. But what was interesting was everything was snow covered in Western New York from the overnight. Driving I-90 toward Cleveland, arriving in Cleveland Heights near 12 noon to stop at a Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives featured "MELT".

MELT - Bar & Grilled
Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwich Resturant
All Sandwiches served with Hand Cut Fries and Sweet Slaw

Tim's order: Cream Soda, Mom's Meatloaf Dinner / homemade tender meatloaf, chipotle ketchup glaze, garlic mashed potatoes, muenster cheese.

Phil's order: Sarsaparilla, Parmageddon / 2 potato & cheese pierogi, fresh napa vodka kraut, sauteed onions, sharp cheese.

*Hands down the Best Grilled Cheese and Cole Slaw Ever 

As the brothers left Phil got a photo op with an elf!


The brothers left Melt stuffed with cheesy and slawy goodness, while turning onto the road they realized how much more asphalt was infront of them. Phil gave Tim a sly smile as he picked out a song from his iPod, Phil had been slowly working his way toward a more country style of music.

After a time Phil's bladder was beeping FULLFULLFULL and he was want to find a resting location. When they arrived Phil scurried off as Tim trotted along, catching up to his brother after awhile and then noticing that, yet again, the urinal was busted and covered with plastic. "Broken Urinals Everywhere" became the motto as they found urinals in disrepair at Giant Eagle and then, hours later, the last known Tim Hortons in the civilization known as Columbus, Ohio.

After finding the elusive Tim Hortons enough time had passed to prompt many more vehicles to take to the road, this made things much more difficult on the boys. Adding about an hour onto the journey because of traffic Tim decided it was time to turn the mix to something more to the tune of Skrillex, Phil agreed. Not until after the brothers had passed the heavy traffic did a more soothing sound return to their eardrums.

Throughout the journey Tim had been fighting the heat of the beating sun on the windshield, at times his head grew so heavy that he found it hard to control his drowsiness. To counteract this Tim decided it was time to bring out his camera and snap some photos as they moved along, this began before they had arrived at the wonderment that was Melt. What was the conclusion the brothers made as they traveled along? Barns. Barns everywhere. EVERYWHERE! Phil also spotted really great mural in Columbus while slowly creeping through traffic. A few other photos are in the slideshows below as well.




As the sun crept below the hills and all shadows blended together to become one all around them the boys unhurriedly cruised through Cincinnati and into Louisville. The boys checked into their Red Roof Inn room and settled in by finishing off their Melt sandwichs and typing this blog entry in the third person, as if it wasn't them typing it. FOURTH WALL BROKEN! Day 1 Complete. Roll credits.