Vote for Mom and I for the Best of the Road Rally 2012! What a great grift for me to be able to share time on the road with Mom right?
CLICK HERE and vote Team Blue Lollipop Road.
LOVE YOU MOM! 🙂
What? You haven’t voted yet? Well get in it now- there are only 3 days left! Click HERE, register- then vote for Team Blue Lollipop Road!
We just found out that our local paper in Vermont, the Bennington Banner is going to put information about Team Blue Lollipop Road and the Best of the Road Rally in this Saturday’s paper. (Tomorrow 5/12.) Arts & Entertainment section!
Mom and I were both born and raised in the Bennington area and are super excited that our town is rallying for us and nominating some must see spots in Vermont for Best of the Road!
Look at this gorgeous place we are from:
Thanks to everyone in the Green Mountain State for being so good to us!
Because I have been saying hi to ask for your votes via video, Mom wanted to say hi too. Sure enough as we usually stay unscripted- here she is, laughing away at herself:
So mother like daughter? Yeah, we can definitely entertain ourselves. We always joke about how much fun we can have doing nothing.
On take 2 Mom got her hello out:
Vote for us HERE for Best of the Road Rally 2012!
On this Mother’s day weekend I’m so thankful for my Mom. This amazing person who loves me more than anything, supports all my hopes and dreams, and that I can always crack up with. She is my Mom and friend, and the kind of person any kid would be lucky to have in their life.
Dear Mom~
Thank you for always believing in me, supporting me, and your willingness to always fully jump in the fun and laugh out loud with me.
I love you.
…all over some of America’s signs! Oh how fun it’s been to look through travel photo albums. Check out a few places Team Blue Lollipop Road has been:
Want to see us snap a photo near a sign where you live, or want to be in a photos with us? Vote HERE for Team Blue Lollipop Road, and submit your favorite places HERE for Rand McNally and USA TODAY Best of the Road Rally 2012.
We can’t wait to see the places  you love!
Are you getting inspired to travel? We hope so! Here’s a little thought for this Wednesday afternoon:
It’s not all about us! Do you know how much free, cheap and fun stuff is out there for the finding? Travel doesn’t have to be pricey or fancy, it’s all about sharing a laugh, a treat, and some time out with someone you love- or learning something new from someone new.
Let’s get out “there” America! Join Team Blue Lollipop Road and all the fun happening on Best of the Road.
What place will you find and submit as your favorite?
Team Blue lollipop Road is holding tight in the 2nd spot for the Best of the Road Rally 2012 but we still need your vote!
Don’t just vote for us, but submit your town, favorite places, food joints and other and celebrate where and what you think rocks in America too! Just a few of my favorites:
Diner breakfast: Sonny’s Blue Benn Diner in Bennington, VT
Beach: Outer Banks, NC
Italian dinner: Mamma Zu in Richmond, VA
Sicilian pizza: Miccuci’s in Portland, ME
Milkshake: Port City Java mocha java shake Wilmington, NC
Ice cream: Bev’s Espresso Oreo in Richmond, VA
…oh so many more. Stay tuned!
They were good sports (no pun intended!)- at Wrigley Field yesterday. They happily agreed when I asked them to be on video. Joe was trying to channel some Harry Caray. Hilarious! And the chick in the background who pops her head in to make a face? Gotta love it. People hamming it up everywhere!
I love talking to strangers. Especially really fun ones like these two.
Thanks for voting for Team Blue Lollipop Road Joe and Debbie!
In these next few weeks of May, here’s what’s happening at Blue Lollipop Road and what you will see:
1.) The launch of an entirely new site.
*Yep! That’s right! We have redesigned BLR and will be launching the new site this month with some new bells and whistles. We have worked very hard and can’t wait to share!
2.) Announcement as to whether or not we were picked to go x-country on the road with the Rand McNally/USA TODAY teams for Best of the Road, Rally 2012.
*VOTE FOR US HERE and spread the word as to why you think my Mom and I would be a great team to explore Small Town America!
3.) The kick off of a fundraising campaign for “BLR Play it Forward” (The Blue Lollipop Road Reunion Soccer Weekend Event and travel scholarship fund giveaway) happening August 18, 2012 in my home town in Vermont.
*This event has been 9 months in the making and means so much to me personally. I am so excited to reconnect with former teammates, honor lost friends, give back to the community I grew up in and reward a travel scholarship to a young person from my old high school to help them go on an adventure travel trip of their dreams. P(L)AYING IT FORWARD is what BLR is all about!
This sure has been a busy winter. Blue Lollipop Road will celebrate a 4 year birthday in October. I love working at all this more and more every day.
As always, I am so thankful for the support and fun from all of you out there. So much more to come and the rest of 2012 is sure to be better than ever!
A quick note from Mamma Peacock:
I am writing to ask you for your vote for Diane and me (Team Blue Lollipop Road) to be sent on the Rand McNally/USA TODAY Best of the Road Rally 2012! I know that we will provide fun and fabulous adventures for you to journey along with us. Diane has the drive, enthusiasm, and ability to draw a smile and a story out of anyone. She is a go-getter and then some. On her past journeys with Blue Lollipop Road she has made you laugh out loud, and always makes you think- I want to do that! We make a dynamic team and will show you the hidden gems tucked away that you will not want to miss! Vote for us, so we can explore and find the pleasures, people, and places as we pioneer across America!