You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

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Departure date for our YLTO Road Trip is January 1, 2022. Tickets will be available for purchase on Nov 26, 2021 in the Black Friday Sale. Don't miss out on a great deal.

The challenge is posted. Please give me some time to get all the help threads up and running.

Hey! It's not morning yet!

Amazing as usual Janice!! I'll read it in detail in the morning, but I really like the new rule of reading more in order. I also love the idea of making our own side trips.

Janice wrote: "Tickets will be available for purchase on Nov 26, 2021 in the Black Friday Sale. Don't miss out on a great deal."

Lol!

Great, Janice!

Cool… I’m off to have a look see!

This is going to be fun. Thanks :)

Peggy wrote: "Hey! It's not morning yet!

Amazing as usual Janice!! I'll read it in detail in the morning, but I really like the new rule of reading more in order. I also love the idea of making our own side trips."

Considering that most of the books I read spend some on hold at the library, this is going to be interesting (read management nightmare). Well, time will tell.... :)

At least you can be flexible within a badge Esther :) hopefully that makes it a bit more manageable.

Peggy wrote: "At least you can be flexible within a badge Esther :) hopefully that makes it a bit more manageable."

As I said, we shall see. I am currently freaking out as most of my TBR have an average waiting time of 6 to 8 weeks and I am hoping to get them to finish my 2021 challenge.

Eventually I will calm down and find a strategy for 2022 . :)

I've just flicked through the sites and looked at the art (!!!). I don't know where Janice gets her inspiration from but there are some breathtaking erections there ;-)

I think the extra planning is going to make this task more interesting. And the side trips - the scope is endless! It's 23.40 here so I WILL GO TO SLEEP NOW AND NOT START GOPHERING TILL TOMORROW - well, I'll try......

Phew! All done. Please let me know if I've made mistakes or if links don't work.

I realize that reading books in order will make this challenge hard. I love love love that just about any book I read could be slotted into the challenge over the last two years, and I know I'm not alone in that strategy. We had 67 members participating in the 2021 challenge and it became too labour intensive for me.

I hope that you will all see this new way of strategizing as part of the challenge. I hope that mood readers and those reliant on libraries will find ways to work around the issues this may cause and still participate.

Margo wrote: "I've just flicked through the sites and looked at the art (!!!). I don't know where Janice gets her inspiration from but there are some breathtaking erections there ;-)
."

Oh my! I knew the Aboriginal Man might cause a stir, but.... ROFL!

I think there's a problem with Site 14 in message 15. Most of it is missing.

Janice wrote: "Margo wrote: "I've just flicked through the sites and looked at the art (!!!). I don't know where Janice gets her inspiration from but there are some breathtaking erections there ;-)
."

Oh my! I ..."

Yeah, I think I saw him in Naked and Afraid 😱

Roz wrote: "I think there's a problem with Site 14 in message 15. Most of it is missing."

Thanks! Fixed. :)

And site 31 doesn't state title in #2... which I am sure we could figure out, but just for clarity

Margo wrote: "Yeah, I think I saw him in Naked and Afraid 😱."

ROFL!

Janice wrote: "Roz wrote: "I think there's a problem with Site 14 in message 15. Most of it is missing."

Thanks! Fixed. :)"

Sorry, Janice. There isn't a reading task for Site 14 Location.

Wow! I need a proof reader obviously! Site 14 should be fixed now.

LOL oh wow. The Penis Owl made the cut!!
I am in hysterics.

Rusalka wrote: "LOL oh wow. The Penis Owl made the cut!!
I am in hysterics."

lol, you know I had to go look. Did you see the boob grabber at Site 35?? 😮 It's in the sidewalk. I'd probably trip over it! lol

Rusalka wrote: "LOL oh wow. The Penis Owl made the cut!!
I am in hysterics."

Hehehe!

NOTE!!!! I changed the location task on Site 7. I have changed it to:

Read a book with Caldwell in title (including sub-titles) or written by an author with the name Caldwell.

I thought I went through the tasks very carefully, but I had two listed for Scotland.

Oh this is great! I love the way you've included our big things. So very Australian.
I think I'll choose "The Big Gumboot" at Tully, Queensland for one my additional sites https://www.australiantraveller.com/q...
Anyone else know of an obscure, bizarre attraction for extra sites?

Rusalka wrote: "LOL oh wow. The Penis Owl made the cut!!
I am in hysterics." Oh I feel so un-Australian. I haven't heard of nor seen this one!

Janice, for 36 souvenir it doesn't say if those animals should be in the title or on the cover.

Site 29 Location typo?

Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice of Stuart. Spelling is exact.

Maybe Alice OR Stuart?

Shirley wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "LOL oh wow. The Penis Owl made the cut!!
I am in hysterics." Oh I feel so un-Australian. I haven't heard of nor seen this one!"

Us Canberrans have a love/hate relationship with that stupid owl. Janice has posted him from his flattering side:

Possibly NSFW
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It is 1am and I just tuned in on my iPod to get a peek at the new challenge.
I’ve checked out some links and sites - just to see.
I am reminded of the fun that I had following Bill Bryson around in Australia and checking out the locations on Google Maps and even Google Earth to see the places he visited in his book In a Sunburned Country. I still have a map of Australia on my wall over my desk.

I like the new rules for the road trips and finishing one badge before we start on another.
Great job, Janice!

I am confused (easily done) about the side trip
How do we pick the side trip - does it have to be in the area we are already travelling? Does it have to be a roadside monument or can it be a tourist attraction?

As an example the first badge i have 4 sites in Canada could i do a side trip to say Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver

It is a great challenge Janice just need to get my head round it

ETA i have found the answer t this Janice my fault for not reading everything

I decided to make a stew for dinner. Unfortunately I'll have to stay near the kitchen after 3pm. What to do while waiting? ;-)

Thanks Janice my plans for Saturday just changed! lol Love the challenge!

Shirley wrote: "Anyone else know of an obscure, bizarre attraction for extra sites?"

Janice added a few links to look for sites here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Peggy wrote: "Janice, for 36 souvenir it doesn't say if those animals should be in the title or on the cover."

They should be in the title.

Almeta wrote: "Site 29 Location typo?

Read a book with a character or author with the name Alice of Stuart. Spelling is exact.

Maybe Alice OR Stuart?"

Yes, it's a typo. Alice or Stuart.

Rusalka wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "LOL oh wow. The Penis Owl made the cut!!
I am in hysterics." Oh I feel so un-Australian. I haven't heard of nor seen this one!"

Us Canberrans have a love/hate rela..."

LOL! I love owls and that's why I picked it.

This reminds me of a friend who wanted cactuses quilted in the border of her quilt. Great idea, but they all looked like penises. We called it The Penis quilt.

Janice, I think I say this every year, but this is the best YLTO challenge yet! It's going to be a tough one, so it's time to hone the gophering skills. I like having to focus on one level at a time, and love that we get to add our own stops.

Thanks for proof reading for me.

I finished reading the tasks, and this is amazing!

I will start doing some goohering this weekend. I already looked up for bizarre roadside attractions in Pennsylvania, my area, and found so many I didn't know about. I'm between a shoe shaped house and a giant coffee pot.

I also like having to focus on one badge at a time. I think I was a little overwhelmed this year with trying to fit things in and wanting to save books in case they fit a task for a later badge. I ended up a bit scattered and haven't even completed my first badge yet. This will help to keep me more focused and I'll be able to let go of anything that doesn't immediately fit.

Oooh, a giant coffee pot sounds interesting.

Nice options, Sandra!

Sandra, You made me think of looking for something near me. The first sites I came up with - The Arm of Stonewall Jackson (literally a headstone where his arm is buried), The World's Oldest Edible Ham (it was cured in 1902), or Foamhenge (a life sized replica of Stonehenge made from foam). Virginia is an interesting place... I feel like I should back away slowly. lol

Kristie wrote: "Sandra, You made me think of looking for something near me. The first sites I came up with - The Arm of Stonewall Jackson (literally a headstone where his arm is buried), The World's Oldest Edible ..."

I looked at Virginia's too and just finished creating a side trip for Stonewall Jackson's arm! lol

Too funny, Jayme! Those are the three I took pictures of and put in a folder for later. :)

Foamhenge is one of the 40 set sites, btw.

Looking for side trips will be fun. I remember road trips with my kids when they were younger. We'd look for mini-golf courses and quirky sites, like the giant cross in Oklahoma, the potato museum in PEI, and numerous dinosaur museums with giant fake dinos.

I finished reading all the tasks and looking at all the attractions. Some of them are just so... weird. I don't think we have stuff like that here! Some others are pretty cool.

I'm sure I've come across road side attractions during our travels but have a hard time coming up with any right now, lol. I'd like to use those for my side trips.

My brother and I did a road trip several years ago and we stopped at several quirky roadside attractions. One of my favorites was the "future gravesite of Captain Kirk" from Star Trek. It's somewhere in Iowa - can't remember the town.