Mapquest Childhood Home meme

[jetpack_monkey]

1. Go To Mapquest.com
2. Click on "Directions"
3. Enter your current address and the address of your childhood home (or at least the town if you don't remember the exact address)
4. Put the time and distance in a post like this.
5. Don't forget to repost these directions. (Not the door to door ones).

From: Phoenix, AZ (current)
To: Rock Island, IL (my family had a tendency to move houses every year when I was in Des Moines. When we moved to the Quad-Cities, we actually did Dad's version of settling down)

Total Est. Time: 25 hours, 55 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 1725.56 miles

Huh. Guess I never really realized how far away from the Midwest I was. Huh.

Comments

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

I have you beat:

Total Est. Time: 16 minutes
Total Est. Distance: 8.49 miles

And that's the long way, having to go out of the way to get to a bridge to cross a major river. Straight shot takes out about 1/3 of that distance.

[qkellie.livejournal.com]

I think I have everyone beat:

Total Est. Time: 1 minute
Total Est. Distance: 0.11 miles

I live in the apartment complex my parents did when I was born. ;)

[hjcallipygian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but did you grow up there? I mean, this is where you call home, not where you were born. Still, you do have me beat.

In other news, the hospital where I was born is now a Publix (grocery store). I feel like Martin Blank from Grosse Point Blank.

In other other news, I have a friend who bought his parents' house -- the house he grew up in -- and now lives there with his wife and daughter. I don't think it's possible to top that one -- 0 minutes, 0.00 miles. =) ... honestly, I think it's kinda creepy...