217: The Snuffleupagus Episode
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Well, since Alison got the wrong Instacart delivery, she is now obsessed with Sparkling ICE with caffeine (triple citrus). Now, even though she’s not sure how healthy the sucrose levels are, she’s up for some suggestions for healthier options for bubbly caffeine if you have them!
Lulu is obsessed with Peeps Eyeglass Cleaner as she and her whole family have glasses to clean!
Cadence Containers
Alison wishes for these ‘not so cheap’ but high-quality storage containers especially suited for travel. Cadence Containers have these magnetically connecting containers that can store your pills, lotion, and so much more.
Lulu has her sights on The Beast blender. Even if you have a good blender, who doesn’t want an incredible new fancy blender??
Leave it to our favorite Hufflepuff to find a real-life, actual frickin’ UNICORN!!! Lulu chose Pavlodar, Kazakhstan because Snuffleupagus reminded her of another fabulous imaginary creature, the unicorn! Although noot as pretty or colorful as we thought they were, donkey/rhino looking animals actually existed! What we would consider a unicorn today actually existed 10’s of thousands of years ago! It has been said that they have found a unicorn skull in Kazakhstan 29,000 years ago. They’re REAL, y’all!!! UNICORNS ARE REAL!!
She stayed at the Garden Park Hotel where she had to choose for a tour guide since her Russian is a ‘bit’ rusty…ok, non-existent.
Now, if you’re a longtime listener of 10K Dollar Day, you know that Alison and Lulu have a fantasy guide named, Vlad. He’s taken them all over the world! So, this time Lulu opted for Tourhq and they had a Vlad!!! So, she chose Vlad, in his Hyundai Elantra car, although 20 hours away from Pavlodar (one heck of a commute!) to take her on a 10 hour canyon tour! She bought out his day, allotting for all gas, organization for permits, negotiations (bribes) , and got him a quadruple room apartment for himself, just like her.
His expertise took them to one of the world's largest open pit coal mines, which is much like a small Grand Canyon when you think of experiencing the sheer size of it. She figured they’d have breakfast at the hotel and then allotted or snacks along the way. Knowing that they would be visiting the open pit coal mines, Lulu was forward thinking enough to bring the Prepster ultra advanced fireproof emergency bag so they could have survival all luxury style!! I mean, it came with a custom monogram, y’all!
Figuring they would be sooty from all the coal, she got some Black beach towels with Balmain logo to wipe off all the soot before they ended their 10K day!
Alison opted for this really cool cave hotel since Snuffleupagus lived in a cave! Usually Alison or Lulu will add each other to their days, but this time Alison brought Snuffleupagus’ family along for the 10K ride!! They stayed at the Beckham Creek Cave Lodge where it’s actually a CAVE!!! I so want to stay there! “The 5,800-square-foot luxury cave hotel in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas sleeps up to 12 people in its four-bedroom, four-bathroom accommodations. Nestled inside a cliffside cave”… it has a natural waterfall right in the middle of the lodge!
They had breakfast at Ozark Cafe, which boasts to have chocolate gravy!! Ok, now I’m intrigued! And since Snuffleupagus’s best friend is Big Bird, Alison ordered a Waterslager Canary and a bird cage from Omlet to keep him and his Snuffle family company!
Now, we know our 10K hosts do their research, but Alison really went the extra mile to know that his favorite foods are cabbage and spaghetti, and he also drinks sassafras tea. He is also afraid of fruit. He dislikes apples because he fears they might fall from the tree and hit him on the head, and he dislikes bananas out of fear that he might slip on the peels. Alison finds that completely valid!
After their adventure, they dine at the Cliff House Inn and since they are a dry county, they brought along some sassafrass wine from Sassafrass Springs Vineyards. She also had the Vegetable Plate her choice of four vegetables served with their famous homemade biscuit. She also added Blackened Creole Butter Sauce Pasta, Basil Pesto Pasta with Boursin Cheese with Blackened Shrimp.
What trip is complete without some gear!! She got $1000 worth of t-shirts, caps and other gear from Bubba’s Buffalo River Store before moving on to Opera Fayetteville, as Snuffleupagus is a big fan of opera! But, wait…there’s more! They had time for some Horseback Riding before dinner back at the Ozark Cafe. I mean, what’s not to support as this family has been running this cafe for 100 years!! Wowza!
Now, dessert was at another famed spot in Jaspar…the Daisy Queen for some creamy delights!
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