Day Two

We made it in too late last night to post, so here it is now. It was a very long day of driving. We finally made it to our hotel at about 11:30 pm. We've had pretty good driving weather so far, with the exception of the lightning storm late last night. That wasn't even too bad though. We are amazed at how late the sun stays up out here! 9:30 pm and it's still a beautiful sky. It looked like it was on fire. The lightning bugs blanketing the side of the road are pretty cool too. Makes for a sparkly ride (hooray for sparkles).

Yesterday was our longest day at 570 miles - 15 hours, but today and tomorrow are both clocking in at 507 miles... Hopefully we can stay close to speed limit (the truck starts to shake a little at 60mph I guess) and make it in less than 12 hours. Topeka, KS, here we come!

Pictures will be posted later today if we get in to the hotel at a decent hour.

Day One

Day one is finished! Did about 540 miles today, Samantha drove the whole way to Pennsylvania and did a fine job getting us here in one piece. We went through six states today - New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and now we're here in Carlisle, PA for the night at our first Motel 6 of the trip. This one is pretty decent, it has an actual lobby instead of some dude behind a sheet of bulletproof glass, so that's a nice touch.

Mostly smooth sailing, no real problems with much of anything. We got a bit "misplaced" in NY thanks to one part being passenger cars only, so we had to reroute a bit to get where we needed to be. Drove through a small town with some nice houses while we tried to figure out how to get back on the highway. The detour took us probably about 45 minutes or so, but no biggie. We're here in one piece and we're all still talking to each other, so that's a pretty good sign after what's supposed to be the hardest day of the trip.

On a side note - Pennsylvania highways have a boatload of lightning bugs. It's pretty boss. Thousands of them.

We haven't done any video yet, but maybe we'll shoot something in the morning and post it up tomorrow night. There's a picture of a supremely handsome gentleman standing next to a Penske truck, so maybe that'll work it's way on here sooner or later. That's all for now. Bed time. We've got more driving to do tomorrow, as it turns out. Whoodathunkit?

-Aldon

We got it!

Our application was accepted! We now have a Las Vegas address. It's such a relief knowing that when we head out at the end of this month, we will have an actual destination, and it's one that is OURS. It makes the idea of packing easier too. We will be sending out our new information soon, so watch your mail boxes!

Going Away Party 6/5/10

Thank you to everyone that was able to make it to our going away party! It was so nice to see all of you. You all are very special and important to us, and we will miss you. We'll have to have another shindig when we come home to visit. And we love having guests, so if you find yourself out west, make sure you stop by!

We are still working on securing our new address, but as soon as we have it we'll let you know. Keep checking on here for updates!