We've never used a blog before, but have been prodded by friends and family to set this up to keep in touch while we are traveling. So we are giving it a whirl. Please feel free to share, reply or whatever else you can do on these crazy things.
We hit the road in the family truckster (ok minivan) at 4:15 EST on Wed. June 1st. Loaded with 4 bikes, 2 ripsticks, 1 scooter, soccer ball, basketball, baseball gloves, gamecube, 3 ipods, samsung tablet (that provides mobile wi-fi to 5 devices), three laptops, 3 fishing poles and a whole bunch of other stuff. Goal was to get to Cali ASAP as out rental had already started.
All told we drove for 33 hours straight - only stopping for gas, food, and bathroom breaks. Made it to the Grand Canyon around 1 or 2 am Thursday night (actually Friday morning). I drove to just outside Columbus and then Amy drove about 4 hours while I tried to get the internet going in the car. Obviously, I was unsuccessful at the time or I would have already had this up! I drove from 11pm until about 8 am Thursday. Quite a nice ride with everyone sleeping. Amy drove to about 11 am and then I drove the rest of the way to Albuqurque, NM. We had great BBQ at a place called the Cube and Amy drove a good 3-4 hours to just outside the Grand Canyon.
Quote of the day/night - At a fuel stop at 4:30 am, Sophie wakes up, bright eyed and ready to go and exclaims - "I got all the sleep I need".
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