Washington, DC
Saturday, July 1, 2006
After what seemed like months of boxing and storing our belongings, fixing up the house for renters (have you ever noticed how the house looks so much better just when you're ready to leave it?), saying goodbye to loved ones, and cleaning up the aftermath of the Biblical rains that swept through the East Coast in June, we filled the Chevy Blazer with gas ($3.05 per gallon) for a 3,000 mile trek across country to California on Saturday, July 1, 2006. We have a funny feeling we may have to fill it again before we reach California!
Between the route planned out for us by AAA's TripTik and the incredible navigation help from TomTom, our GPS system, we were ready for an adventure. With the amazing technology available to us (including Writely, the free on-line web word processor that allows multiple users to collaborate simultaneously on the same document from different computers) and Tom's innate ability to understand it, we decided to keep this Blog of our adventures, so friends and family can stay updated on our Nomadic travels. We also figure it's a good way to keep tabs on us in case we disapear...too bad Amelia Earhart didn't have a Blog!
Our first day we tacked on about 500 miles weaving through Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia on Route 70 before settling near Dayton, Ohio at a Motel 6 (not bad for $42).
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