We took a picture outside of our house to match the one we took when we moved into the house and included on our change of address card back then. Check out the "For Rent" sign!
First stop Chi-Ca-Go!
To kick the journey off right, we drove down to the Baltimore Inner Harbor so we can literally say we drove "Coast to Coast". Here's the Harbor and the famous Baltimore Aquarium. Bye-bye home sweet home.
Another shot of the Harbor...
Famous Camden Yards where the Orioles play ball in the summer. This is honestly one of the most beautiful unique parks in the country (that we've been too). We're not huge baseball fans but seeing a game here is a ton of fun.
The cats adjusted okay to the drive, but they are not fans of the car or especially the big 18-wheelers. Ender spent quite a bit of time chillin' in the passenger seat and at Fil's feet. Val hung out in the back of the car and kept an eye on the scenery.
Pennsylvania is a pretty drive out to Pittsburgh. The countryside is really hilly and we got a lot of nice views looking out over the ridgelines. The wind in Maryland and Pennsylvania last night was NUTTY! It kept buffeting the car and was quite noisy. We stopped briefly in Breezewood, which is roughly the halfway point between Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
On the way to Pittburgh we went through the Allegheny Mountain tunnel. Ooooo, dark and scary. It also snowed a bit while we drove through Pennsylvania which made things a little interesting.
Eventually we said, goodbye PA and hello O-Hi-O!
What can we say about Ohio? It's pretty wide and we probably spent more of the 12 hour day in the Buckeye State than anywhere else. There wasn't a ton of stuff to photograph, but here's a gigantic GM factory.
Monkeys on US 90/94 in Ohio. They're tired, but still cool with each other. They chatted about movies, played some license plate games, listened to lots of music, and talked about what and who they would miss most (oh yes, it was definitely you, dear reader) and what they were looking forward to the most in California.
The sun sets on our first day of travel.
We entered Indiana in the dark!
You can see that our windshield is filthy. One thing we noticed is that when we got out to get gas was that the snow and salt in the last three states was substantial. It looked like a snowball had thrown up on our car. Bleh!
Other fun facts about Indiana -
1) it is very flat and boring. Mostly farm fields and long straight stretches of toll roads.
2) the speed limit is 70 MPH for cars (Yay!)
3) they have lots of deer and other animals near the highway (Nay!). They've apparently developed some sort of system of road side sensors which detect movement near the highway and warn motorists that an animal is near the road within the next 1/2 mile. These signs flash alternating lights to warn you to be on the lookout.
And finally we entered Illinois and the awesome city of Chicago! The skyway leading into Chicago is really cool and people drive like maniacs (ah, feels like home). The pictures here are blurry because it was dark and we were flying along.
Check out Navy Pier along Lake Shore Drive. This is very cool to see at night and our little picture doesn't do it justice. We hope to post more pictures of the city today.
Our awesome friends Kim and Justin welcomed us into their beautiful apartment. Fed us a yummy late dinner and then the exhausted travelers passed out on the memory foam sofa bed. It was lovely! Kim demonstrates how nice the pillows feel to a tired traveler!
See you tomorrow!!!
6 comments:
"What can we say about Ohio? It's pretty wide and we probably spent more of the 12 hour day in the Buckeye State than anywhere else. There wasn't a ton of stuff to photograph, but here's a gigantic GM factory."
Maybe it's only because I've spent some time in Ohio, but I find this description hilarious. Have fun on today's leg of the adventure.
I MISS YOU GUYS!!!
Andy told me all about the packing and if you're half as sore as he was the next day (which i'm sure you were) i dunno how you drove that long.
Great idea for the blog! You know i'll be checking everyday :)
Love ya
i'm glad you 2 are having fun, but i'm just a little bit sad... :-(
be safe!!
Miss you guys already! Sounds like you're off to a good start! Can't wait to read about the rest of your adventures!
Rock on, monkeys! Strange, though, I don't know how those monkeys are able to drive cross country constantly hugging like that...it seems like someone would have to hold onto the steering wheel at some point...
Can't wait to see the next chapter in your travels!
I'm so glad you are touring the country like this! If you end up buying a little wooden peg puzzle of the continental US, I'd like to see a picture of it! :) Miss you.
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