Day 1 (A Beauty?)

Well here you have it, the first in many of our blogs. After what seemed like an eternity packing our possessions into the van and trailer that will carry us across The United States we have finally hit the road!

150 miles later finds our van clunking and scraping through Mass. Literally surrounded by the people who I find most revolting on I495. We pull into a rest area to take a break and get some 5 hour energy shots (thank you Adam) and out of nowhere the van shudders and sort of goes "thunk". Kristen asked me what the noise was, so as usual, I made something up about CV joints...

Stating that we had to take it easy for the remainder of the day we chug along through Mass and into New York state at a brisk 50mph. Any slower and trucks would actually be pushing me down the road.

Hoping to make it to Buffalo before the CV joint finally gives out. Right now we're sitting somewhere between Albany and Buffalo at a delightful little rest area. This is the first time I've set up a blog so please be patient, but I did want to get the site up and running.

Hope you're all doing well back home, and everywhere else. We'll keep you updated as things move along. Right now it looks like we'll be in Western NY for a couple of days while the van is being worked on.

Wish us luck!