Well, we’re on our way. For the next few days, Taryn & I will be posting from the US interstate system. We, along with my mom’s dog Molly, are driving a 26 foot truck from Raleigh, North Carolina to Sequim, Washington. According to Mapquest, that’s about 3,400 miles… in a big ass truck… with a dog. Fun.
We planning on hitting the road on Friday after our real estate closing, but were delayed about 24 hours for a variety of reasons. Regardless, we’re on our way. We’ve stopped to gas up ($100/tank) and to grab a bite for dinner. I, sadly, am also working. Taryn drove the first leg, while I tried to work. The truck bounces so much that it’s almost impossible to use the trackpad on the laptop, so I’m camped out at Ruby Tuesdays trying to finish what I’m doing before we head out again. Taryn, after her cocktail with dinner, is sleeping in the truck. I have to assume Molly is sleeping too, although she spent most of the ride thus far napping between us on the bench seat with her head in Taryn’s lap.
We have wireless internet access, via Sprint/Nextel, so we’ll be posting to Flickr and our blogs while on the road. Stay tuned for further developments.
IMAGE: This is right before we jumped in the cab and took off. The squirrel, who’s yet to be named, is our mascot for this trip. He was just checking things out on the hood before we pulled away.
