We finally packed the last bits on Tuesday, Oct 14th at 5pm and headed north.
Car's packed and ready to go on a beautiful day!
Leaving Monument Ave, sad feelings
Yes, north, not west. I had to see friends in DC one last time before we left the east coast and it’s only a short 2 hour drive to commence the journey. Without any traffic (a good omen for the rest of the trip) we made it in time to catch some friends and family, visit the museum of native American Indians and the National Portrait Gallery, watch the debates, and stop by the Botanical Gardens.
Suze and Jake at botanical garden in DC
flower at botanical garden
At 1130 pm on Tuesday night, we decided to go all the way to st louis the next day. All 835 miles. So we got up at 6. Fortunately, I don’t wake up/have awareness until 9am, so the first 3 hours were ‘free’. Jake’s introduction to driving included mountains, rain, trucks, and flat boring expanses, over 7 hours of driving.
We pushed through 14 hours of driving on the first day, on my birthday of a quarter century, the celebration of which we postponed for obvious reasons.
Day 1 – 14 hours, 8 states
Here's the beautiful start at 6am.
50 states in 50 days says the presidential campaigns at the time? I think we can do better than that!
Next post will include state slogans and comments on our often brief experience driving through many of them.
