After many months of little to no details about the actual road trip to California we finally have a tentative route west. The trip involves eight days, seven of which are driving, with one in the middle to rest my car and ourselves. Overall I think that this will be a very good trip across the country which will allow us to see parts of the country that we have never seen before. I am looking forward to all the new sights, the way people interact in other parts of the country, and of course the food. This will be intense.
Sat. August 20th: We will hopefully be departing Boston somewhere in the early hours, possibly 7:00 or 8:00AM. From there we will trek out I90 to I84 and then wiggle our way north of NYC to get over to I80. In a perfect world we could then just ride I80 all the way to Berkeley, though that will not be our destination. After driving seven or eight hours we will arrive in the Danville, PA area sometime in the late afternoon/early evening. This first day of traveling, I think, will be the most difficult for me because for most of this first leg, I have already travelled before. Now I have never been to Danville or the middle of nowhere PA, which is where Danville is, but nevertheless knowing the unknown roads of states I have never been too looming ahead will overshadow this first part.
Sun. August 21st: We will leave the Danville area in the early morning and make our way to Ohio. This is where things get a little fuzzy. My original plan was to stay in the Akron/Canton region of northeast Ohio. This was done specifically so that I could provide the opportunity for her to come and see me one last time. While I have been reluctant to the idea I thought that I would at least provide the opportunity for the meeting to happen, but we have been talking so rarely and grown too far apart that I am beginning to think that this is no longer necessary. If I do decide to continue with my original plan then we will stay there, otherwise I hope that we can make it to the other side of Columbus. I just don't know if there is any benefit to making this happen.
Mon. August 22nd: We will leave Ohio, hopefully once and for all, and make our way to St. Louis, MO. I have been to St. Louis once but didn't spend enough time to really see it. This leg will be a long haul as we clear across most of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois to reach St. Louis sometime in the early evening. This could be a tricky leg in that if my meeting does happen then there might be some serious processing that will need to occur. What I am looking forward to after this leg is done is one day off.
Tue. August 23rd: We will spend the whole day in St. Louis staying with family/friends of Jeff and, again I forgot her name. This will be good for us to take a break and for my car to take a break.
I will post the rest of the schedule tomorrow.
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