The Journey Begins

Somehow, we managed to pack a small SUV with clothing, camping gear, snacks and alcohol for a month and could still see out the back window. Impressive, we know. Actually, we even had room to spare in the back seat, which will most likely be used for more food, seeing how we downed all of the candy and numerous other snacks like Hugh Heffner downs Viagra. Needless to say, we will need to restock immediately. Oh, and this car will definitely need a carwash in the near future. The number of lives lost on our windshield is becoming quite repulsive.


So now, fifteen hours and 872.7 miles later, we made it thanks to the help of coffee, red bull, candy and lots of loud music. There’s no doubt about it, we reached the point of insanity/extreme exhaustion numerous times throughout the drive, but together we were able to stay sane enough to make it to the beautiful city of Chicago. We actually had a pretty uneventful trip, minus the half hour of being consistently struck by lightning and having rocks thrown at the car…also known as a really bad storm. While at a pit stop in Indiana, we made an executive decision to detour 0.7 miles to Michigan and add another state to our list, which now totals 7. Does that mean we’re already a quarter of the way through our trip? After just 30 minutes into our drive, Sam figured out how she was going to put her journal to great use. Without mentioning any names, someone actually thought Alaska was an island. Immediately, Sam decided the journal would be best for writing down stupid/funny lines said throughout the trip (Thanks Mom for the journal ☺). 


Until next time! 
Ciao