Saturday (the big trip) approaches...
This Saturday, Nicole and I will be setting out from Seattle on a cross-country road trip to Torrington, Connecticut, to visit my dad and all the rest of the family out there. I'm a Washingtonian, through and through, as I was born and raised here. Still, because my sister and nephew are flying out there, I wanted to be there at the same time she and the boy is. Since my parents were divorced six years ago, I haven't seen my dad nearly enough.
I'm getting pretty nervous at the thought of driving 3000+ miles (each way) in my aging 1995 VW Jetta (it'll turn 104,000 miles by Saturday). I've recently had a fuel filter replaced, and just had the tires rotated and oil changed today (changed the oil myself, even). Even still, this should be a trip to remember.
My parents moved out west from Connecticut in 1977, after getting married, to escape their overbearing parents. They settled in a small town in North-Central Washington called Twisp and by the end of their first day in town, my dad had a job with a logging crew. I was born in August of the following year. My parents briefly moved back to Connecticut for about eight months before relocating once again to Southwest Washington, were I spent my youth and adolescence. Eastern America seems so alien to me sometimes, especially coming from the "left coast."
Our planned route is to go through Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York before finally entering Connecticut. On the way back, the route will look similar, but we're planning to go through South Dakota so we can see Mt. Rushmore (and maybe even stop in Sturgis for the rally). I'm really looking forward to getting to Chicago, as I really want to take a look at the Chicagolands from the top of the Sears Tower. I imagine on the way we'll probably make some slight detours for sightseeing, but that's what I'm hoping for.
Once on the east coast, Nicole wants to see the sun rise over the atlantic. So we'll be making a trip to Massachusetts for that. I don't think we'll have time to go to NYC, unfortunately. Another time.
We've given ourselves about 2 1/2 weeks for this trip. It's going to be grueling, but I hope it'll be a great experience, hopefully somewhere along the lines of our Vegas trip in July 2001.
Cellphone coverage between Billings and Fargo is pretty non-existent as far as I can tell, so unless we happen to find some WiFi or Internet cafes, I don't think you'll be hearing to much from me. I do plan on writing about the trip and posting it to my journal when I can.
I welcome any suggestions on things/places to see, so long as they're along/near I-74, I-84, I-90, or I-94. I think that's all of the major ones :-)
I'm getting pretty nervous at the thought of driving 3000+ miles (each way) in my aging 1995 VW Jetta (it'll turn 104,000 miles by Saturday). I've recently had a fuel filter replaced, and just had the tires rotated and oil changed today (changed the oil myself, even). Even still, this should be a trip to remember.
My parents moved out west from Connecticut in 1977, after getting married, to escape their overbearing parents. They settled in a small town in North-Central Washington called Twisp and by the end of their first day in town, my dad had a job with a logging crew. I was born in August of the following year. My parents briefly moved back to Connecticut for about eight months before relocating once again to Southwest Washington, were I spent my youth and adolescence. Eastern America seems so alien to me sometimes, especially coming from the "left coast."
Our planned route is to go through Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York before finally entering Connecticut. On the way back, the route will look similar, but we're planning to go through South Dakota so we can see Mt. Rushmore (and maybe even stop in Sturgis for the rally). I'm really looking forward to getting to Chicago, as I really want to take a look at the Chicagolands from the top of the Sears Tower. I imagine on the way we'll probably make some slight detours for sightseeing, but that's what I'm hoping for.
Once on the east coast, Nicole wants to see the sun rise over the atlantic. So we'll be making a trip to Massachusetts for that. I don't think we'll have time to go to NYC, unfortunately. Another time.
We've given ourselves about 2 1/2 weeks for this trip. It's going to be grueling, but I hope it'll be a great experience, hopefully somewhere along the lines of our Vegas trip in July 2001.
Cellphone coverage between Billings and Fargo is pretty non-existent as far as I can tell, so unless we happen to find some WiFi or Internet cafes, I don't think you'll be hearing to much from me. I do plan on writing about the trip and posting it to my journal when I can.
I welcome any suggestions on things/places to see, so long as they're along/near I-74, I-84, I-90, or I-94. I think that's all of the major ones :-)
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