the Laura has landed.
Thanks all for keeping this blog updated, and saving me the trouble of playing phone-tag with the world. I am now arrived in California, so i guess this blog is on hiatus until my next grand adventure.
Thanks all for keeping this blog updated, and saving me the trouble of playing phone-tag with the world. I am now arrived in California, so i guess this blog is on hiatus until my next grand adventure.
Laura arrived home (well, her sister's place) just after 1:30 this afternoon. I expect she'll be posting photos of fun things she saw sometime tomorrow.
I caught up with Laura on my way in to work this morning. She had just past the Lost Hills (which is a good place to stop for inexpensive gas when going to or from LA) and was expecting to arrive in Sunnyvale this afternoon.
Just heard from laura. She's a few miles shy of St. George Utah, after making a short stop in Zion National Park. Tonight, she finally gets to California. Hallelujah!
After nearly missing the Continental Divide a few days ago, Laura's predilection for stopping at every historical marker has become stronger. Earlier today, she stopped at one in Utah and spoke with a group of eight Australians who were driving around in a mini-van (think Japanese tourists, except that they say "G'day" and don't wear those silly looking face shields). The historical marker was for a movie set used for westerns in the 50s, and the aussies were heard to say "too late". At which point, Laura asked, "What's too late?" and was told that the set had burnt down.... 2 weeks ago. Which of course had to be seen. So 30 minutes down a dirt road later, Laura found it and, I'm sure, took a few (dramatic?) photos that will eventually find their way to an internet near you.
Just got a txt message from Laura on my phone. She's stopped for the night in Colby, KS. Its about 4 and a half hours from the center of the 48 states outside Lebanon, KS.
Laura has crossed the Mississippi in the St. Louis area. When I spoke to her this morning, she was about half way across Missouri, still on 70, and doing fine.
Laura has stopped for the night and is currently in Cloverdale, IN. She even found net access. Its unclear as to why she didn't blog this herself, but I'm guessing that being tired from driving all day has something to do with it.
I got a hold of Laura somewhere east of Colombus, Ohio. She was about 170 miles into her drive and things were going well. Though she did mention the lack of ergonomics in the design of the seats for her car.... Anyway, there wasn't any police roadblock or black vans waiting for her at the border of PA, so she was able to escape relatively easily. Lets just hope they're not following her, only to attack when they find out the location of her secret rebel base. *cringe* I can't believe I just said that...
I'm leaving in a few minutes. The revised plan is I-70 instead of I-80, and i'm roughly planning to get a bit past Indianapolis tonight.
I'm too lazy to call everyone every night, and too disorganized set up a phone tree, so here's the plan: if you hear from me while i'm in transit, take a second to post here that you talked to me, i'm alive and well, and if you're feeling really adventurous, my city/state. This way i don't have to feel guilty if i forget to call someone some day, or if i spend a while talking to one person and am therefore burnt out on phone use for the day. Sound good? Good. Let's go...