Lets start this shit up!

Above is one of my favorite videos. It is perfect for beginnings.

We woke up at 6am to go eat at the Northside Grill in Ann Arbor as a farewell breakfast before hitting the road. Our first stop will be to Kansas City to visit my friend John. Only 11 hours of driving today!

Destination set. Start the Countdown!

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So, it has been decided that the first stop in my journey will be Marina, CA. Due to an unfortunate situation, I will be accompanied by a delightful companion: my girlfriend. We will be driving to Marina where she will be spending the next year and a half as a Scientific Illustration graduate student at Monterey Bay. She had planned on taking the trip by herself, but got into a car accident (she is fine) and totaled her car. So, we get to travel together!

The past two weeks have consisted of packing stuff to take to my parents place (special thanks to my Dad and Mr. Kellicut for coming down to help!), selling some items on Craigslist, throwing stuff out, taking stuff to Salvation Army, fixing a punctured tire, cleaning my apartment, worrying about how I still have too much stuff, getting my car towed to fix a cooling fan, and generally freaking out while simultaneously getting excited for this trip. We will be leaving Saturday morning, bright and early. Just in time to fight the Labor Day traffic :)

Wish us luck!

Places to visit

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Above is a map with the places in the United States (along with a couple in Canada) that I would like to visit while on my trip. I likely will not hit them all, as there are enough places marked for three to four trips. I am still trying to decide which direction to go first, but I will be hitting the places in the north first, then cycling down south as it gets colder.

I will be using another map to track my actual trip progress. I will put that up as a separate page.

I am still taking suggestions on places to visit, so feel free to send them my way! There are a few places rather void of dots.