Days one and Two: The Adventure begins!!

Hey party people! Sorry it took us so long to get this second post up. It has been an adventure and we just discovered a wi-fi connection at a Brueggers in Washington DC.

Yesterday we started our big trip! We left Molly’s house at 12:30 after a delicious breakfast and kind wishes for our safe travel. Everyone should thank Molly for how awesome she is because she cleaned the entirety of Jacqueline’s house after the get-together pretty much by herself. Just phenomenal.

The first song we listened to on our trip was “Mint Car” by The Cure, an apt beginning to our big trip. The drive was pretty uneventful. We stopped in Geneseo (though were not counting it as our first stop) to get gas and a car phone charger because I forgot mine. I realized that I left a bunch of things behind—like that phone charger, my new gauges, an iPod cord, etc.—but nothing that I totally can’t do without.

We stopped real quick as soon as we got into Pennsylvania at a scenic overlook. It was mad scenic! (See pictures). Also, there was a sign there that said “Don’t be Feulish, idling makes no cents” and some stuffed wildlife on the walls. This is where Jacqueline and I first switched drivers because my back started to hurt. And my cousin got back to me while we were in the car! Thank goodness. As some of you may know, we didn’t have a place to stay in DC since my cousin John didn’t answer his phone and because I didn’t contact him earlier… But it all worked out because he called and we got directions there.

We stopped for a bit in Gettysburg to look at some historic battlefields. It was pretty awesome! (See pictures). The place was kind of closing down because we got there around 7 so we just walked around. But we still had a long way to go to Arlington. We got turned around when we got close. I don’t know if anyone knows, but the DC area is CONFUSING AS HELL!!! There were three different Glebe streets (north, south, and west) and what I thought was supposed to be Southeast st. was actually South Eads. My cousin lives on 26^th street and we turned down 26^th road, and of course they are right next to each other! Like, wtf Washington? Right?

Last night, once we finally got to John’s house, we went out for Ethiopian food. It was fitting because that’s exactly what Jacqueline had last year for her birthday! But this time she got to order a Corona with it. After that we walked around Crystal City for a bit and chit chatted. Then we went to bed!

This morning we got up relatively early and headed into the city on the Metro. We walked around some gardens (three to be exact) and took a bunch of pictures. Were mostly staying by the mall and looking at all the historic buildings there, seeing which ones we can get into for free.

And now I’m done with my lunch and its time to get back to exploring! Check back in with us when we get to Charlotte because that is our next stop. We’ll be sneaking into Timmy’s apartment and creeping on his stuff.

Here are some funny things we saw on the road so far:

- “We have teacher gifts” – A sign on a candy store

- Reptiland! – It was a reptile zoo in PA but we didn’t stop.

- “Buckle Up Next Million Miles” – a sign in PA. The state had a lot of these kinds of signs. I guess people just hate driving there. And seeing how weird the speed limits were on major roads I can kind of understand why…

- “George Bush Center for Intelligence” – there was a sign for this in DC. Right?

- Hubcap Haven – a store for just what it sounds like.

We'll upload more things once were in not Brueggers.


This happened while walking in DC:
*Dan Spits*
Jacqueline - "You just spit on our nation's capitol!"
Dan - "Oh well. That's for all the times they've spit on me."