So you may notice a bit of a time gap between this post and the last. Unfortunately right after Rob quit his job he developed a hernia and needed surgery. Luckily we were able to schedule it before the insurance ran out (with 2 days to spare!) but our trip had to be delayed while he recovered. So instead of heading out mid-April we'll be leaving late May. I've also been wanting to update but the massive amount of preparations have left me with little time or energy for "extra" stuff.
However, I wanted to have more than one post before I give the link out to family and friends! Our plan is to update weekly at the very least, but preferably bi-weekly, from libraries or coffee-shops en-route. Hopefully we'll have lots of pictures and fun stories to share about our adventures, and can get your feedback (and souvenir requests) in the comments.
Currently our (very general) projected route is to head down the east coast, follow the Blue Ridge parkway south-east, cut across the south to the southwest, head up the west coast all the way to Alaska and head home from there through the trans-Canadian "highway". Depending on which route we take through Canada we'll either come cross back into the US west of the great lakes and take the southern route home or head towards Ottawa and come down through New York back to home sweet RI. Sadly, due to timing and the locations of the national parks highest on our must-see list we'll be missing the south-east states entirely.
We hope to see many friends and family along the way! For their showers as well as their company because our goal is to camp pretty much the whole way. I've already told Rob I'll be getting us a hotel for his birthday, and every few weeks we might splurge for a real shower and bed for a night but other than that we'll be roughing it.
I know shorter posts are easier to read (and I'm wiped from a long day) so I'll leave this one off here and fill you in on more details (like our sweet off-road equipped Buick station wagon, Moby) later.
Happy Trails!
-Miriam
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