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Set scene: Laura and Amy are deciding what to do for the day, take a ferry to Kingston and eat ice cream (Amy LOVES this idea) or go on a drive. We choose the drive, a nice long one to Kellogg (our favorite). We are driving along and begin to discuss our recently foiled plan of driving to Alaska. We would need to bring our lovely dog, Max. Through Canada. Not easy. Therefore, Laura suggests continental US. This is where our Journey Begins.
Keep in mind, this happened yesterday, Monday 8/13/07. We discussed this trip for the whole car ride and instantly fell in love. We were excited, we're not people who get excited easily. We got home and chose a departure date, 8/21/07, giving us 8 days to prepare.
We make a long list of everything we need to do, the list is long. It includes a few simple things, like buying stuff for Max, the dog, and getting some maps. It also includes a few things like...buying a car, and getting me (the younger one) a license. You know, little chores, easy to accomplish in a week, right? Instantly we started looking at cars online, my dad...surprised to say the least, that we plan to purchase a car in a week.
This morning the real adventure began, we woke up and found that our house, rather, our whole street, had no water. Lovely. First things first, we drove to the beach to "potty". We were very successful after our first, and most important, errand. We bought clothes at Value Village (because Laura is living out of a storage unit 75 miles away), we went to AAA and got a BUTTLOAD of books, maps and information galore. By the way, we love AAA, they're a godsend. We came home, did online financial mumbo-gumbo that I don't really care for too much, and went out again that afternoon. We looked at cars at multiple dealerships, came through rather unharmed, save for a few...run-ins with our Dad. Let me remind you that he is not too keen on this idea of a speedy purchase.
But this leaves us where we are now, writing a blog to tell all of you what we are doing. So, until next time,
Amy and Laura
About Me
- Amy and Laura
- We are sisters who like to travel together. Five years back, we took a road trip across the southern states of the US (Southern Journeys). Then we went on a three month back packing trip across Europe the next summer (European Journeys). Besides a fun but brief trip to Hawaii, it's been too long since we've taken a trip together. But that's about to change! This summer, we are going to road trip up to Alaska where we will then live (Northern Journeys)! Amy will be there for four months, and Laura will stay there for two years!
2 comments:
I was there for this part of the magic. I assure you, readers, that this is not a story of fiction. This baby's all real-life adventure! Woo!
SO... I am actually going to start by saying that you have to guess who I am because I am not going to tell you- and no cheating! It shouldn't be hard anyway. I will start off by saying that my responses will be a tad random because I am responding in a word document while I am reading through your entries. I’m very sorry if I missed this but... did you get your license? Ah, I do love value village! I love AAA, too- especially after they rescued the rest of us when the keys got locked in the car at the market. How is Laura's car working out, by the way?
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