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August 8, 2004

Les Grandes Vacances

For most of the year, we've had these semi-nebulous plans to drive across the country with the dog and spend several days on an island in Maine with our dear friends Christo and George. So we've spent some time nailing down the exact dates (including a visit with my parents) and are planning the drive now, and as I mention it to more people, it becomes clear that either my friends have an iffy sense of geography, or they expect us to be taking an insane route.

We plan to drive on Interstate 80 from Oakland to New York City, where we will stuff ourselves stupid with fresh bagels. This takes us through, in order, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Then we're going to head North on Interstate 95 up to Maine.

So either some of my friends think we're planning to make the drive the centerpiece of the trip with lots of side excursions of more than a day (we're not), or they have a really whacky sense of where certain states are. I can see thinking Colorado might be on the way, but Oregon? I do not think so.

The real deal is that we want to get across the country as fast as possible. Both Noel and I have driven across the country before, and travelling in the middle states quite a bit, so we don't feel any need to make it an experience. We're primarily driving because taking the dog on an airplane in the summer is a bad introduction to air travel for her, and we wanted to bring her to Maine with us. It also enables us to visit more places for a lower cost than flying would, including a visit to my parents and drop-ins Boston and New York City. Also, we can pack all kinds of crap into the car that would be a pain to carry on a plane, like an accordion, my mandolin, and a bunch of crap I have stowed in my parents' attic and have promised to remove on this trip (or throw away).

So if you know us and want to hang out, the metro New York area and Boston are two of our stopping points, and pretty much nowhere else. Just FYI.

Posted by ayse on 08/08/04 at 8:14 AM