Thursday, July 5, 2012

Day 1: NYC to Chicago

I-80 West, Indiana

This posting is a day late...but yesterday was busy.

Miles traveled: 798 miles
Time spent driving: 13 hours
States passed:  New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Tolls paid: Way too many (like the turnpike tolls for the entire states of Ohio and Indiana)
Tanks of gas: 3
Traffic violations: 0

Important things to note:

  • We left Queens at 5:30am.
  • Somewhere in New Jersey around 6:30am I seriously asked Michael if he knew the route Louis and Clarke took across the country.  This was met with a blank stare...and then he took out his iPhone to find out.
  • Michael slept through 2/3 of Pennsylvania while I kept chanting, "How big is this state?"
  • God opened up the heavens twice in Ohio leading to random sudden downpours and lightening storms.
  • Half of our dried mangos were consumed.
  • We made it to our hotel at 7:10pm.  We then dropped off our stuff, ran to the car, got stuck in Chicago traffic and made it to our 8pm show at Second City at 8:01pm.  Booya.
  • Mexican food was had at a much too late hour.


Rain!  Ohio!

Artistic Indiana road shot

798 miles is nothing

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