Day 1: Connecticut to Ohio

Our first day on the road didn't start as planned, but nothing ever does in my world. I had planned to leave at 8:00am to be in Ohio by dinnertime, so that would've meant packing the car almost completely yesterday. Which of course I didn't do. Instead, I spent the last day spending time with people I love. Priorities. It's worth leaving 2.5 hours late on Day 1 :)

Except that when I went to leave, 2 hours late at this point, my car decided it wasn't going with us. That's a great start to a 6 week road trip. I had left the keys in the ignition and the lights on for a while during my packing process, and evidently killed my battery. Thanks to our neighbor for giving my a quick jump, so I didn't have to unpack my entire car to dig out my own jumper cables. And we finally set off at 10:35am.

After that it was surprisingly smooth sailing from Connecticut to New York to Pennsylvania to Ohio. It's almost exactly 8 hours of driving, but it took us about 10 with stopping to stretch our legs, take bathroom breaks and get gas. We got lucky and didn't hit any Labor Day traffic. We have now arrived in Ohio and are ready to explore Cuyahoga Valley National Park tomorrow. I made a little video from today...just iPhone photos and videos so nothing spectacular, but here was our first day of the road trip.

Thank you to everyone who is supporting us and sending love our way :) And a HUGE thank you to those that helped us get ready for this massive undertaking of an adventure, especially my mom...who helped with everything even down to sorting through every clothing item and helping me make the tough decisions about what to leave home...who also snuck birthday cards in my car for me to have in 3 weeks. I may or may not have already opened them. Oops.