End Mileage in LBI: 78950 (108 Miles)

Good news:) We saw two more state license plates on the way down to LBI, Oklahoma and Delaware! Only 20 left to go. Thanks to Stacy Truta and Aunty Brenda for their road game suggestions, they should keep us entertained for at least one more leg of the trip:) Keep the suggestions coming. We'd also like to thank Gretchen for her ENORMOUS bag o gifts based upon the things she forgot on her road trip that would have been very helpful to have.

After this nice 3 day break on LBI we really start the journey. For those that don't know the route we thought we would outline it so you can look forward to where we will be going and offer up any suggestions on what we should do along the way.

NYC
Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cleveland, Ohio
Chicago, Illinois
Germantown, Wisconsin
Somerset, Wisconsin (To See Jack Johnson)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Somewhere near Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota
Littleton, Colorado
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Scottsdale, Arizona
Las Vegas, Nevada
SAN DIEGO!!!

We are set to arrive on September 16th! Although we have nothing too crazy to report thus far, we do have to say it is a very liberating thing to not have to think about anything but each other and where you are heading next. The feeling of irresponsiblity that we felt at the beginning of the journey is now turning into a feeling of exhileration and excitment surrounding the uncertainty of what even the next few hours may bring.

LESSONS LEARNED:

-- Even among the best of friends, 7 hours of Trival Pursuit can get very tiresome. -- You should never revert back to grade school gym class captains as the process for picking teams because, even at this age, being picked last still stings.