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Wow. We're home. Wendy was tracking our location and walked out to meet us. It was so good to see her! She really made the trip possible by holding down the fort. We did a first pass at unpacking, we'll return the RV tomorrow. I tackled

What a long strange trip!

The last two days have been a blur of states and a LOT of driving. We're ahead of schedule, and we'll be home by 2pm, I think. We've been listening to the audiobook of Lonesome Dove as we go. The RV is so loud

Episode 12: In which Sara scores us a bonus state

After it was all over, Sara said "Don't make me look like an idiot." So, I'll start with the disclaimers. There was construction. There were two highways together, then going their separate ways. It wasn't clear what was an exit and what

Vuja de

It's weird driving back across the country. We took 5 days to travel out, lollygagged for a full day in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, then turned around and hit the road at 6am on Monday. Now it's Wednesday at 10am and we're crossing the river

Westward Hoes!

Before we'd even started on our eastbound trip (aka "The Long Goodbye"), we'd decided that the return voyage would be called Westward Hoes. I'm only now trying to figure out the plural of ho, however. Seems like the "e" is

So close... Hi Bob!

Roberta is at the wheel and she don't need no stinking maps! I'm going to shoot a video of this when we drive down her actual street. I wonder if Bob will stand outside waving as we approach. Sara just texted him our cocktail order. It&

The long goodbye: The backstory

That's what we decided to name this eastbound roadtrip: The Long Goodbye (with due acknowledgement to Raymond Chandler). It's our long goodbye to Roberta of course, but it's also Roberta's goodbye to the Decamaron- it's all of us saying goodbye

Struggle bus morning

Once I’ve had my coffee, I’m great in the morning. Before that, it’s pretty dodgy. By building a careful routine, I’ve learned to muddle my way through the first minutes of the day… shuffle to the bathroom, then straight to the kitchen— switch on the kettle,

You can't make this shit up

Kudos for sharp-eyed Roberta who noticed that this gas station is called "Kum and Go" and then also that the gas is $1.69/gallon there.

Halfway!

The golden spike is now the golden spoke. Our RV is now our halfway house.

Update: Golden spike target has been located!

Here's where we'll plant the golden spike- right between the major metropolises (metropoles? metropolii?) of Aurora and York https://maps.google.com?q=40.8209466,-97.8271446&hl=en-US&gl=us It'll be in a couple of hours. For the full voyeuristic

Driving to nowhere

Last night was truly the popping of our RV cherry. I think things really clicked for Sara and Roberta. We just pulled off the highway into a rest area and without ever needing to leave the vehicle, we cooked, ate, got a little shnockered and started re-watching The Good Wife

Australia’s got nothing on us

We made it out of Wyoming without further drama and we're now parked for the night at the Sidney rest stop (Nebraska, not Australia). But before we left the state, we got a great deal on gas and took pity on the poor dinosaur and gave him a

Superior cops don't have Covid

Just had an upsetting incident while driving through Superior, Wyoming. We ran into trouble with the law! We were in a pretty flat part of Wyoming and I was crouched between the gals in the front seat talking. Nothing seemed amiss but then I heard Roberta at the wheel saying

The fourth passenger

For anyone who doesn't already know, Sara is a tree nerd. It's a pretty normal sight to see her carting around trees and plants in the back of her pickup truck. Her super nerd speciality is conifers and she's informed me they call themselves

Reached the Arctic Circle

We're in Green River, Wyoming for day #2 pitstop #1. I heated up soup on the RV stove. Sara, being an experienced traveler, wanted to try the local cuisine so we pulled into the parking lot of the Arctic Circle. We're too big for the drive

Day 1 wrap-up

Our day 1 was a big one– over 750 miles. We really wanted to make it to Park City, Utah because Roberta has a friend who has an amazeballs house in the mountains. She's away and offered us the run of the place overnight. Given that the rest

Goodbye gambling, hello garments

Hey, we're in Utah! The only sad thing is that we're going to hit the end of Roberta's book soon...

On our way!

Sara and I are driving Roberta home after spending the last two months at Sara's place. It's going to take a little while because Roberta lives in Rhode Island. We're figuring 4-5 days to get there, then Sara and I will head back. And