Entry #5 - 12/20-21/16 - Location: Rural Ohio
First and second days
The beginning of a drive across the country does not necessarily feel like the beginning of our “grand adventure” so it’s been a little hard to reconcile the two. Lara and I have done so many drives like this before that we are very methodical about it. It’s fun seeing random parts of the country are enjoyable but also “boring”. I put that in quote because I’m still quite content to do it but at the same time it’s not the most exciting thing in the world. However, I was struck by the Midwest sunsets and sunrises. Because the horizon lines are so distant (read: flat), the build up to sunrise and the exhaustion of the day at sunset tends to be slow and pretty gorgeous.
We’ve been playing with the GoPro, listening to podcasts and generally in full road trip mode. Nothing to groundbreaking to report. We have realized that we need to better organize the cockpit. We figure we need to balance the need to spend some time on the road to see what works/what doesn’t/etc. but also can’t just get into the habit of having a train wreck of a front seat filled with tissues, half eaten lunch, phones, cords, journal, on and on.
Another state, another set of friends we haven’t seen in too long. Hopefully we can spend more time in some of these places both so the trip can slow down but also to spend more time catching up with some great people in various parts of the country.