driving through Ohio and Indiana

Driving through great scenaries of trees hugging the road to opening vistas of farmlands, occasional horses and lots of 18 wheelers. Here on Route 80 their are semi's, semi's with 2 trailers and some 'triples' with 3 trailers behind them. Only a few states allow these triples and most of I80 is this way. So far light traffic and only a few construction zones. We're breezing through. The skies are filled with mixed blues and patches of mostly white (multiple) cloud formations.
We are spending the night just east of Gary Indiana at a place called La Porte. We are staying right across from a gorgeous lake with interesting wildflowers a few miles off the interstate. Jocelyne found a great place and rate from a brochure at a rest stop - she opened the page to the perfect spot.

By the end of the day we drove about 350+ miles. That puts us about 860 miles west from Manchester, CT. We are right on schedule.

Driving Miss Daisy...

Today we started out on our journey across the USA. Two cars, 3 J's and more boxes and stuff than 3 people need for a 2 month+ journey, but here we are - happy and joyful about our new adventure. Jocelyne and Josh in one car and Jeff in the other. We went across the Tappan Zee bridge into NY proper then through New Jersey on 287 avoiding all the NYC traffic. Then we drove onto interstate 80 west where we will be for many days. We drove all through PA today and we are spending the night on the Ohio border just east of Youngstown. The weather has been between 72 F and 84 F with mixed clouds and sun. Beautiful!
We've stayed at a few Holiday Inn Express's and they have been quite nice with breakfast and internet included. The one we stayed at in PA was particularly upgraded and felt more than an 'express' style.

Good - Bye to CT & Picking up Josh

Jocelyne and Jeff said their "Goodbyes" to a few friends this morning and Jocelyne's sister 'Chantal's family. Then We had a nice lunch with Jocelyne's parents Alice and Armand in Bristol, CT. Said good bye to other siblings and headed to right before heading out to White Plains, NY to spend the night and be able to easily drive around NYC city traffic on Highway 287 the next day. (about 1 1/2 hours from Bristol).
In Ny we saw this really cool (except it was pink) mini-Cooper limo driving along the side of us. Only in America!
We were scheduled to pick up Josh (Jocelyne's youngest son) from NYC's La Guardia airport around 7:15pm. Due to some weather issues he was delayed at some other airports coming back from San Diego. We had no idea from moment to moment where he actually was - yet we trusted that all was fine. And it was - we finally saw him about 10:15pm and then drove to White Plains to spend the night. We got to bed shortly before midnight.

Repacking the cars

Sunday.
Jocelyne ran errands and Jeff did some paperwork. We had a great lunch at Utsav, an Indian buffet in Vernon,CT.
Late that afternoon we repacked our cars so that we can actually see out our rear windows. That was a blessing in itself!
Around 6pm we made it to the Alliance for Holistic Living Open house/party. Wonderful seeing so many people that we had connected with over the years and saying our final goodbyes. Sad, yet sweet at the same time. Good people in Connecticut.

Tying up loose ends

Saturday. Mostly run more errands. Return equipment. Take Biomat orders. stay up late - Jocelyne feel asleep at the computer while talking on the phone to someone around 10 or 11 pm. We have had a few late nights and early mornings. we like the Holiday Inn express we are staying at. Very convenient.