There Really Is No Place Like Home

I’m finally home!! I got here last night at 10 after driving eleven hours from Ohio. I told my parents that I would be home today, then I snuck in the driveway with no lights on and managed to get all the way to the library, where they were watching the game, without being noticed. My mom claims that I didn’t scare her when I yelled “boo!”, but she jumped pretty high, and then yelled, “you’re in Pennsylvania!”

My trip was good, and I’m really happy that I did it, but it’s so nice to be home. The coasts, Wyoming, and Montana are great, but I don’t know why anyone would live anywhere else in the country. It’s all very interesting to see, but basically it’s flat and there are no people. Kansas is windy, and there were a lot of tumbleweeds in Colorado.

I still don’t know what I’m going to do now that I’m home, but I think I’ll take a few days off before I start worrying. Amazingly, I got through the whole trip without one ticket, accident, or scratch in my car.

Nights spent away from home: 41
Amount spent on gas: $1143.89
Number of miles driven: 9745.71

Seeing the country: priceless


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10/18/2007

I did mean to put pictures from my visit with Nichole and Elliott, but I forgot the other day.

I’m pretty much doing nothing but driving now, trying to got home as soon as possible. I drove from Colorado Springs, CO to Junction City, KS today, which is 460 miles. Kansas basically sucks, unless you like long, flat, straight roads. The one cool thing was that it was really windy and there were tons of tumbleweeds, which we don’t have too many of in CT. When I got out of my car to get gas I felt like Dorothy, it was crazy. It started to rain towards the end of my drive, so I stopped earlier than planned, because the combination of rain and dark makes it really hard to see. I’m going to attempt to make it home in three days, but that obviously might not happen.

10/17/2007

Today sucked. I started driving at 10:30 Pacific time and stopped at 9:30 Mountain time. That’s 10 hours, and I didn’t make it to Denver. I’m in Colorado Springs and I have no idea what Colorado looks like because the sun set shortly before I entered the state. I know I sound really whiny, but I’m very sleepy. Tomorrow will be a better day, and to quote Dean Koontz, “there’s always cake.”

10/16/2007

I’m sure you’ve all missed my ramblings so lucky for you I’m back! I left Nichole’s house this morning and drove to Las Cruces, NM. It sucked to leave, I had a really good time there and I was really enjoying not driving every day. However, I really want to be home and unfortunately I have to drive there. I wish I could fly home and hire someone to drive my car there.

New Mexico is pretty much exactly like Arizona. I went to the White Sand National Monument today, which was really amazing. I heard that it was stupid, but I thought it was absolutely beautiful. When you are out in the dunes it looks like mountains of snow. I watched the sunset from the dunes, then headed back to Las Cruces, where my hotel is. The hotel is disgusting and the bed is like a board, which makes me miss Nichole’s house and want to go home even more. Tomorrow I’m going to try to go to Denver, which is a 10 hour drive, so I might not make it all the way.

10/11/2007

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I got to Nichole and Elliott's house on Tuesday. On the way here I went to Sedona, wihch is sooo amazing. It's just beautiful, but I didn't really feel the whole vortex thing, which is what it's famous for. It took me about 5 hours to get from there to Fort Huachuca, mostly because I hit traffic in Pheonix. It's so nice to be here, and really good to see both of them. I'm staying here until Tuesday, so I probably won't post until Wednesday. Hope everyone has a good weekend. Go Sox!

10/08/2007

I just have to get this out of my system…

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! YANKEES SUCK!!!!! GO SOX!!!!!

Sorry dad and Pat, it had to be done.

I am really tired, I drove from 9:30 to 6 today. Most of the drive was desert, which is not that exciting. I can’t believe how dry it is here, I actually feel compelled to drink water. I’m in Arizona and I’m so excited, because I get to go to my bestest friend’s house tomorrow!! Before I go there, I’m going to Sedona, I hear it’s really cool there. Oh man, I gotta do it one more time….

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Bet you feel stupid now Johnny Damon, you traitorous piece of Yankee crap!!! Hey, Jeter, have fun watching the World Series…FROM YOUR COUCH!!!

10/07/2007

It is so warm in LA. From what I hear, it’s pretty warm in New England too. Today Tesse, Mike, and I had lunch and did a little more shopping. Then I had coffee with my friend, Josh, who I went to school with in New York and who has become a successful actor. It was so good to see him. We were walking down the street and someone recognized him from one of his shows. It was really cool, I felt a little like a celeb! We went to a gelato place and sampled almost every flavor before deciding, they were all so good. When I got back to Tesse’s we made dinner, which was carne asada tacos, it was really yummy. I wish we had carne in CT, I’ll have to figure out how to make it. Tomorrow I’m going to Flagstaff, AZ, which is about 8 hours from here.