My first day in Nevada just came to an end. It started with a beautiful sunrise. The view from my apartment is pretty good to the east. Then we ran some errands and got a little more settled in the space. We ended the day with a trip to the strip,…

Only ten miles left, so we thought we deserved a break. For those of you who haven’t been to Hoover Dam, my dad summed it up best with “holy $hit.”

So far we’ve made pretty good time. We just came through St Louis and are headed west. Our plan is to make it to Tulsa tonight and then maybe another long day tomorrow. The dedication to our route caused us to skip a stop at the Worlds Largest Ket…

Flashing a truck driver must be a good omen to start a cross country trip. I picked my dad up at the airport this afternoon and while racing home to see the Patriots game we passed a trailer truck. Not an unusual occurrence, but this one had a sig…

Tonight Rylie made her first reconciliation. She was out in the open, sitting under the scary Halloween Jesus shown in the picture (which is worthy of a whole separate post). She has been a nervous wreck about the event and afraid of being a bad k…

Yesterday at lunch I received the above fortune. Normally, like the rest of the rational members of western society, I automatically write these off. However, given the things in life that are currently evolving, it seemed really appropriate. Mayb…

We spent New Year’s Eve in Harmony, PA at their German New Year Celebration. They drop the ball and set off fireworks at 6 pm local time because it corresponds with the German New Year. We were joined by friends and the kids were sure to make sure…