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Day 5 – Jaclyn’s Version
And, we’re off! After all the packing and trip prep we are so excited to start our family portion of the trip together! I only got about 5 hours of sleep, but at least we are done with the packing checklists and on our way. Let the adventures begin! The morning was a little chaotic…
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Day 5 – Jay’s version
Reno, NV -> San Francisco International Airport (271 miles) All the time changes finally caught up to us on our last day and neither of us could sleep in at all. So, we decided to head out early. Today was a day of leisurly making our way to San Francisco. We started by stopping at…
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Day 4 – Land Speed Record!
Rock Springs, WY -> Reno, NV (696 miles) We started today by eating a sad breakfast at the hotel where everything looked and tasted different then the real version of what it was supposed to be. Luckily, there are no knock-off bananas so I went with one of those. After breakfast we stopped by Walgreens…
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Day 3 – Rock Springs
Omaha, NE -> Rock Springs, WY (~750 miles) We slept in a little later this morning and hit the road around 8am. At breakfast I got to use the greatest invention of the 21st century, the automated pancake machine! 2 pancakes in 1 minute! We got on the highway and were promptly greeted by our…
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Day 2 – Omaha
Cleveland, OH -> Omaha, NE (~770 miles) We decided to get an early start on the day as we stayed on the east side of Cleveland and didn’t want to fight traffic heading west. We left the hotel and headed to our favorite bagel shop (in Cleveland) only to find out it’s closed on Mondays…
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Day 1 – Cleveland
Londonderry, NH -> Cleveland, OH (~670 miles) Today is the day! We packed up the last few things and I said goodbye to the family. I drove down to Nashua to pick up my dad and we were on the road around 7:45. We started heading west out the mass pike towards Albany. After passing…
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Getting Ready
Today is the last day to get ready! Jaclyn and I are totally burnt out on packing, thinking, planning lol. Luckily, we’ve had a really easy morning with the kids. They’ve been playing with the hose outside and making “chemical rivers” aka soapy water running down the driveway. They keep yelling “we need more chemicals…