Day 1 - Aug 18

5:10 AM – Wake up call (Em says, ‘5am should be illegal’)
6:00 AM – Leave driveway, John driving, all occupants’ awake, tears minimal
6:05 AM – Leave gas station onto 93 S after fill up
6:25 AM – Mass Border – 20.7 mi.
Valium seems to be working: P
6:30 AM – head onto 495
6:58 AM – I-290
7:14 AM – I-90 (50 c toll)
7:24 AM – 84 S
7:31 AM – Connecticut Border - 99.5 miles
7:53 AM – back on road after first rest stop
8:28 AM – start 1st Harry Potter book on mp3 (153 mi.)
8:44 AM – did NOT stop at ‘TRUCKING MUSEUM’
8:56 AM - Chapter 2
9:12 AM – Cross into NY (197 miles)
9:18 AM – Chapter 3
9:33 AM – 222 mi.
9:39 AM – Cross Hudson River (229 mi.)
9:51 AM – Pass car hauler with at least one car alarm going off
10:09 AM – Elevation 1254 (264 mi.)
10:12 AM – Cross into PA (268 mi.)
10:39 AM – 302 mi. (1/2 our days mileage goal)
Fill’er Up
327.8 miles traveled
9.57 gallons needed
$24.87 spent
34.25 MPG
11:19 AM – Lunch at Wendy’s
12:34 PM - Chapter 8 of HP #1
12:45 PM – Soda stop, Red bull is GRRRROOOOOSSSSSS, I take over driving (410 mi.)
12:53 PM – Oh good... A DETOUR… thank goodness it is clearly marked, with Red arrows... Not Blue
On our detour, we pass the Jonestown Bible Church
1:07 PM – Woooo back on Highway 81, detour over and uneventful
1:13 PM – we mooed at some cows in a field
2:15 PM – 501 mi.
2:16 PM – Tuscarora Mt. tunnel
3:38 PM – Allagheny Mt. Tunnel (567 mi.)
4:05 PM – 600 mi. (our original mileage goal for the day)
Fill’er Up
4:18 PM
285.9 miles traveled
8.85 gallons needed
$23.01 spent
32.31 MPG
5:22 PM – Cross into West Virginia (674 mi.)
5:33 PM – Wheeling Tunnel (687 mi.) Em says ,‘ Creeeeeepy!’
5:35 PM – Cross into Ohio (688 mi.)
6:45 PM – Zanesville, Hotel (759 mi.) Dog still alive and well