Hittin' the road...

This is what I live for.

The road, freedom, new places and awesome experiences. Cathing up with great friends and Great Uncle Stanley along the journey. Climbing the highest mountain in Maine and hiking the Appalachian Trail. AA minor league baseball games and fresh Maine lobster. Running a 5K race along the Atlantic Ocean and taking a dip after crossing the finish line. New England backroads and Vermont microbrews. Setting up camp, burning a fire, and playing guitar and bongos into the night. Running in Central Park. The boardwalk along The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. Getting drunk at the Cheers Bar in Boston then taking in a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Playing rock paper scissors and flipping a coin to determine what we do or where we go next, perhaps landing us in....

... Deleware.

Remember that scene in Wayne's World when Wayne and Garth have this low-budget, makeshift TV show set and they're taking a USA tour? They go to Hawaii then California and New York then... Deleware. Upon enterting "Deleware", their collective energy goes from sheer excitement to borderline worst moment as Wayne monotonely says, "Hey... we're in Deleware." With that scene as our motviation, Tony and I decided that our facial expressions and overall posture at the Deleware border should demonstrate complete worst moment; a mix of anger and confusion as to why the hell we are spending a single second of our vacation in Deleware. We think it's funny, you might think it's stupid. And our apologies to any native Delewarians if this in someway offends you. Hey, we've heard great things about that big bridge you've got.

Who knows, maybe that classic flick planted a seed. The idea of going from place to place and travelling this great country. When I was 18, my friend John Dundon and I drove his convertable Mustang to Colorado and back. I was hooked on the road and the freedom it gave back. When I got home, I had this crazy idea of visiting all 50 states before I turn 30. As my young life continued, that crazy idea evolved into a personal challenge and life goal.

Here comes states 39, 40 and 41. It's URT2. Stay tuned.

- Blake