Road Trip!!

We just got back from a kinda long road trip. This run took us to New Jersey, then to South Carolina, Indiana, Wisconsin & then finally in Upper MI....HOME!!! It was an eventful 5 days but so awesome! I sooo never take these days on the road for granted. It's like we are paid tourists.

So let me tell you about this trip we had...well even before we left & got word that we'd be heading out to NJ, Bon Jovi songs ran through my head. Ken mentioned we'd be going thru Philadelphia & immediately some Boys Two Men songs invaded my brain. Funny how songs bring us to a certain place.

Armed with a bag of yarn, a slew of books, my Ipod I was set to go!! Thank goodness for the Ipod!! Ken listens to some super lame-o talk shows. I still to this day freak out while going over the Mackinac Bridge! Seriously folks!! It sucks some serious butt!! With being in a semi we have to be in the outside lane...oh and go 20mph!! Do you know flippen long it takes us to get over that beast at that speed!!! Ugh! It really stresses me out & tests my courage...not to mention my bladder & colon! I know, perhaps TMI but for real...it scares me that bad!!

Once we got into Lower MI I was able to do some reading & relax a bit. We slept in Ohio that night & got up early & were in PA by the afternoon. I had some situations with the mountains with the whole MM thing. But my eyes were diggin the scenery so it was all good & dandy. Oh how I wish we lived where there were mountains!! When we went through Philly I was like a tourist...or perhaps just a crazy lady sticking her head out the window to take pictures. Ken kept telling me to get back in, we don't know what type of neighborhood we're in. Eventually my eyeballs felt like they were frozen & I had to shut the window. We entered Jersey & once again, picture taking was going on. We delivered & set out on to pick up our reload.

Our reload place was in Bayonne, NJ. We found the location on the map & holy bean bags!! It was exceptionally close to NYC, and Lady Liberty! That pretty much stoked my universe & made Ken's guts do a tilt a whirl. I had hoped so hard that we'd see NYC or Lady Liberty. Ken was insistent that we'd see ships and that's about it. Well folks!!! As we were coming into Bayonne we saw it.....the NYC skyline!! Holy beans!!! I got all teary eyed & all that girly jazz & yup, camera was going non stop! That's when Ken hollered something. He was so excited I had no clue what he said & if it was a good thing or a bad thing. He was pointing in the NYC skyline...or so I thought. My eyes danced around, taking it all in. He finally said "Holy SH$* Kathy!! It's the Statue OF Liberty right in between those two big buildings!!" Ok, so now my eyeballs are going all over the place..."what TWO buildings!!" "The ones over there, by the harbor" he says all excited. Ok, BIG buildings...NYC skyline....IT"S ALLLL BIG!!! I could see a copper topped building but no sign of Lady Liberty. Ken pointed int the area I needed to be looking so I took pics, hoping I'd see Her in the pics I was taking. Well let's just say I have a lot of sky pics. Then I saw it!!!! I saw HER!!!!! Got all teary & said some colorful words in amazement!! Now, we were across the river & there were buildings in front of us so there was some distance...but She was still huge!!! Oh, how it rocked my World!!! Then as we backed in the dock I couldn't stop looking out the front window...NYC skyline, Lady Liberty...right in front of my face!!! How neato indeedio!!! It took them forever to load us up so I didn't get any more pics of the city skyline but we watched the sunset on those awesome buildings. The Empire State Building was all lit up. We couldn't help but to think of the events of 911 and two very large buildings were missing...it was a bitter sweet moment....as we drove away & watched the city disappear as we made our way south.

Our delivery location was in South Carolina. Now that was awesome! Actually I think traveling is awesome & it had been awhile since we've been there. The thrill of racing feed my blood when we're down there!! If you know what Mooresville, NC means to the racing community you'll know EXACTLY why I get all stoked as we drive through!!! There's some honkan huge homes...much of which may just be NASCAR drivers homes. Just being this close to the tracks of the sport I love so much rocks my bones!!

We made our way back to Indy & then WI & finally HOME after 5 days of hitting the pavement. It's been quite a journey...Seeing NYC was our last big United States city we had left to see. We've made our way through San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Dover, Vegas & every major US big city in between. What an adventure it's been! I know we've only dotted our wunnaful country but have seen soooo much...and for that I'm grateful!!!