We made it!

May 25th:
Every time I write the date at the top of a post I actually have to check which day it is. We left Chicago the afternoon of the 23rd and blazed through Ohio and Pennsylvania. During this drive the car began to show its first signs of stress: the tire developed a slow leak. Dang it! Luckily, it was such a gradual leak that we were able to stop every few hours to top it off with air. It held all the way to CT. (Tomorrow will take it to get fixed.)

The “Welcome to New York” sign greeted us at 5:30am on the 24th. We were on our way to Connecticut, but 84 runs through NY first. Dusk was introducing the sunrise by 5:00am, gilding the mountainside trees along our drive with gray-gold light. It was an exquisite drive. We had been on the road since Chicago at 12pm and being welcomed by misty green forests rolling out in front of us gave us the energy we needed to complete the last 30 minutes of the drive.

Since we arrived in CT we have been resting and spending time with Colin's family. Hopefully we will go into NY on Wednesday and sign papers on our prospective apartment. I'll let you know how it goes. On that note, for continuity's sake, I will keep this journal alive through our search for apartments and jobs, at least up until we get settled.

Route: Hwy 94 - I 80 - I-81 - I-84
Major Stops: Clarion OH; Woodbury, CT

P.S. I update the St. Louis & Chicago posts to include routes.