So I Learn to not Complain About a Particular Stretch of Highway!

Our trip started with a load out in Columbus, OH that sent us to Buffalo. After we shuffled off to Buffalo we made a quick trip into NYC then it was onto Massachusetts.  In Massachusetts we headed first to Canton, MA to a shop to pick up the items needed for Antiques Roadshow.  After getting loaded the shop was kind enough to let us stay on their parking lot for the night as there were no truck stops to wait at before heading into Boston for a very early morning load in. 

Us at the site of the Boston Tea Party
Not sure how we ended up in matching shirts

The next morning it was off to the Boston Convention Center.  After load in we were sent to a parking lot near the center to hang out until the load out the next evening.  We did some touring of the city on Friday, but Saturday morning we headed out early, only expecting to be out a few hours.  Well as anyone who has ever been to Boston knows there is a lot to see.  The Old North Church, Boston Commons, the Statehouse and the wharf (loved the wharf) we hit them all. By the time we got back to the truck we had been gone 6 hours.

After Boston we did a run from Philly to Washington DC for Beauty and the Beast.  As we sat onPennsylvania Ave just a few blocks from the White House that Monday evening we saw three motorcades go by.  I always find it interesting to see all motion on the streets stop as the motorcades pass.

Next it was off to Georgia to grab a Jersey Boys advance trailer headed for Denver.  On our way through Kansas on I-70 I commented to Vince how much better I liked this drive through Missouri and Kansas then going I-80 through Nebraska.  This was my first time on I-70 west past the St. Louis area. I then proceeded to take a few minutes to complain about how boring I find the drive on 80 in Nebraska.  Our next dispatch was St Paul to Harrisburg, PA. So the next evening at dinner I asked Vince as I usually do what route we would be taking to get to St. Paul.  He then rattled off, mind you without looking at me, “I-76 N to I-80 E through Nebraska to….” Well as you might imagine I stopped listening as soon as he said I-80 E through Nebraska.  I asked him if he was kidding and he said no he had spent the last day wondering how he was going to break it to me that we indeed had to go across Nebraska. We had a good laugh about it and my hope was that since we were not going through Nebraska as we usually do after being on the road a few days either coming from the west out of California or East out of New York that this trip would not bother me.  Which I am happy to report it did not.

Ended up almost dead stopped in rush hour traffic
so I just had to snap this pic

As soon as we left St Paul with our Fela trailer on Tuesday it was a dash across the country to get back to Harrisburg by Thursday to pick up the Antiques Roadshow trailer and head to Myrtle Beach for a Friday morning load in.  Well I stayed up with Vince for the long drive into Myrtle Beach but didn’t answer the 6:00 am alarm for load in.  When Vince looked back into the sleeper area after load in at about 8:15 am I just grinned and waved at him, imagine Max when the Grinch caught him riding on the back of the sled, because I was not up yet.

On Friday afternoon we spent a couple hours walking along the beach.  We so enjoyed watching parents of toddlers trying to get the little ones to go into the water.  We especially loved how the little ones would run away as the water approached them.  That evening we had a nice dinner at Kansas City Steakhouse which was near by.  Yesterday was a hot one, so we only ventured far enough grab lunch at a pizza joint before load out last evening.  We are having a great time. This trip has definitely been a great both weather and adventure wise.  

Neat Mural on the Myrtle Beach Convention Center