Moving commenced bright and early on a Monday morning, specifically the Monday of August 31st. We dutifully packed up the rental truck the day before and hit the road by 6am Eastern Standard Time - I wasn't kidding about the bright and early part.
In the first day we (a caravan of the pictured van and my little Nissan Sentra accompanied by my parents, Justin, and I) drove through the entirety of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and part of Indiana. This was no small feat, in fact we drove for nearly ten hours on the 31st with only a few stops along the way. When the night started to fall we checked into a hotel in South Bend, Indiana which, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is the birthplace of Notre Dame. Luckily school had either only just begun or was not yet in session so the little town was only mildly packed with tailgaters and students.
Day two (on September 1st) consisted of another early morning, this time a little less bright as the sun was still sleeping when we set out for the highway. The drive took us through the remainder of Indiana, part of Illinois and Wisconsin, and then finally to Minnesota. The scene outside the window was pretty predictable and mostly looked like this:
We stopped several times on day two, but mainly only to meet up with our old friend, Wisconsin Dells bear located at a gas station somewhere nearby. Only later did I find out that the bear is actually a ride car from the Minnesota State Fair, but that story is for another entry.
By the early afternoon we made it to Saint Paul, just in time to sign the lease and receive the keys for our new home which is located in one of the cutest and coziest neighborhoods that I have yet to encounter in the Midwest.
Previous to this trip I had longed to drive cross-country on a road trip. Little did I know how exhausting the whole ordeal would be or how monotonous the drive would seem. Still, it was an experience that I won't soon forget, early mornings, commuter traffic, and all.
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