The Journey

The purpose of this blog is to catalog and document our trip for ourselves and for others. We are going to have a lot of time to sit and think and kind of just enjoy what is around us. My hope is that we update this regularly but for the reasons above; I can give no guarantee. I'm also hoping to spend some good time in my Bible and to share that with whoever finds this.

Here's a little breakdown of the trip:

We'll be all packed up Thursday, March 11 in Michael's family van and ready to leave Friday morning after Rob gets out of his exam. We're packing light because we're men and we don't need ridiculous unnecessary things/stuff. We are going to bring snacks because men eat things, a video camera because there will no doubt be shenanigans which will have to be documented and lawn chairs so if we're driving through God's creation and see some beautiful country we can sit and soak it in.

The first leg of our journey will be around 24-28 hours including pit stops and meals. We will head out of Bloomington Friday morning and God willing arrive in Salt Lake City Saturday afternoon. I took the liberty and responsibility of looking up Diner's, Drive-ins and Dives locations in cities we're going to be traveling through so we can enjoy some great food. The plan is to spend all day Saturday enjoying Salt Lake City and spending the night there in a hotel to rest up for the next day. We're going to wake up early, go to church and depart for Portland, Oregon.

This trek will take us around 12 hours and will put us in Portland late at night. We are very fortunate to be allowed to stay with friends of Michael's family in Portland. Sunday night and Monday and Tuesday day and night will all be spent in Portland with us leaving in the morning on Wednesday. We don't have a lot of plans in any of the cities we're going, so honestly if you are reading this and can think of something fun for us to do (that doesn't cost money), drop us a line.

The drive from Portland to Seattle is luckily only about 3 hours. Our last couple of day will be spent in and around Seattle. We're hoping to take some time to see the Pacific Ocean and see the sites (recommendations again would be welcome). After spending the rest of Wednesday and Thursday in Seattle, the last leg of our journey is approximately 36 hours (according to Google Maps) from Seattle back to Bloomington.

I for one am probably more excited than I should be for this trip for a number of reasons:

• I'm going to spend a lot of much needed time with some really good friends.
  
• I was born in Texas but have never been farther west than that and can't wait to see some mountains.
  
• This has a lot of promise to be incredible experience.
• God is good.

Psalm 24:1
"Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me you paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long."