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Road Trip! This is going to be our first big trip together since we got married two years ago. The dog sitter has arrived, and arrangements for Britta have been finalized. Some people have expressed doubts about how we will fair trapped in a truck and traveling 5000 miles or so in 16 days.  <\/font>To break up the drive we are planning on doing some geocaching all the way to Colorado which should make the miles fly by.<\/font><\/h5>\n
<\/font><\/font>It is 5:30 pm when we pull out of the driveway and 1:30 am by the time we reach the <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>Ohio-Indiana state border and we are beat. We have found a truck stop and decide to crash here for the night. It\u2019s time to try out our make-shift bed which is an air mattress we have placed in the back of the truck. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>It is a little warm and humid tonight, but the truck is dry, secure, and much more comfortable than sleeping on the ground.  <\/font><\/h5>\n

Total Miles Traveled: 483<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Road Trip! This is going to be our first big trip together since we got married two years ago. The dog sitter has arrived, and arrangements for Britta have been finalized. 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