From Sunny San Diego to Snowy Philadelphia

The last month of my life has been amazing and extremely fast paced! On February 5th, Ryan, Jared and I packed up our lives in San Diego and headed east for snowiest winter in Philadelphia's history! Ryan drove the entire way with my car on a U-Haul trailer! He is simply amazing! It started pouring rain before we left San Diego (the County must have been crying knowing we were leaving!); it was icy across much of the route 40 (Old Highway 66) and we woke up to 6 inches of snow in Arkansas! Yikes! We decided to try to out run the storm as opposed to be stuck in a hotel for an extra three days! It was a success, but not without much caffeine, 3 books of Harry Potter on tape, an amazing road tripping kiddo, a talented and ever so handsome driver and a good intentioned panicked fiancé! All in all, we drove over 900 miles on the last day (from Arkansas to Chambersburg, PA) and made it safely home to my parents' house on the afternoon of the 9th!

Significant Memories From Our Trip Across Country!

Day One: 02/05/10

Rain on I-5 North

Hell's Angel Biker Dude passed us on I-5

Train with three lights in a triangle rolling through Arizona! It reminded us of the Polar Express!

Purple Baja Bug!

Snow in Arizona

We stayed in Williams, AZ at a Days Inn for $50 inclusive of tax!

Day Two: 02/06/10

Grand Canyon - 33 degrees F; drove through snow and ice

Traveled through Arizona and New Mexico

Sign "Do Not Pick Up Hitch Hikers - Prison Nearby"

Saw a HUGE fire on the side of the road

"Petrified Wood"

Short, toothless, giant-eared woman at truck stop in Williams

3 Old Mexicans leaning on an old gas station wall - straight out of a movie

Hippie Ice Cream & Coffee Rainbow painted bus

"Meteorites for Sale"

Painted Desert

Mustang Police Car

Stayed in Tu-Cum-Cari

Ryan and I stayed up and talked while Jared slept like a baby in the backseat!

Day Three: 02/07/10

Tucumcari, NM, Texas & Oklahoma

Foggy all day

Hawk

Big Cross

Yukon = "Home of the Cattle Workers"

Passed a Vet with a F150 while hauling a car (12,000+ lbs.)

Toby Keith "I Love This Bar & Grill"

Arkansas

"Field of Dreams"

Stayed at Super 8 Motel

Bunch of deer on the side of the road

Day Four: 02/08/10

Arkansas to TN, Mississippi River

Woke up to 6" snow

Drove through nasty snow

Crazy redneck gas station had an overflowing gas pump...ours...

Jared fell in mud "trying to help"

22+ cars off the road because of snow/ice

Skunks

TN Rest stop was closed with no signs...we all had to go so badly

Stopped in TN (right before WV) for dinner

Ryan and I stayed up until 2:30am driving

Every time we decided to stop, the off ramps were completely ice and we kept on trekking - the fear of ice keeps you awake

Drove all the way to Chambersburg, PA

Day Five: 02/09/10

We got up at 9 and ate breakfast

Almost got in an accident because of a police car

Watched a semi get pulled over

Missed our last exit...AHHH (because of the police car)

Dropped off the U-Haul

Got to my parents' house

Played in the snow

Paid florist for wedding flowers

Got SNOWED IN!

KIDS HAD NO SCHOOL FOR 6 DAYS!