Florida to Boston

Well, we made it.  We made it out of our tiny one bedroom apartment in Madeira Beach and up the East coast through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and finally Massachusetts.  Yikes.

It was a long drive.

Before we left we spent a day at the beach club with papa Buckley...

...took in one last sunset....

...and visited grandma Virginia.

Also:

1.  The San Francisco Giants SWEPT the world series!

2.  Obama was re-elected President of the United States!!!!

3.  We met and got to know new family.

From the left:  Brandy Thompson Ludlam, me, Jen, Ron Thompson.  These are my grandfather's niece and nephew.  Guess they are cousins?  Anyway it was great to spend time with them, they are kind and awesome family members and we look forward to spending more time with them!

The trip up was rough.  The 8 hours a day was somewhat scenic and I did most of the driving.  We stayed in Florence, South Carolina and Washington D.C.  In D.C. a friend from high school, Natalie Wasserman, kindly put us up in her Columbia Heights apartment.  Unfortunately her and her fiancee were gone for a weekend trip when we finally made it but they left us a key.  

We explored D.C. a bit but got an early start on Saturday November 9th to see Cody and Courtney, Jen's nephew and his wife.  It was great to see them!  We hope to see them in California in the near future.  

The last stretch of road was brutal.  We spent a ridiculous $35 in TOLLS from D.C. to Boston and I saw New York City for the first time.  It's huge, it looks like a level of the Death Star. 

We arrived at night and driving the freeways of Connecticut seemed somewhat death-defying.  People were driving like madmen and the two lane freeway was littered with short, abrupt on-ramps that spit cars going 15mph onto the road every few miles.  Jen was nervous and I was sweating the whole way.

When we got here no one answered the door to our new place.  We banged and rang the door bell until finally, Patrick, came downstairs.  He and another guy Rob, sleep in the same room although they are not a couple and there is only one bed.  However, they are barely ever here and we essentially have a 2 bedroom townhouse in Cambridge all to ourselves. We are close to the subway and it is great!!

More pics and stories to come.