Covering Friday-Monday. More journalish at this point. I hope to write more interesting tales soon :) The trip is going great so far and we are having fun and have yet to kill each other!
1/3/14
We left at 6:30am from my apartment in Bernardston, MA. It
was bitter cold and snowing. Sam and I had to attach the bike to the car
layered in our summery clothes! We were celebrating the fact that it was the
last day we would be that cold (bahaha yeah that did not go as planned). Our
van was a complete beast and attacked the snow with the mighty heart of a
warrior.
The most exciting part of our first day of traveling was
that at one point our windshield wipers stopped working..... Sam ended up
hanging out of the window on the highway and had to hand wiggle the wipers (as
we could not see out the window). Poor girl out there in the cold air and
covered in salty mess! We stopped for gas and the gas men fussed over us like we
were orphaned girls. I even got a free cup of hot chocolate :) We picked up
Brian in PA and arrived in Evington, VA around 8:30pm. I had a wonderful visit
with my grandfather and family. I am so lucky to have them in my life!
1/4/14
In the morning we drove to Moorsville, NC to see Sam’s
grandmother. Brian and I took the bikes off the back and attached them to the
roof of the van (so we could actually get into the back of the van which is
very useful!). It is insane how much salt was on the car and bikes! People
thought it was covered in snow! I was covered in more salt than I have eaten in
my lifetime!
The next leg of our journey was to Ashville, NC. We thought made
it just in time for our techno contra dance (which we ended being an hour early
for.... haha, better early than late). We had a good time at the dance. I was
able to see a couple of people I actually knew which was awesome! The person
running the dance was so kind as to host us for the night. We got back around
2:30am and Sam and Brian crashed. Haha, I went out to the after dance party and
danced till 5:30am Jordy (our host) and I were the last to leave! I am in love
with dancing!
1/5/14
We slept in and explored downtown Ashville in sweatshirts!
We were so excited. We did all the touristy things (like ride the metal pigs
and turkeys and get stuck to the giant metal iron (pictures will follow soon :)
Brian’s friend Keely hosted us for that night. Did I mention yet that Sam is a
wonderful cook? Well she is (plus a wonderful person in gengeral!). We stayed
up late chatting and people taking turns playing guitar and singing. It was a
lovely evening. It was extremely cold though..... Our dreams of the warm south
were shattered like the icicles falling off the car...... The heat was not
working in the house we stayed in so we ended up all sharing a bed to keep
warm.
1/6/14
We could see our breath when we woke up and it was as cold
there as back in VT!! Gah silly nature! Brian and I spent the morning/afternoon
learning new dance moves from youtube (best place on earth ;) I had a blast
being twirled and picked up and dipped. We went to an awesome hardware store and I wanted to take the whole store with me! I settled for a machete, pepper spray, liquid wrench (hahah, Roberta!!!), solar rope lights, and a tarp. The random combination amused me. In the evening we went to another
contra dance. I will just say that contra dancing is better in NE! Miss you
all! However, I did have fun once I got the right mindset :) It was so cold
that we all went right to bed! Haha, so wrong for the south :)
