Off to Kentucky

August 17th-18th

This was another one of those all night drives from Delaware. We had some poor planning and we arrived in the city at about 6 a.m. During that time we drove around the what seemed like an abandoned city, walked around a skate park, and saw the world's largest baseball bat! ....Oh and of course we had to go eat at an original Kentucky Fried Chicken. Pictures will be below --->


Louisville, Kentucky was solely for reuniting with Alyssa's first art teacher,Tara,  whom she was going to interview for her documentary. This destination was also going to be a special place because it was going to be our first time trying the website called, Airbnb. (A website where you can go anywhere in the world and rent someone's house, apartment, or mansion for cheap! Better than a hotel! I made that a link to the website by the way.) We planned to rent this lady's apartment in the middle of Louisville before we left Florida and we were so excited to actually see it in person. We met the owner there at a certain time to give us the keys and she showed us around her place. She was so cool she had baked us a cake and gave us a sheet of paper with neat events or good restaurants in Louisville to go check out. We stayed one night but we wished we could've stayed longer!

So sad we didn't get an actual picture with you, Tara! We already miss you!

 

 

The place was SO perfect and lovely as you can see... so we wrote Sara (the owner) a note out of the paper we made from scratch in Florida.  ^^^^^^^
 

Let's Go Back to The First Day....

In it for the long haul

 

I remember first sitting down and seriously talking about this road trip, this big move to California, and automatically going into planning mode. We thought of all the things that could happen, where we could go and the fun we could have. We started a trip journal and began creating an itinerary for our families.

 

Ever think it would be easy to pack your life in a car

and take off on a whirl-wind adventure across the U.S?

 

I could not explain to you all of the things we had to endure through the few days before we left; Saying goodbye to families, seeing friends, gathering up all important information, taking the car to get checked, and making sure we had everything we would need for this two month adventure. One of the most difficult things, besides leaving our parents, was packing our most valued clothing items in two duffel bags.

 

 
TIP:  rolling your clothes takes up less room and is more efficient for future rummaging through bags

 

 *Always remember to bring a few sets of professional clothes for future job interviews, nice dinners and family gatherings.

~These things we surround ourselves with,
they do not make us who we are;
Our experiences are our make up.~

So we bought a car rack for the top of our beautiful car

 (Phoebe) and packed up what we could fit on top including our 

long boards. We strapped it down, clipped our rack on and did a few test runs.
3:55 am we were off into the night....

- Driving in the early morning/night time is one of the best ways to gain a lot of headway! Lots of adrenaline, music playing and good vibes all around.-
 

 

Everybody, bear with us, we are new to this process and have lots more to post! Keep checking in for more updates!