We’re off!

 We’re off. 3:00PM, we picked up Nora from Briggs camp- perfectly planned, because we obviously can’t adopt any pets before a road-trip. After Walmart (for some last minute supplies), the gas station, and Starbucks (all in Martinsburg), we are now en route. It’s 5:15. Not sure where we are staying tonight. Likely somewhere just west of Pittsburgh. Detroit is the plan for tomorrow- and a visit with a friend I have not seen since the summer after my senior year of high school!



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