It's midnight and I'm about ready to sleep. Tomorrow will consist of me waking up, riding to my parents' house, them driving me to Harrisburg to pick up the rental car, driving it back, picking up Boo & Derek, driving to my house, picking up Nikki and the rest of our luggage and go go go!

Feels weird having my parents take me down. It's like I'm in High School or something. Lame, huh? Anyway, I need the help and they're helpful. Problem solved.

Everything is packed and we're ready to go. The next post will likely be made well west of where I'm sitting right now.

Go West!

Hello readers and welcome to the first exciting day of our trip, won't you?

And when we talk exciting, we're naturally talking about Ohio. But more on that in a bit.

We were all packed and ready to leave by 1pm. We're driving a Ford Taurus. Maroon. It's ugly and I basically hate it, but it's our home for the next two and a half weeks. Today was a driving day. Interstate 80 from Lewisburg to wherever we are in Ohio.

We stopped once or twice. Yep, exciting.

Around 7:30, we pulled into Harrison Lake State Park near Fayette, Ohio. While Boo and Derek set up the tents, Nikki and I ventured into Wasou (about 20 miles away). This place is FLAT. And boring. REALLY REALLY BORING. Tons of cute little houses here. But wow. Boring.

Also, I discovered that I forgot my sweater and sleeping bag. Should be a fun night.

The town of Wasou (I'm not even sure it was called that exactly) reminds me a lot of Texarkana. Nikki says that Texarkana had more going on in it. Maybe.

Back at camp, Boo went for a run and naturally got lost, having to call us for directions.

It's dark now and Nikki and Derek are attempting to play Rummy without a 10 of spades and without a light. Good luck.

Tomorrow is Chicago. Thank god. I don't think any of us could take this much excitement for another day.

Music today: every Echo & The Bunnymen album, Royal Fingerbowl and Mission of Burma
Miles: 482