The Ultimate Road Trip!

Silly me, I thought when the moovers (spelled correctly) said that they would pack the day before, I thought that meant they would pack the truck the day before and we could get a head start on the road super early like 7am-ish. Granted I know not everyone thinks that is early, (Larry and Larry Dean) but to me its early. When the moovers said that they meant if they needed to pack our house up they would do it the day before....oops! It took them until about 2pm to get everything packed on May 29th, and packing and having to shower after you pack is almost impossible! Dad and Judy came over and helped a ton, they did all of the refrigerator and it was a huge help for sure. Paul and Allison did a great too! All in all we had a ton of help over the few days and we couldn't have done it without everyone. I must say though watching the 3 moover guys do all the work was really nice/ hard to watch because part of me wanted to help.

I think we hit the road a little after 3 but again it kind of all blends together. We made it through St. Louis Mo and all the way through Illinois and stopped in Terre Haute Indiana for the night. We stated in a Motel 6 and I was not impressed. Granted it was pet friendly, but I'm so glad we don't have to live in it for the 20 days we has to live in the Red Roof Inn in Utica. I did have to hold Hallie's paw because she kept doing her "huff" bark. She was just protecting us. All in all it was a good end to a 8 hour drive after an entire day of packing!

Then we started off the 2nd leg of our trip and it was a 12.5 drive. I don't know about the AM sport channel listening truck ahead of us but Allison and I laughed our way all the way to New York. We had dance parties and serious talks and all the fun stuff the sports truck didn't have! 

We finally made it to NY and we were all pretty well pooped, it was pretty late too, I think it was 11ish when we finally got here and hit the hay. Jabin being the trooper he is, got up for work and worked a whole day even though his CFO was nice enough to tell him he could go home early. While Jabin was at work Paul, Allison Hallie and I met the mover guy at the storage unit. (Mild vent; ugh I hate that we have to storage our stuff just to pull it out when we move in) That took about 4hours or so and Allison and I laid out, and I got burnt...at the storage unit! Then we came back to meet up with Paul and Hallie, they went home early because it was too hot for Hallie. Then we went on a tour of the plant with Jabin. Everyone needed to talk to him, it was proud wifey moment, I'm so proud. Allison pointed out it was like a personal version of "Good Eats". After Jabin got off work we went to Bella Mia Cafe, and holey SMOKES their portions are HUGE! It was very yummy. 

The next day we then got up and went to breakfast at Denny's. We haven't really found a diner we like. We went to one place but it was kinda ICK. Then we took the two nut jobs (Al and Paul) by the house, we were totally bummed that we couldn't go in but the owners were too busy with their garage sale to let us in......BUMMER!!! Then we got a pick me up....ice cream! The Ice Cream Factory was a hit with everyone!

Then off to Saranac Brewery! The tour was interesting but the 2 free full beer sampling at the end was the best! We did have a beefy woman who thought she was SO FUNNY on the tour, you always have to have that one person that everyone wants to punch and that was her. 

After our post-brewery nap we went out to the Varick Street bars. This is apparently the SPOT for all the hip kids in Utica :). We went to a Celtic Bar and then a bar called Shots. It was all in all a good night! Paul and Jabin got the dueling pianos to play the K-State Victory song. Jabin also requested our first dance song....melt me heart! I love him. 

Needless to day the next day we didn't get up early enough for breakfast so we went to lunch. We went to a popular pizza place, Pizza Grande, and it was yummy! We ordered another upside down pizza (sauce on top of everything) and a white sauce chicken, cheese and broccoli pizza. And then went back to the room to relax we were all pretty pooped! Even Hallie got in on the relax time!

Then the said part, we had to take Paul and Allison to the airport :( , it was a quick goodbye and a quick hug and they were off, Allison and I were pretty much messes. Jabin and I are pretty lucky to have a couple of best friends who get along very well.

I think that pretty much sums up the best road trip ever!