Day 1 of the road trip -- images of Philly!

We FINALLY got out of NYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On July 23rd we packed up the car and drove 2 hours from NYC to Philly.

To kick the trip off we visited Ben and Mindy in Philly to congratulate them on getting engaged and to thank them for taking us to Steamboat Springs, CO a few weeks earlier! Here are some images of the city from when Carson and I just wandered the hood.

In addition to just wandering around we of course hung out with Ben and Mindy. We made it through a seriously biblical thunderstorm and had an awesome dinner and some great drinks on this night. Somehow all pics of us with Ben and Mindy seem to be missing, I'll try to find those pics and I'll post them when I get a chance.

What we did right before leaving NYC...

Among other things, such as packing...

We said goodbye to all our NYC friends.








We suffered a Mac attack.



We said goodbye to the Project Essex crew.





We saw 4 Tet play in the WTC for a bit, but more importantly had dinner after wards at one of our favorite spots, Petite Abeille (we also ate at our other local favorite, Max, before leaving).



I poked around NYC and shot pics, as always.











Caught a few minutes of Steel Pulse at a River to River event for some Reggae.



Got a tattoo!





Went to a Bearfoot concert (bluegrass!) on Governor's Island.



We drank the excellent champagne Tam gave us for our engagement. Thanks Tam, we miss you and Al!




We cashed in all our saved up change!




We also hit up MOMA and The Brooklyn Museum of Art, went to the MLB All-Star Parade, and did a series of photos of most of the MLB All-Star "Statues of Liberty on Parade" but just haven't had time yet to go through the photos, clean 'em up, and post them. But they'll make it eventually.

Finally, I smeared some light around.



Goodbye Apartment 11G!!!!!!

We're Leaving on Wednesday, July 23rd!

We're tired of spinning our wheels here in NYC. Our apartment is practically empty, we haven't got much to do, and we're anxious to hit the road! Our pace is still up for rent, which means we're eating the maintenance, but we'd be paying it whether or not we're there. We have a good Realtor on the case and that's all we can really do...so, we're out of here!

So here's the plan -- we leave Wed and head to Philly, where we hang out with Ben and Mindy and celebrate their very recent engagement.


Thursday we hang in Philly in the morning and then head on over to Baltimore to hang out with Rick, Megan, and little Dylan for the night.


Friday morning we get up early and drive all the way down to Savannah, GA, where we have reservations for the weekend at the Savannah International Hostel & Pensione (which looks cheap and awesome). Can't wait!

Got the 3G iPhone

After an excruciating wait in line that lasted 6 hours (which I NEVER would have done, except that the Mac employees, who I would like to choke, said it would only take 2-3 hours, and then I got invested), I finally got the new iPhone. My old one got wet and died about 6 weeks earlier, so I've really been looking forward to getting the new one.

Now I'll be able to be online easily during our road trip, ha!

Ok, finally got this blog in shape

It was less painful than I thought it would be, but I finally got this blog looking decent.

I choose to make this roadtrip blog look similar to my old intellectual property law blawg, "Chris Rush Cohen," which had it's day in the sun once upon a time (it was linked to by BoingBoing, Slashdot, and other major leaguers at certain points, but I eventually grew bored of the endeavor).

I'm hoping to add "peek-a-boo" comments like on the G_T blog and to change the title color (which has proven oddly difficult), but otherwise I think this is more or less the final version of The Massive Roadtrip Blog!

Now all I need to do it plan our route... :)



And just for the heck of it, here's a random pic of iPadre's new baby boy, Dylan:

Kicking off the Summer with a trip to Steamboat Springs, CO!

What an awesome trip we had out there with our friends, Ben and Mindy! We'll be back in CO again in about a month and we're definitely looking forward to it!

Here are a few more pics from the trip, there are many more on my Flickr page:




There is some serious Big Sky out there.



Plenty of gorgeous landscapes.


The rodeo was awesome, possibly the most fun we had in town! I even got a sweet Stetson for the event, which you'll be seeing in future road trip pics, no doubt.


Here we're doing a short hike at the top of the ski mountain, which is also a Nat'l Forest. And there is Mindy, looking good.

Norr in NYC

I'm planning to spend a night or two with this guy in Austin during our road trip, but since he just made in appearance in NYC I figured he deserved a post.



UPDATE: Looks like Norr with be in St. Augustine on business during the time I will be in Austin :( That sucks!

UPDATE 2: We worked it out and ended up hanging in TX!!!