Putting a Bow on the Relo

It looks like I never completed the chronicle of our cross-country drive. While I had every intention of writing each day, it somehow, didn't quite materialize. In so doing, I inadvertently neglected quite a few highlights.

Tuesday, April 8th - Nashville holds a lot of appeal for Ali and I. For a country music fan like me, how could one NOT make a pilgrimage to Music City!? And then there's that other thing: we're hooked on it's namesake TV series (we're pulling for Juliette & Avery). The Women's Final Four tournament was in town and that made for a fun atmosphere. Since we only have a few hours in every city, we have to rush through the main attractions. We made it to Tootsie's and a few of the other awesome live music joints. Tennessee won the most bucolic* award during the trip. We salute you, Nash Vegas.

Wednesday, April 9th - I'm an ACC Basketball fan so we thought it would be fun to drive a few miles off of the direct route to spend an afternoon and overnight in Durham/Chapel Hill. We were wrong. On the upside, the hotel was nice and the lackluster locale gave us an opportunity to catch-up on our sleep. We don't have a single picture from this day - it's almost like it didn't happen.

Thursday, April 10th - We drove the final leg of the journey today pulling into the Mom's driveway in the afternoon. This was also the site of our first stop on our way from Boston to San Francisco on September 3, 2012. :-)

All told, here's what the route looked like. Three thousand one hundred and six miles.

We got the keys to the new Apt on Friday and our stuff was delivered on Saturday. Jake was promptly reunited with his favorite chair.

*I don't remember how (or why) but 'bucolic' became the official Word of the Trip (WotT). As the WotT, it was ingrained into our lexicon by the time we got to Amarillo. Our disdain for The Word has increased steadily ever since. To this day, hearing The Word gives me the heebie-jeebies...