Day 1

Our morning started yesterday at 4am in Crewe, VA and the day ended in Jacksonville, FL. When we got to Jacksonville, we went straight to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens; which was amazing! They had collections of work that mimicked the best art museums in DC! We saw hieroglyphics from 2100 B.C.!!! They had amazing work from all over the world over the last 4000+ years. After we browsed all of the work inside the museum, we got to walk through the most beautiful gardens we've ever seen (even better than the Biltmore in Asheville, NC and Shelburne Farms in Vermont). It felt like we were strolling through an English garden in Europe.

After the museum, we went to visit our friend (Andrew's college roommate) Neal and some of his Jacksonville friends at his home. We made dinner together and then ventured out to a comedy club later that evening, watching two funny guys, one of which had been on the Jay Leno & David Letterman shows many times.

Check out photos below from Day 1's adventure! (We woke up at 5am to leave for Nawlins' today.)

Welcome!! Thanks for being interested!!

Hello everyone and thanks for following us around the country via blogspot! We've been interested in embarking on this journey together for a few years since some close buddies of ours [Lisa + Chris] did something similar at a transition time in their lives! We figured our life would never again be this simple, we missed our 5 year wedding anniversary trip to Europe that we were planning on, so we might as well seize the oppurtunity and take action! [It also worked out really well that Kim needed to do a series of interviews with sustainability organizations around the country for the good of Transition Studio and for her Master's degree practicum- Thanks Dave + Jayne + and other CJP folks!]

Special thanks to our families for being understanding as we miss some events [Anne's baby shower] and friends showers [Katherine + Ashley], and various other parts of peoples lives. A very special thanks to Jane [Kim's mom] for taking care of the two most special lives we are responsible for - Cotton & Cash! :0) [Hopefully they will behave for her and still love us when we get home!]

Our goal is to post at least every other day while we are on the road [if not more] with info about where we've been and photos from our journey! We hope you will follow us along the way! We are planning to depart EARLY tomorrow morning, so pray for safe travels and a fun and memorable time together!