After months of planning, the Road Crew - Gabriel, Rece, Samantha and I - loaded up our rented Town and Country van with all of our travel stuff and hit the road. A brief and incomplete inventory: - 5 digital cameras - 1 radar detector - 2 laptop computers - 3 cell phones - 3 mp3 / iPod players - 12 complete MRE meals - 4 sleeping bags - 2 tents - 4 lawn chairs - 4 duffel bags / suitcases - snacks, drinks and breakfast stuff for 3 days - 2 atlases, 3 US maps, 8 AAA tour guide books, 1 set Route 66 maps, 2 self-prepared guide books - 1 box of teen-appropriate car activities - 14 books - 1 DVD player and 13 DVDs - and miscellaneous other stuff Our goal that first
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