Blogs from Suffolk, Virginia, United States, North America

Me and my boyfriend are traveling soon and we will be on a plane for the first and dont really know how it works..Anyways, thats besides the point. I have a nose piercing, and my boyfriend has nipple piercings that really hurt to take out. Will we HAVE to take them out, or not worry about it?? Thanx. -Amanda... read more

We left Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday morning (Aug. 2nd) and decided to just make a final run for home. Dad and I switched drivers about every 100 miles or so early in the day so that we didn't get so tired, but since he is not comfortable driving around cities, I ended up driving the final stretch through the Indiana and Ohio turnpike myself and then turned the final leg over to him at the PA border. So after 17 hours and a 1,000 miles, we arrived at Patty's house in Parker, PA...just south of I-80 at about 1:30 a.m. Nebraska was much as I expected...miles and miles of corn fields! Western Iowa more hilly then the eastern part was and I was kind of intrigued by how they had terraced the fields on the steeper ... read more

We got up and left Cody, WY a bit after 7:00 a.m. I was driving as it looked like it was going to be another winding drive and I didn't know if it was going to be up hill or down hill! (Much to my surprise, it was downhill!) Right outside of town there was a huge gorge with swift water running through it...had to get a picture of that! We were only about 50 miles from Yellowstone at that point so we got there quickly and it was still early in the morning. I think everyone should see it Yellowstone at least once in their lifetime..what a spectacular place!! We spent the whole day just driving the Grand Loop around it..which is probably more than 150 miles!! It has everything..animals..mountains...deep gorges...beautiful trout streams, which dad ... read more

Today was a little more relaxed driving wise since we'd knocked off so many miles in the first 2 days. We started out around 7:00-ish again and as we were driving, decided to stop in Mitchell, SD to see the world famous Corn Palace!!...couldn't pass it up! We had breakfast there, then went to find the Corn Palace. They were in the process of changing the pictures and things already for 2009 (go figure!!) and we spent probably an hour there going through the gift shop and picking out a few souveniers. Anyway..we got back on the road and since it was only about 200+ miles to Rapid City, we were not in any particular hurry. We started to plan the route of "attack" at that point to visit the sites along the way from east ... read more

Only one more day until liftoff!! My oldest sister Cathy has come onboard too, so I'll at least have another driver! I still hope to get Stephen behind the wheel once we get into the open plains.. The boys and I will leave early on Sunday morning (think 4:00 a.m.!!) and we will drive to Pittsburgh to pick up Dad & Cathy. Barring any problems, we should be there before noon, then take a break and head out again and hopefully make it as far as Toledo by evening. ... read more