The Adventure Begins: Day 1

Tara and I finished up our packing Wednesday morning, said goodbye to my family and then said goodbye to her family (again). After much sadness and shedding of tears, we finally hit the road just after 2 p.m. for our long first stage to Fort Collins, Colorado. The first stage was slow but steady as we battled the up and down terrain of Wyoming.

We noticed when it got dark that though the turn signals and brake lights work on our U-haul trailer, the running lights don't. . . luckily – other than Wednesday night – we're not traveling too much at night. After stops in Evanston, Laramie and other assorted Wyoming towns, we dropped into Colorado and finally arrived at our Super 8 destination shortly after midnight.

It was great, as Tara, I, Rambo and Rocky were all ready for a break!