And... we're off!

After a delicious Thai dinner at Jai Thai in Fremont last night, we're ready to hit the open road.  We'll miss a lot about Seattle including an abundance of Thai (don't see that often in Ohio).

Our stuff... fits... in the car... mostly.  We're not yet at full on junk show level, but I'm pretty sure that will happen soon.  Here's a view of what we've got:

You see that big box of books?  We're taking the guidebooks we've accumulated for all the countries (including the US) we'll eventually visit.  We'll tackle some planning on the road. 

We're also schlepping two lanterns from our wedding across country to give to my Mom.  Because that makes sense (you're welcome Mom).  We're hoping to exchange this for some New York Maple Syrup (better than Vermont, Jason) that we'll schlep back the other direction.

Ok.  I think we're going off the radar (car camping) for a few days before arriving in San Francisco on Wednesday.  Cheers!