Feb 21

Had a great visit with all the Rassau's the last few days. Jan makes a really good potato recipe. Red potatoes with sour cream, scallions, parsley, salt and pepper. Jess and Casey are alot of fun. We all met up at Starbucks one day and had a lot of laughs sharing stories. Casey showed us her apartment ...wow!!! is about all we could say.........her apt building has a pool, a full gym, pool tables and get this........a theater....no kidding. Her apt has 4 bedrooms and each one has it's own bathroom. Ashley and I couldn't believe it.

We took off for Brian and Ann Marie's around 9:00am today. We took Rt 17 and stopped in Wilmington for lunch. We walked around and saw the Cotton Exchange and the town of Wilmington. This is a place I'd like to get back to for a longer stay. We reached Brian's around 4:30pm. The kids all are great. Claire is sitting up by herself and crawling (in her own way). Marin is crawling and pulling herself up and moves all over the place.....she is very fast.

It was a beautiful ride down. Little traffic and lots of sun.

February 19 - Greenville, NC

The car is packed ...couldn't get another thing into it. Left Pittsburgh around 8:00 am and arrived at Jani's (North Carolina) around 6pm. It was great to see everyone. We had a great dinner and watched Grey's Anatomy (big favorite in the Rassau home) and hit the bed. Travel was not bad once we got off of Interstate 68 which was snow covered.

Getting Ready

The trip idea came about very quickly so we are running around pulling together all the little jobs that need done before we leave. We are taking a laptop and it is now set up for broadband internet access to help make the trip a bit easier ..... finding places to stay, gas and all the fun stuff we want to do. Took a bike repair class. Can't believe it took this trip for me to finally get to this class. Had to put two new tires on my bike. Ashley's bike is new so she is in good shape on that front. The trip as of right now will be.....Pittsburgh, North Carolina (Jani's), South Carolina (Brian and Ann Marie), Savannah, GA, (want to try and eat at "Paula Dean's). Then onto Tallahassee, Biloxi, New Orleans, Lafayette (Cindy), San Antonio, El Paso (girlfriend), then up to the "Four Corners" (where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet together). That's about it at this point. Stay tuned :) !