STATE O1: VERMONT

AFTER A FEW HOURS OF PLAYING “LET’S-GUESS-HOW-FAST-WE-SHOULD-BE-DRIVING” DUE TO US NOT KNOWING HOW TO CHANGE THE TRUCK’S DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER FROM MPH TO KPH, WE ARRIVED AT OUR HALFWAY POINT FOR THE NIGHT ALONGSIDE LAKE ERIE AND JUST OUTSIDE NIAGARA FALLS.

NOW, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS STILL A BIT OF A SORE SUBJECT AS WE HAD JUST EMBARKED ON THE ROAD WITH A BRIGHT NEW AIRSTREAM TRAILER AND SHINY BLACK TRUCK, BUT AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES OF TYLER BACKING THE TRAILER INTO OUR CAMPSITE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER AND ME ATTEMPTING TO GUIDE HIM IN, THE BACK CORNER OF THE TRUCK HIT THE…

50 STATES JOURNEYKendra Clapp OlguínApril 19, 2019BURLINGTON, VERMONT, ROADTRIP, 50 STATES, LIFE ON THE ROAD, RV LIFE, NIAGRA FALLS, AIRSTREAM, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, BEN & JERRY'S, HAS HEART

OUR DEPARTURE

AFTER OVER A YEAR OF PLANNING, COUNTLESS EMAILS, PITCHES, GRANT APPLICATIONS, CONFERENCE CALLS, AND MEETINGS, THE DAY TO HOOK UP THE AIRSTREAM AND HIT THE ROAD FINALLY ARRIVED.

LIKE ANYTHING EXTENSIVE YOU PLAN FOR, YOU’RE STILL NOT READY WHEN THE DAY COMES. KNOWING WE HAD SOME BUFFER BUILT IN BEFORE OUR FIRST STATE PROJECT DAYS IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT, WE PUSHED BACK OUT LAUNCH DATE A COUPLE MORE DAYS. IN RETROSPECT, THE DAYS LEADING UP TO OUR DEPARTURE SEEM LIKE A TOTAL BLUR…

50 STATES JOURNEY, HAS HEARTKendra Clapp OlguínApril 19, 2019HAS HEART, AIRSTREAM, 50 STATES, ROADTRIP, MICHIGAN, VERMONT, NIAGRA FALLS, DETROIT, CANADA, BURLINGTON, RV TOILET PAPER, LIFE ON THE ROAD, RV LIFE, CHEVROLET

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