The Trip Continues: Kansas City, MO and Columbus, OH

Quite a few days these have been.

We arrived in Missouri three days ago, reentering the murky and humid states I was oh-so-familiar with when I lived in Connecticut years ago. Although the room we had was small, at least the air conditioner worked.

We woke up, unfortunately, to this:

(Excuse the awkward aspect ratio, I don't take video often on my android phone)

I lucked out since there was an overhang near the car. We ended up moving the car there to pack up to avoid the rain since I couldn't find our umbrellas. The rain perpetuated itself for the next few hours, eventually stopping some time before our gas break.

What remained of the bags protecting my bike.

We arrived at Columbus two days ago and hung out with my cousins for the rest of the night. Since then it's been a lot of driving around doing maintenance type of work--oil change the car, figure out clothing for the wedding, find the food we need for the rest of the ride home. Kelly's wedding is today, so we'll be out with family all afternoon and night. Colleen's friend Khanh recommended a place called Thurman's, so we're trying to hit up the food there as well. We leave tomorrow morning for our last stretch of the drive--to Oakdale, Connecticut to my parents for my mother's birthday. Then it's a train ride back to Manhattan for Colleen to get back to work and for me to get cozy for some interviews lined up. Until then!