So we are on the road right now. This is the first time I've used my blackberry to write a post so bear with me. We've had a long...LONG 5 days.

We left on Sunday (the 2nd) from Narragansett in the RV with the corolla all packed to the brim towed behind us. It was windy and slow going but we were making our way just fine. Until the RV broke down in New Jersey.

Yep. No more RV. We spent 2 full days (3 nights) in NJ while we figured out our plan. The RV was $7,000 and 6 days to fix. So we finally decided to ditch it for the time being with a mechanic and pack what we could into the corolla.

I'm actually pretty impressed with how much stuff we shoved into poor old Gladys (Kate's nickname for the car). We bought one of those soft shell pods and jerry-rigged it to the top of the car. It literally has all of my posessions in it other than some clothes and my toothbrush. Pretty nervous about that. We also have Nick's drum kit, 2 acoustic guitars and a bass. And Kate somewhere in the back seat. (Poor thing)

We made our way to Tennessee after 12 hours of driving. Do you know how often it snows in Tennessee? Never. But of course they got a snow storm the night we got there. So we stayed all day yesterday with Nick's friends in a big beautiful house out in the sticks outside of Nashville. We were pretty much snowed in which let me nurse my fever and cold. Oh yeah, through all of this I've been sick as a dog.

Right now we are somewhere between Nashville and Memphis. Every station on the radio is country and every pit stop is full of "Yes ma'am's" and "y'all's". And truck stop chapels?

Anyway, we are all safe and anxious to get to the beautiful California sunshine. I will keep updating. Hope everyone is well and already planning their trips west to visit!