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unfortunately I couldn't get the hang of blogger, so I am over at wordpress now for I think a more user friendly template.

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Day 6: Winnemucca to Cupertino, CA!

 We are here! Finally! The last day was only 400 miles, but it seemed to last forever. After about three hours, we finally left the desert of Nevada and came into California. 

We drove through Tahoe National Forest which was beautiful, and just felt like a breath of fresh air after hundreds of miles of barren desert.After a little bit of traffic, we finally came into Cupertino, and were welcomed with 90 degree temperatures. Our complex is very nice (we have palm trees!), and our apartment is cozy. Wally is behaving a little better than he was in the hotels, he's getting the routine down.
After a necessary Tarjay run, we went to Whole Foods, where I am pretty sure I could eat every day for the rest of my life and never get sick of it. We found a delicious local Malbec, and toasted to our new home.

On the agenda for today? The dog park so the puppy can get some much needed exercise, get the Tig detailed since Nate is having a tough time seeing her so dirty, and do some exploring!

PS: I will be looking for a better blogging site since I just can't get the hang of posting pictures on blogger.

Day 5: Laramie to Winnemucca, NV

Today was long! About 11 hours long... and I think we're all ready to be there. We haven't been eating that bad, but sitting in the car for 5 days straight just makes you feel blaahhhhh. Luckily we're only about 400 miles from our new home.
Today we went through Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. We crossed the continental divide and saw some pretty amazing scenery. We both agreed that it really is worth driving, you miss so much flying right there. That being said, I'm good for driving across the country for a long long time. We saw the giant Salt Lake, and here we are in Winnemucca, home of....well we don't know.

Day 4: Lincoln to Laramie, WY

Well, we're about two-thirds of the way through. Slow news day, not much to report other than the state of Nebraska is very long, like 6 hours long.
We saw alot of cattle farms, some tumbleweeds, and passed through the nation's smallest town: Buford, WY, population: 1. Kinda sad right? but after wiki-ing this, turns out the town's only resident moved out and the town was put up for auction last week (!) and was purchased by two Vietnamese men. So, we were about a week late on that real estate opportunity. Except if we had $900,000, I don't think Buford would be on the short list of things to buy.
Okay...slow news day indeed. So here we are in Laramie, not a whole lot going on, but I do have to say the people are very nice here. We have started to enter the mountains and have slowly climbed in elevation. We're at about 7300' right now. Okay that's it for now, maybe there'll be more to report tomorrow, our longest driving day!

Day 3: Morris to Lincoln, NE

Today we finished out Illinois, drove through all of Iowa, and a bit of Nebraska. We are almost at

our halfway point of the trip! Today's

drive brought surprisingly hilly farms (I thought the middle of the

country was supposed to be flat?), lots of wind farms, and 75 mph speed limits.

After three days, Wally still does not understand shared living. He is still barking at everyone, wondering what they are doing in his house. Voices in the hallway? Wally is at the door

growling. We're hoping he gets over this by say...Friday, when we move into our 3rd floor apartment in Cupertino. Me thinks there might be other residents there.

Because of his rather poor hotel behavior, we've been hesitant to go out to dinner and leave him in the room the past two nights, for fear we would come home to him tied to our bags on the curb and we'd be sleeping in the Tig for the night. But lucky for us, the "old" downtown Lincoln had a couple puppy friendly patio restaurants. Wally joined us for al fresco dining at Buzzard Billy's where Nate had Nebraskan corn fed beef and I had buffalo! Tastes like chicken! Kidding, tastes just like beef. After dinner we walked around the charming downtown. Not 30 seconds after I said I wanted some ice cream, we stumbled upon Ivanna Cone, an old fashioned ice cream shop. They make their own waffle cones and of course the ice cream. We got the lemon curd custard and malted vanilla. Lip smacking delicious-I was too busy eating to remember to take a picture!

PS: sorry the layout is all wonky, I am still figuring this out, and I'm not sure blogger is working for me...

Day 2: Dunkirk to Morris, IL

Another 526 miles down! Five states today, and we are now west of the Mississippi!
Very windy today, probably as much as 50mph. This did not make Wallydog very cooperative during his walks. Luckily he was on a leash, otherwise he may have flown away.
The three of us are currently in a food coma after sampling some Chicago deep dish pizza. No joke, that pizza box took two hands to hold. Oh and eating pizza on a white duvet? Not really a good idea. Just sayin'

Day 1: Westport to Dunkirk, NY

518 miles down, 2636 to go!
The first leg of the trip went well. We almost had a stowaway in the beginning. While Wally would have loved to have a buddy, it was a little tight in there.
Wallydog was on his best behavior and slept most of the trip, all cozied in.
So far he is enjoying his first hotel stay. He couldn't find the puppy robe, but he is making do. A king size bed might be big enough for him and froggy.