Day 1!

Good morning, faithful blog readers!

Day 1 of the trip is down, as we began our journey from Boston to Detroit last night around 6:30p.  After jumping over a few car-rental hurdles, we headed back to Steve's apartment where Tammy spent the afternoon shoving every inch of Steve's bedroom and kitchen into the Ford Edge.

After stocking the car full to the brim (there is literally no rear view; it's like driving a U-haul!), we began our journey along the fabulous I-90W.  After a few hours of driving, we stopped in Syracuse for the evening, with the intention of driving on through this afternoon for an arrival in Detroit later this evening.

Although this post may seem a bit mundane, we both felt it necessary in order to divulge the following two pieces of information:


(1) We have decided on a new segment of the blog called: "Useless Fun Historical Fact Tammy Learned Today."  In this section, Tammy will discuss a, well, useless, fun historical fact she learned that day along the trip.  Usually, this will likely come from some rest station along the road, but it can also be filled with fun things like this:

"The Tipperary Hill area of Syracuse, a predominantly Irish neighborhood, is home to a most unique traffic light.  Installed in 1924 at the intersection of Tompkins Street and Lowell Avenue you will find vehicles waiting for the only upside-down traffic light in the country where the green light is on the top and red light is on the bottom."   

Source: http://www.syracusecentral.com/news_events/fun_facts.htm

Source: http://appledoesntfallfar2.blogspot.com/2007/11/tipperary-hill.html

(2)  The following conversation occurred on the elevator in our hotel last night between Steve and some random stranger, and it was just too good not to pass up.  As set-up, Steve, half-asleep, was wearing his Michigan Alumni t-shirt while waiting for the elevator to arrive.  A man, accompanied by his wife and daughter, turned to him and said the following:

Strange(r) Man: "So, Michigan.  Huh."
Half-asleep Steve: "Yup."
Strange(r) Man: "You go there?"
Half-asleep Steve: "Yup.  For college."
Strange(r) Man: "Son, you are in the wrong part of the country."
Half-asleep Steve: "Ummmm.... this is my floor." (it wasn't).

According to google maps, we are still approximately 5.5 hours away from any part of the Ohio border.  We are almost 8 hours away from Columbus.  Is there a Syracuse-Michigan rivalry of which we are not aware?!  How the heck are we "in the wrong part of the country" as Michigan fans?

Updates on next week's packing will be forthcoming!  Have a great afternoon and think of us in the car!