Monday, July 30, 2012

Meet the Cast

Hello everyone! Before we leave on our adventure, we decided to introduce ourselves here. I was given the task of typing it up, but it was in fact a discombobulated but earnest collective effort. And, without further ado, presenting Our Family!


Zola

Meet our very own superhero, Sergeant BossyPants. Zesty and fun, she will enliven our trip with humorous antics.
Age: Four
Grade: Pre-K
Diet: Frosted Mini-Wheats and water
Most unusual item packed: Stuffed Spider-Man (see above)
Most looking forward to: Fossil hunting and Magnetic Hill Zoo 

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Grace

This spirited middle child has an entrepreneurial streak and a love for animals and nature.
Age: Eleven
Grade: Sixth
Diet: Vegetarian... who doesn't eat vegetables
Most unusual item packed: Doctor Who scarf
Most looking forward to: Zip-lining across Great Falls and visiting Meat Cove

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Emma

A proud member of the literati, this accomplished oboist has an affinity for cargo shorts and t-shirts.
Age: Fourteen
Grade: Tenth
Diet: Tea. And food.
Most unusual item packed: Oboe
Most looking forward to: Practicing oboe in various locales

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Dan

This relaxed traveler, enjoying a five-week sabbatical, is thrilled to be taking a quintessential family road trip.
Age: Over twenty-five
Diet: Brown food group
Most looking forward to: Celebrating birthday at Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Least looking forward to: Nightly oboe recital

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Jean

Chronically sleep-deprived, this obsessive trip planner will be enjoying a well-deserved two-week break.
Age: Over twenty-six
Diet: Normal
Most looking forward to: Family time and the Cabot Trail
Least looking forward to: The end of vacation

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We'll be leaving in a little over a week. Regular updates begin then. Packing packing packing. 

Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Plan

Welcome!  In two weeks we'll leave Philadelphia for a two-week road trip.  Here is a map that shows, more or less, our planned route.

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