leg one:

Sunday (pre-departure night), we had a late night on the town with friends, then decided to come home and pack. start packing, that is. we loaded the truck, loaded the trailer, loaded my backpack, etc. we had plenty of energy, due to the extra large mochas we drank at about 10pm. yup, plenty of energy. until 4:30am we had energy, we did. and we had to get up at 5:30am. not the recommended way to begin a multi-state and -country journey.

we then drove 20 hours to LA. i had the world's worst case of salesman butt (you know, that really flat & numb feeling).

B. and I avoided conflict, and therefore passed the friendship test. the birds did not avoid conflict. never go on a road trip with two birds. never.