Just a few Pictures...

The morning that we left.

The infamous Arch of St. Louis. The city reminded us of Philly.

Candice our St. Louis Hostess. She was a sweetheart.
we connected with her through couchsurfing.com

Great food and Great Music in St. Louis.

A lot of pumps shut off after $75... which means that we always put more in than that. I think it was close to $1200 total for the trip.

New York, New York in Vegas. It was a fun time but I wouldn't be able to handle more than 48 hours there.

Only One of many beautiful pictures of Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, etc...

That's me trying to be artistic with the camera. I think we stopped for gas every 3 hours or so.

In California with an unloaded truck. Mission Accomplished!

LAGUNA BEACH = Awesome!

Jason's first In-n-Out Burger experience.

Jason, Bethany, Me (completely baked from Laguna Beach), and April at "The Dressden" in Hollywood. If you've seen swingers it's the place where they filled the "your a great big bear" scene.

Jason with Marty (also in Swingers)

Me and Bethany

Jason and I at the AVP Tour in Long Beach

Look at that freakin' vertical leap.

Surf lessons... and yes I did get up, just not for very long.
It's harder than it looks and man am I out of shape.

After a couple of spills.

The crew at Huntington Beach after the surf lessons
Back Back Back: Jared
Back Back: Weston
Back: Bethany, John
Front: Me, John's sister Kat
Taking Picture: Jason

This is where my feet got fried: Lesson learned - Reapply the sun screen!!

West Coast Dreaming...

How do you sum up a 9 day trip in a full Penske truck from Lancaster, PA to LA, California?

3000 miles, $1200 in gas, St. Louis, Denver, Vegas, Laguna Beach, Surf Lessons, the Dressden (if you know the movie Swingers, you'll know the Dressden), Cuban Bistro, Hanging with the Smith's, meeting fantastic new people, and we haven't even finished off the week yet. We still have beach volleyball and another possible surprise, before hanging out with Alex one of the man men from the ultra cool band "Five O'clock People."

One word... Epic. I've read and am working in re-reading John Eldridge's little book with a huge message with that same title/theme of "Epic." I can't even put into words how crazy, amazing, and grace filled this trip has been. God's hand was watching over us the whole way, the weather was absolutely perfect. It only rained for 10 minutes the entire trip out here. Jason and I commented back and forth several times about how amazing our country is. To go from the flat rolling greens of Kansas to the insane mountains of Colorado to the dessert of Nevada was absolutely mind blowing. The US is freakin' huge. You need to put driving across the U.S. via Route 70 and Route 15 North on your list of things you have to do before you die. The scenery is awesome. I am hoping to have a short video/slideshow available within a week or so. Stay posted.