Day One

We departed at 8:55am in our mini-van "Minnie" who was showing her age with 198,805 miles on her. We prayed she makes the 7600+ Great American Road Trip. She was packed to the gills with nary a space to spare. It was an amazing feat getting all our gear in, but we did it. Ralph took the first tour of driving duty and we were off. The weather was mild and sunny with a high in the 80's.

Our first picnic luncheon stop was in nice woodsy rest area in upper Maryland. I never realized how much stuff we had to load and unload just for picnic lunch. Oh well, it was fun and economical. The day was otherwise uneventful and we arrived in Elyria, OH at 6:26pm having logged 484.2 miles. We dined at Bob Evans and retired early since it was early up the next day.