New, NEW plan!

Alright, we've been neglecting the blog lately and we apologize. We have been quite busy with our new, NEW plan. There won't be any pictures in this post but we will try our best at getting some up soon. So... we rode our bicycles for about 200 plus miles and suddenly had an epiphony! We decided that although the workout and peace from bicycling was amazing, we weren't seeing much of the US in terms of major sites and attractions. So, after riding through Queens, Manhatten (aka New York City), New Jersey and Pennsylvania we decided to buy a car. We found a sweet Volvo station wagon right away and after a little "tune up" we hit the road. Although neither of us are big fans of driving and would like to see the US convert to more practical, economical modes of transportation such as bicycles and metro systems, we admit that having a car is an effective way of "seeing" stuff. Thus far, we've explored Washington DC, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Milwaukee and many others since we've had the car. A total of 12 states in a relatively (to bicycling) short amount of time. Next on our agenda... We're leaving Sioux Falls, South Dakota and heading to Badlands National Park and Mount Rushmore. Then on to Yellowstone and down into Colorado. That's as far as we've gotten in the planning process as we're not very good at that sort of thing (obviously). We have a sweet bed set up in our car and all the luxurious amenities...i.e. Camp stove, ice chest, road atlas. We will return to California in about 3 weeks where we look forward to seeing you all and catching up.