Charleston, South Carolina

Just sitting here in the Motel in Daytona, Florida - waiting for Marg to shower up, then go get some dinner. It's so nice to see the ocean and the sand here is amazing. The full moon also helps! We took a walk down the beach and ended up in some kitschy sort of seaside area, reminiscent of Las Vegas if it was an ocean side town. It's kind of like you put Brighton and Las Vegas in a blender with a pinch of homophobic young American muscle volleyball guy and shook it all up. We found a bar that's right next door that literally has a balcony on the beach. They look like the serve a pretty sweet seafood/caribbean type menu. Should be all good. Daytona was literally a place to lay our heads on the way to Miami, so, I'm not sure if we'll post anything from here on the blog. Then again.....We'll take the camera to dinner and see what happens........Should probably say something briefly about Charleston: Very beautiful - and VERY similar to Savannah...although - Margot and I agreed that we liked Savannah more. Even though a lot of people told us the opposite. The Plantation we visited was out of this world. And, I did get to see that traditional Southern style house you see in movies like Forrest Gump, the Notebook, or Gone with the Wind. We'll own a house like that one day!! Anyway - didn't get to see any alligators...but I saw some other wildlife. I did eat some pretty sweet oysters in Charleston, all washed down with some refreshingly cold Yeungling. And yes....I was freaked out by the animals in this video.....Margot seemed to be very relaxed around them.....not me.....

Washington DC to Charleston, South Carolina

This was the longest haul drive yet....8-1/2 hours! Margot and I have figured out that we basically become legally insane after about five hours of drive-time. And, when the MP3 player decided it wanted to run out of batteries - we were left with a selection of either listening to the radio and hearing country music, pop music, or classic rock OR listen to me make silly noises. At around hour seven you go into a sort of euphoric state where the car seems to drive itself and you become at one with the motorists around you. Needless to say, we didn't accomplish anything yesterday except for drive, stop for gas, and mock the people that eat lunch at Wendys. Today we actually have a full day of looking around Charleston and the surrounding Plantations. Hope to see an alligator!!!

Philly to Washington DC....Day 2

We drove through Philadelphia today and hit the road for DC after that. We met up with Mimi Hatch just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. We ended up staying for longer than expected so we decided against looking around DC (because we've been here before) and opted instead for some take-out fish and some rum 'n' cokes in bed while watching James Bond on the TV and talking to Gemma on Skype. Tomorrow, we hit the road for 8 hours and head to Charleston, South Carolina. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Thank you Boston - Goodnight!

We hit the road today as America celebrates Thanksgiving....It was a bit of an emotional occasion saying "seeya" to some very good friends. We decided to carry on and skip out New York City. So, we've put a decent dent in getting to DC tomorrow. REALLY tired.....thank you early night.....And yes...that is Lance in this video 'trying' to pretend he's not crying.

Cracked tooth....

So - a blog is about keeping the wild wild web up to date right? Well, Margot's tooth decided today that it wanted to split this popsicle stand....literally....needless to say - it's a lot of moola....we're convening on it tonight to decide if this will impact the current route.....South Beach, Miami is not a cheap place! Send your donations now!

We need a soundtrack for our road-trip...

Hey peeps....So Margot and I have realized that my crappy old Sony 20gb MP3 player has nothing interesting to listen to on it....I basically only listen to Dredg, Muse and of course Disquiet....So - here's the deal - if you're up for it...We want you to send us your personal road-trip compilation for us. Yes - we're resurrecting the mix-tape!! We want you to put as much thought into this as you did when you were making one for your boy/girlfriend when you were 16! You can put all the songs into one zipped folder and send it through www.yousendit.com for free. The compilation can be as long as you want it to be....Hmmm...maybe we should set rules...no more than 16 songs! You've got until Nov 25 to get it to us....If you'd rather mail a disk, email us....SWEEET!!! Please make this road-trip actually have a soundtrack!

Wrapping things up.....

So - I handed my notice in today....It was tough....I've given 3-1/2 weeks as I didn't know what the 'norm' is here in the States. In the UK it's a month and I think that's the case in New Zealand as well.

It hit me today what my boss here has actually done for me by pushing the case of getting a work visa for the US for Margot and I. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have met the people I know here, the band, we wouldn't be set up in terms of a bank account, social security number, address (we're keeping it and forwarding mail), cell phone numbers etc etc.....we have a life-long business and personal connection to the US because of my boss's efforts.....

How do you easily say "seeya" to that? You don't - it was hard....