bon voyage to us

We had hoped to have company for the trip by picking up craigslisters and shuttling from from municipality to municipality from the northeast to California, and friendly-looking hitchhikers should we find any, but it's clear there will be none of that, unless they want to ride on the roof. I've put the GTI in "Station-Wagon" mode. The rear seat folds forward making a huge cargo area (huge in the context of a Volkswagen Golf, of course) and it's totally full with our huge pile of books and clothes and blankets.

Ridiculously, only just now, about an hour before our departure, I just learned of a co-op house in Syracuse called Bread And Roses House. Ridiculously, just yesterday, I met a Computer Science professor who wants to work with me on an interesting project. Leaving Rochester is hard!

leaving = difficult

Radiator burst.

We'd gotten not two miles out—in fact we were just stopping at the Hungerford building to get some things from the loft—and then the ominous green pool was noticed.

Oh well, another night of hottubbing never hurt anyone.

itinerary

We've amputated the entire Northeast arm from our roadtrip. So, no New Hampshire, Boston, or Providence. )-: Instead: Pittsburgh tomorrow, where we'll stay with Heather, formerly of Ant Hill Co-op, who ran away to Pittsburgh to study libraryness, and where we will also see my friend Brandon, with whom I built a robot in college.

From there we will head down into the Allegheny mountains. This is a complete mystery to me, so your suggestions are welcome. The Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park may be involved. I hear there is a terrific bluegrass jamboree in Floyd, VA on Fridays but we won't get there in time. So: Tell me about (eastern) Pennsylvania, (eastern) Maryland, and Virginia!