We had a full day of I-40 in front of us before we needed to arrive in Albuquerque. Since we had a little bit of a time crunch, Kevin only had three hours of sleep at a rest area and drove through most of the night while the rest of us slept comfortably. We all [...]

We camped out at a rest area just outside of Nashville and got up at 7 in the morning because we had an 8 a.m. appointment to get an oil change for our RV. The oil change was done at Camping World, a store that services RVs and sells parts and many cool accessories for [...]

Due to some minor scheduling changes, we found ourselves with a free day to be able to shop for food, update the website, and get ourselves prepared for our journey away from the East coast. The best place for us to spend this extra time was at Jed’s home in Frederick, Maryland, which was right [...]

Philadelphia is a beautiful city full of history. Anywhere you drive downtown, you are certain to see a blend between modern and colonial buildings that gives you the sense of being in a tech-savvy 1770. Priding itself on its storied past, Philadelphia certainly puts every effort into restoring the houses that line residential streets, landmarks [...]

Start spreadin’ the news, I’m leavin’ today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York
Like Frank Sinatra’s sentiments in his famous song, “New York, New York,” we were all excited that we would spend the day in New [...]

Today we got up after sleeping in a KOA campground somewhere in Massachusetts with the intentions of going to Martha’s Vineyard and seeing for ourselves where there once was a large signing community. We first had to dump more than a week and a half’s worth of waste which had completely filled our tanks two [...]

Getting up at 6:30 to go up and shower in Joel’s hotel room was certainly a difficult chore for me to do, but I had to do it. We all had to get up early and go to the Hartford Expo Center where the second DeafNation Expo of our tour was scheduled to happen. We [...]

We arrived once again, at the American School for the Deaf at 8:30 this morning to meet and interview Executive Director Dr. Harvey Corson. Since we were not able to catch him during our tour of the grounds yesterday, we wanted to be sure we had the opportunity to meet with him before leaving Connecticut. [...]

We had to be in Hartford a day earlier than we had originally expected so, we really had to burn rubber for the nine hour trip from Niagara. We drove most of the night, with Kevin stopping for a quick three hour nap before continuing on the road again. We arrived at the American School [...]

It was fun adjusting to the fact that we woke up in Canada this morning. It’s not very often that I get to go to another country so, even though we were just five miles across the border, I still took pleasure in the fact that I was out of the country. After getting a [...]

There are no RV campgrounds within 30 minutes of NTID, and since we had to be at NTID by 8:30 to meet with Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, Vice President of R.I.T. and Dean of N.T.I.D., we decided to park as close to RIT as we could. We found a 24-hour Wegmans food store that allowed [...]

Today was a very relaxing day. We had a full day free to drive to Rochester, New York so we could visit the Rochester School for the Deaf and NTID, so we decided to take a detour and see Pittsburgh. After getting up at 10 in the morning, our longest sleep of the trip so [...]

This morning Kevin woke up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the bathroom. Since we had originally panned on getting up at 5:30, Kevin decided to go ahead and hit the road. By the time we were moving along on I-70 towards Columbus, Jed was wide awake and sitting in the front seat [...]

Boy, am I tired. After three days of sun and fun on our tour, we finally got a harsh dose of reality today. We awoke at 6:45 this morning so we could be ready for a full day of activities at the DeafNation Expo & PTCO at the Indiana State Fair. Half awake, I trudged [...]

Today has been one excellent homecoming for me. Seeing as how I am from Indiana, of course, I would be thrilled that our first stop was in Indianapolis. I got to see my favorite teachers and staff at my old school, go home for the first time since Christmas for a cook out, and spend [...]

We all awoke comfortably rested from our first night’s sleep in the RV. I slept on the sofa bed and Branic slept on the convertible dining table while Jed and Katose both shared the queen size bed in the bedroom. All of us got a great night sleep and we realized that we will have [...]

Our unbelievable 93-day journey officially started a little more than two hours ago. As I write our inaugural journal entry, I am sitting in the front seat of our brand new Fleetwood watching the dotted white lines that decorate I-70 disappear beneath me. To my left, manning the steering wheel is Kevin Dawson (Katose), our [...]