Mohawks and Fun

We left Chesterbrook around 12:45 on Wednesday afternoon to begin our trip. On our first leg of the trip, we traveled through Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina until we reached the Outer Banks. We are staying in a place between Duck and Corolla. The house is beautiful! The house is ocean front and has a pool. There are more bedrooms and bathrooms than I can count! We were here for Columbus Day weekend as well, but this trip was less eventful as our car died on the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge the last time, right as we were exiting the tunnel. It was quite a trip involving several tow trucks, a rental car, a great time down here, an almost purchase of a new car, and a trip down to VA Beach the following weekend to tow the jeep to New York for an engine replacement. This trip took about seven hours with a few stops along the way. We waited to get lunch until we found a WaWa for one last time, but weren't able to find one and finally ate lunch at KFC around 3. An hour later we found a WaWa and stopped anyway. We arrived in Currituck Island just as the sun was setting over the sound. It was beautiful! We didn't stop to take pictures as we were already late getting to the house, and Sarah and Jason had dinner waiting. After eating burgers and grilled chicken, Sarah's brother, sister-in-law, and niece (Andrew, Hazel, and Isabela) arrived around 9:30. They flew in from Michigan to Norfolk, VA and drove to the Outer Banks. Isabela is only one day younger than Shane (8 months). After catching up with everyone, we went to bed around midnight.

We woke up on Thursday, ate breakfast, and started the day fulfilling a past bet that was made between Ed and Jason. Sarah began the day by giving Jason and Ed mohawks. Jason also received lamb chops and a goatee. Ed's talking about keeping his mohawk for the entire trip...we'll see what happens. After the hair cutting fun, we proceeded to play on the beach, eat lunch, and head out for some fun at Professor Hacker's Mini Golf (or putt putt as some would say). Sarah took the lead with Ed in second. After miniature golf, we came back home, made dinner (shrimp quesadillas, seafood pasta, and plain pasta with garlic and oil for Jeanette) and then watched the season finale of Grey's Anatomy. Midway through a riveting episode of My Red Neck Wedding on CMT (it was a first for all of us), we decided to call it a night.

On Friday morning, we woke up, lounged around, and enjoyed the weather. It has been sunny and around 70 every day. We then headed to a place called Jockey Ridge Park. Apparently, this place has the largest sand dune on the east coast. There were many hang gliders gliding off the dunes. It was really cool. We climbed the dunes, ran down them, and even wiped out while running down them (although that was on purpose!) It was a good day.

Where we are going

Since there isn't a full list of where we are going, I will add it.

Part 1: US

Leaving May 21st
Outerbanks NC to Asheville NC to Nashville TN to New Orleans LA to Austin/San Antinio TX to Carlsbad Caverns to Whitesands NM to Sedonia to the Grand Caynon to LA.

Part 2: Abroad
June 14th Fly to New Zealand
June 30th Fly to Australia
July 23rd Fly to Fiji

Part 3: US Again
Land August 1st
LA to San Fran to Portland to Seattle to Vancouver to Yellowstone to Jackson Hole to Mount Rushmore to Madison WI to Mackinaw Island Michigan to Ottawa to Montreal

Part 4: The best Part

August 24th

THE GREAT NEW YORK STATE FAIR

Shane

For those of you asking about my nephew Shane (my brother Tommy and wife Merissa's eight-month-old baby), here are some updated pictures.

One More Day (And a few hours)

We only have twenty-eight more hours to we leave Pennsylvania for good. We've been sleeping in sleeping bags on our floor as we packed our entire apartment (furniture and all) up and put it in storage on Saturday morning. It'll be nice to sleep in a bed again...but we better get used to sleeping on the floor as we're planning on sleeping in a tent at least for a few nights.

The weather in the Outer Banks is looking really nice. It'll be sunny and around 70 the whole time we're there. Perhaps not warm enough to swim in the ocean, but you never know. From the Outer Banks, we head out to Asheville, Nashville, New Orleans, Austin, San Antonio, Carlsbad Caverns, Whitesand National Park, Sedona, Grand Canyon, and Los Angeles before take off to New Zealand. I'm getting scared of the south because Jason has warned me of huge flying cockroaches that are out down there. If one lands on me, I'll freak.

Title Disclaimer

If anyone is wondering why our title is called "The Tunas' Adventure", if you watch The Office, you'll understand!

Bittersweet Goodbyes

Yesterday was my last day of work at Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children. I was surprised with a goodbye party thrown by my department, Speech and Hearing. Everyone was so wonderful and brought in so many delicious goodies! Thank you to Kristin, Sarah, MT, Moira, Liz, Ken, Michelle, and Esther. And, a special thank you to Kris, Kim, Judy, and Naomi for arranging everything and bringing in fruit, vegetables, and cake (and for being the best audiologists ever)! Even though I am excited to start our trip, it is sad to have left such a wonderful place to work....and what made it wonderful were the people there. I'll miss you!

One Week Left!

One week left in good old Chesterbrook, PA. We both work through next Wednesday until noon, then it's then down to the Outer Banks and off on our vacation! After that, we move home to New York. Things are getting a bit stressful. Our pod comes tomorrow and leaves on Saturday morning. We are bringing one more load of stuff home to NY this weekend. Then, we're either sleeping on our floor on sleeping bags or at our neighbor's house until we leave Wednesday.