Home.

Unfortunately, there is no more time (for the moment) for any games of catchup. The trip is nearly over.

After somewhere near 7, 600 miles, we find ourselves in St. Louis, Missouri, around 950 miles from New Jersey. We plan to be there this evening, which promises to be an impressive driving feat.

Yesterday we drove from Denver to here, stopping as little as possible, drinking a great deal of coffee and carbonated lime green beverages. The trip was 850 miles, and we made great time, thanks to the insanely flat, straight, and fast Kansas roads that took up the bulk of our trip.

We spent the night here with Jason's college friends Will and Kaitlin, who are here studying for a Law degree and an MBA, respectively. We ate some delicious Lebanese food down the street from their house, in the Washington University section of the town, and then we headed home.

Over dinner, one topic of discussion had been genealogical research, something that Jason has recently wished to begin in regard to his own family. Chris has been doing such research for a while now, and we had the exciting experience the other day of visiting Las Vegas, New Mexico, which is a town that figures rather prominently in his family history. More on that another day soon.

There is little time now. We are charging up IPods and taking showers, drinking coffee and rubbing eyeballs. The drive awaits and the day begins, here at 6:30 am in St. Louis, Missouri.