a thing in 56 photos in 2012 driving showing 2012 only · show all years Made it home safe and sound. In a taxi on my way home to pick up Maddy . Thanks again for having me, Sylvie! I downloaded the pics as soon as I got home and put together some edits . (Which is a big deal. Usually, it takes me around three years to post the photos I take online!). Thanks again to Jeff for having me along! Driving the sand-covered streets. ...and the Rockaways were still in bad shape. On our way. ...and later that afternoon, she and Ellen drove down from her parent's place and rescued me and Maddy! Surveying the damage in the neighborhood. See you in a week, New York! These two took a little party nap on the drive back to Boulder... I lived in Eagleton, Colorado right near the Red Rocks amphitheater from ages 1-3. On the drive over, I called my parents to get the exact address... After dropping our stuff off at the hotel, we decided to drive up to the top of one of the mountains on the outskirts of town. Awesome road sign. Definitely more impressive than skyscrapers. Roadtrip adventure! On my way to LGA. ...just in time to catch sunrise. EAT REAL FOOD. Don't worry buddy, we're all headed home! Piper slept in Ellen's elbow crook the whole drive out. Haha. Later that evening we drove over... Sometimes you can't see the forest. Onward home. Rainy waterfall. Headed home. On Saturday Maddy and I went uptown... Cab ride home with Amanda. This! I'll bet male-attendance at this church has dramatically increased since the jerk BBQ restaurant opened next door. Hardly any traffic on a Wednesday. Took the backroads home. Perfect day for a drive. Hard to tell from this photo, but in-person you can see the Manhattan skyline from Rockaway. Car lot flags. Lehigh Valley. By 11am we were driving past corn fields. Amber waves of grain. And power lines. What do they make here? Jared and Gurj picked us up at 9am. Headed west. Coffee break on our way home. Chris picked Grant and I up and we headed north to Andy & Pepper's house. Dreamcatcher leads the way. Ellen and Hans came by a little before 11am and picked us up! Great Adventure, here we come! ...and we hit the open road! ...all the way to... ...but not together. That's ok, sometimes it's nice to... The bus was crowded. There was room for Meredith and I to both sit, Palm oil. ...make a new travel buddy! Like this sleepy little abuela who spent most of the bus ride bouncing her tiny snoozing noggin against my shoulder. Haha. Adorable. ...we'd started our 4-hour bus ride up to the very northern tip of the island. Headed to JFK. Sun rays on the ride home. Grant and I got up early on Sunday, picked up a ZipCar around the corner from my place... By the early afternoon, we were back in NYC and crossing over the bridge on our way over to Caiti's apartment to pick up Maddy ! ...nine-and-a-half hour drive through the desolate and hauntingly lovely pine barrens of Florida! We made it back to my parents place a little before 1am and went right to sleep. ...and then Meredith and I hit the road for the... 
