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2,999.7 miles from Santa Monica Beach to the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

We started at the Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California. We checked in there, relaxed, spent the night with friends, and headed off on our cross-country journey.




The view from my seat. We brought our african violet along for the ride to give to Gen's mom.










Sep 8-9: final move out of Gen's place, check into hotel for Sep 9. Typical problems you might expect.

Sept 10: leave LA (dip toes in pacific ocean)Sep 10-16: drive to North Carolina. Gen's grandfather(the one who married us) got married himself. He's83, his bride is 70.








The happy groom.





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Attacked by a roadside attraction.











Spencer, North Carolina



Sep 18: drive to outer banks of North Carolina, diptoes in Atlantic Ocean. Note: 2,999.70 miles fromocean to ocean. See Kitty Hawk, relax.Sep 20: drive to Cleveland, Ohio ahead of major rainstorm

Sep 20-Oct 6: Stay in Cleveland. Gen's dad is inOhio. We were supposed to relax during this visit butGen's mom is buying a house and needed my help, Gen'sOhio bar application needed work, and the final escrowto sell Gen's apartment in Beverly Hills was screwedup so we were actually very busy. Oh, and I'm takinganother accredidation exam for sustainable building("Green Building") so I'm studying for that.We also spent the jewish holidays so Gen and Iprepared the food for that. Also, for my birthday we went to a baseball game herein Cleveland and Gen had them put my name up inlights. It was fun, but scary (39!!!).




Smoky Mountains