The Drive West part 01
Last Saturday December 09: Savannah, Georgia --------> St. Louis, Missouri (time: appx 13 hours)
I left Savannah around 1:30pm with my new(used) Subaru Legacy packed to the top with every single thing that I own along with my snowboard on top and my bicycle on a rack I bought for the hitch. Off we go... Alaska and I were on the road again. The best part of this drive by FAR was the fact that I was only planning on going to Atlanta. See, the outlet on my wagon that I would normally plug my ipod or phone charger into wasn't working. I figured I'd head to Atlanta and get it fixed at a dealership there, sleep over night, and leave in the morning for St. Louis. My late start, however, forced me to rethink this plan because the dealerships and such places were closing early for the weekend... about an hour into the trip down 16West I called one of the dealerships in Atlanta and they were like "yea we close soon..." so there I was, a few minutes left on my ipod and only one cd. Gabriel made me the new Killer's cd to keep me company. It was the only working cd that I had in my car when I left for Utah... I was counting on being able to get that outlet fixed so that I could rock out to my ipod on the $400 of new speakers that I got installed in the Subaru the day after I bought it... now it was looking like I'd not be able to listen to the ipod at all- maybe for the entire trip! Realizing this, I decided to just go and drive until I couldn't drive any longer. I figured St. Louis would be a perfect goal because it was almost exactly half way between Savannah and Denver, Colorado. I was planning on spending some time with my friend Abigail in Denver anyway so getting there in 2 days instead of 3 sounded pretty good to me.
When I entered Atlanta I got the awesome opportunity to share some Arby's with my friend Will Pitt (insert will's music web pages here) Will is an amazing and heart-filled musician that I met a few years ago through a Savannah friend named Amy. He's never lived in Savannah but I like to keep up with him because he's basically wonderful and inspirational. You can check out the band he fronts Any Given Moment here. If you listen to the stuff and you like it pleaase give him or his band a shout out. They are all awesome guys that have overcome a lot together...oh yeah and their music rawks too. haha. Anyway, dinner with Will is always a blessing even if we only spend like 20 mins together. haha. I love that about him, he's totally down with catching up when we can. I guess we are all in the greater kingdom of God. I love you Will!
By the time I finished dinner with Will it was already dark out. I made the rest of the drive surviving on NPR and Coast to Coast. Thank God for people who think they have been abducted by aliens and want to tell everyone on national radio about it. I don't think I would have made it to St. Louis without it. oh.my.gosh hahaha. Even better, there were shooting stars everywhere. I can't remember the last time I saw a shooting star... oh wait, yea I can. ;)
Got into St. Louis around 2am. Not great timing but not bad either. As Hawk would say "anywhichway" I was happy to be there. My friend Jamie and her awesome family let Alaska and I crash at their house and the next morning they made an AWESOME breakfast. Egg omelet baked something or other. It was awesome food and awesome to catch up with them. Jamie was one of my first close friends at SCAD and because of her I have been to St. Louis a bunch and I've decided that I really like the city. If you have never spent any time in St. Louis you should seriously consider going there- preferably sometime in the late summer/early autumn. The place is so fun.
We could be closer than you know,
Chelsea
I left Savannah around 1:30pm with my new(used) Subaru Legacy packed to the top with every single thing that I own along with my snowboard on top and my bicycle on a rack I bought for the hitch. Off we go... Alaska and I were on the road again. The best part of this drive by FAR was the fact that I was only planning on going to Atlanta. See, the outlet on my wagon that I would normally plug my ipod or phone charger into wasn't working. I figured I'd head to Atlanta and get it fixed at a dealership there, sleep over night, and leave in the morning for St. Louis. My late start, however, forced me to rethink this plan because the dealerships and such places were closing early for the weekend... about an hour into the trip down 16West I called one of the dealerships in Atlanta and they were like "yea we close soon..." so there I was, a few minutes left on my ipod and only one cd. Gabriel made me the new Killer's cd to keep me company. It was the only working cd that I had in my car when I left for Utah... I was counting on being able to get that outlet fixed so that I could rock out to my ipod on the $400 of new speakers that I got installed in the Subaru the day after I bought it... now it was looking like I'd not be able to listen to the ipod at all- maybe for the entire trip! Realizing this, I decided to just go and drive until I couldn't drive any longer. I figured St. Louis would be a perfect goal because it was almost exactly half way between Savannah and Denver, Colorado. I was planning on spending some time with my friend Abigail in Denver anyway so getting there in 2 days instead of 3 sounded pretty good to me.
When I entered Atlanta I got the awesome opportunity to share some Arby's with my friend Will Pitt (insert will's music web pages here) Will is an amazing and heart-filled musician that I met a few years ago through a Savannah friend named Amy. He's never lived in Savannah but I like to keep up with him because he's basically wonderful and inspirational. You can check out the band he fronts Any Given Moment here. If you listen to the stuff and you like it pleaase give him or his band a shout out. They are all awesome guys that have overcome a lot together...oh yeah and their music rawks too. haha. Anyway, dinner with Will is always a blessing even if we only spend like 20 mins together. haha. I love that about him, he's totally down with catching up when we can. I guess we are all in the greater kingdom of God. I love you Will!
By the time I finished dinner with Will it was already dark out. I made the rest of the drive surviving on NPR and Coast to Coast. Thank God for people who think they have been abducted by aliens and want to tell everyone on national radio about it. I don't think I would have made it to St. Louis without it. oh.my.gosh hahaha. Even better, there were shooting stars everywhere. I can't remember the last time I saw a shooting star... oh wait, yea I can. ;)
Got into St. Louis around 2am. Not great timing but not bad either. As Hawk would say "anywhichway" I was happy to be there. My friend Jamie and her awesome family let Alaska and I crash at their house and the next morning they made an AWESOME breakfast. Egg omelet baked something or other. It was awesome food and awesome to catch up with them. Jamie was one of my first close friends at SCAD and because of her I have been to St. Louis a bunch and I've decided that I really like the city. If you have never spent any time in St. Louis you should seriously consider going there- preferably sometime in the late summer/early autumn. The place is so fun.
We could be closer than you know,
Chelsea
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