Sunday, 8 July 2018

First stop: Cleveland

Yesterday, I baked a chocolate chip pound cake at Dad’s request. This provides two days’ breakfast for the three of us, plus two or three extra breakfasts for Dad after our departure. This morning, O and I place our final items in Vincent and scratch the ears of a very dejected looking Lucy. We exchange hugs with Dad – who, O and I are certain- is just waiting for us to pull out of the driveway so he can go out to the grocery store to buy a nice juicy steak for supper tonight.

O and I have an uneventful 400-plus mile drive to Cleveland where we are treated to a tour of S and C’s cozy new home, after which we all head over to Granite City Brewery for dinner and a beer. It just wouldn’t be right to begin a cross country trip without a good brew! Next: off to East Coast Custard for some cool confections and then back home to bed. We have another long drive tomorrow.