across the country

we've officially graduated from FEMA training and have been new york bound since sunday morning (which strangely enough was yesterday morning and seems like forever ago). our last full day at the training center in new mexico was spent venturing through a sandstorm to get to the town of roswell in order to visit the widely popular international ufo museum. we bonded with crop circle theories and alien merchandise to ring in our last desert day.

since yesterday morning we've driven through new mexico, stayed outside of dallas last night, and continued driving through the rest of texas today and straight on through arkansas to meet up in jackson, tennessee tonight. it appears to be getting colder and colder with each state we go through (which to anyone outside of this AmeriBubble that would seem obvious) but I've somehow forgotten that we're no longer on the west coast or living in the desert anymore.

with our red duffels, secret agent-equivalent laptop cases, sleeping bags, and pillows stuffed into our van (which we've so lovingly come to call Lucy) we are 100% ready to take on queens, ny! (ok well maybe aside from the fact I was zero percent prepared for weather colder than 60 degrees and my steel-toed boots need to be re-shined because in new mexico I was rudely awakened to the fact that I have no idea how to properly shine boots).

well, traveling through nashville in the morning, virginia later tomorrow night, pennsylvania the next day, and queens after that.

FEMA corps taking on the cross-country road trip.