Hannah and Miles: We Made It, We Made It.

Ok, not really but we are pretty close. Today's drive took us through Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The trip was incident free other then me falling asleep. Miles noticed that I did not laugh at a funny part in the story we are listening to so he looked over and I was asleep. It turns out that I only missed about 2 minutes of the story but still. Miles was really nice and he let me take a nap at 9am while he drove. I really have not been sleeping well this trip. Not that I normally sleep well but this trip is taking a toll on me.

We got up earlier this morning than we have on other days of this trip so we could miss traffic and get to the hotel early. By 3pm we were in West Orange, New Jersey, and at the hotel. We decided to stay in West Orange (about 10 miles from Hoboken) because it was the only place we could find for under $200 that could accommodate our parking needs.

We took the car off the trailer and drove to Hoboken so we could get our parking permit and make sure everything was in order for our move tomorrow. We had some friends reserve the meters in front of our apartment so we will have somewhere to park the tomorrow while we unload...THANK YOU MARY AND RED...so we also got the information about that.

Our drive over to Hoboken was a little un-nerving. Google maps had us taking a road that was having major construction and it had narrow lanes, low over-passes, and huge potholes. It was also a really confusing route and it was by sheer luck that we made it to Hoboken and didn't end up on the Holland Tunnel on our way to Manhattan at 4pm. This was also the route we were planning on taking until meeting up with Red.

Red and Mary are my two favorite people in the area. They both went to Rutgers Law, Red just graduated and Mary is still in attendance there. They took Miles on his tour and then out for drinks in Hoboken during our first visit and the night before I got there. Mary has been emailing Miles tons of helpful information ever since. It is because they took Miles to Hoboken that we even knew about the location and how nice a place it is to live. As I mentioned before Mary and Red are also responsible for getting us parking for tomorrow. We needed someone in New Jersey to physically go to the town hall to reserve the meters 24 hr in advance so without them helping us out we would be screwed for the move tomorrow. I had not met Red until tonight and now I am in love with both parts of this duo. We talked with Red for about an hour about our trip, how to get to Hoboken (the easy way), and he even gave Miles a beer. What more could we ask for. (For more info about Mary and Red see their website http://www.maryandred.com/)

We were in Hoboken for all of two hours, which happens to be the exact amount of time we fed the meter for. We ate and took care of all our business there that needed to be taken care of before tomorrow.

We then took Red's advice and took the easy way back to West Orange (he even gave us a map) which is where we are now. I am pooped, ready to be in bed for the night and done with this damn move.

Below are pictures of the broken cooler (bandaged with band-aids) and Miles in the truck (for Chase).

[broken lid of the cooler]