I Heart GPS

We visited Pittsburgh for two days, staying with Carrie, KK and baby Margot, fantastic hosts. Enjoyed the Warhol museum, with its tasty cafe and chatty cooks, and walked around the city for hours. On our way out of town yesterday, we brought the paddles over to the folks at Exkursion Outfitters, major outdoors outfitters for the Pittsburgh area. We spent a half hour with them, and we're looking forward to getting them specific information about pricing.

When we stopped to refuel later in eastern Ohio, it looked like there was a problem with the fuel pump/filter, or with the oil we were using, but at the end of a long day of replacement filter and fuel reconnaissance, we realized that the pump is fine, the settings are just misaligned. We found a place to pull over for the night, late, and stepped out the door of the bus this morning into a cornfield.

Later, some Amish people passed near us while we were on the highway and they almost fell out of their horse-drawn carriage peering at our bus around their carriage cover. We were just as curious about them.

Then, in one of the best moves ever, we bought a GPS. Sweet, sweet, GPS. It's much better to get mad at a computer for giving you poor directions.

We bolted through the rest of Ohio today, as well as Indiana, Illinois and most of Missouri. Heading to Lawrence, Kansas, where Justin's dad and family have a bison ranch. We've officially been 1,300 miles. And we're 1 hour younger.