Trip summary, Day 1:
August 11, 2010

6:15 am. Left house. 0 miles on tripometer.
6:44 am. Goodbye Ursinus! (Passed Ursinus for last time?)
7:09 am. Goodbye 422! I hate you and I hope I never see you ever again!
10:32 am. 17.786 gallons gas, 233 miles on tripometer.
11:03 am. Goodbye PA turnpike! (Got on at Valley Forge, off at Donegal. Don’t know when I’ll see the turnpike again.)
1:21 pm. Goodbye Connellsville! (Stopped at Bud Murphy’s for one last lunch in my hometown.)
2:12 pm. Goodbye PA! Hello WV!
4:40 pm. “Oh south and west. That makes sense.” Copilot on which lane we should be in (left lanes say “north” and “east” and right lane says “south” and “west” … On our way from PA to TX. Really? There’s a question as to which direction we’re headed?)
5:25 pm. Stop at Sheetz for coffeez and breakfast sandwich (schmiscuitz). Probably last Sheetz I’ll see for a while. 🙁 Almost to Kentucky; everyone already has a southern accent. 16ish gallons gas, 500ish miles on tripometer.
6:02 pm. Goodbye WV! Hello KY! (I’ve never been in this state before!)
9:11 pm Eastern / 8:11 pm Central. Goodbye Eastern time zone! Hello Central time zone! So excited!
9:11 pm Central. Goodbye KY! Hello TN! Another new state to me!
9:47 pm Central. Arrived at Nashville hotel and promptly passed out from exhaustion.

Successful day one achieved! 870 miles travelled from Spring City, PA to Nashville, TN.