Let us begin by saying starting off is the hardest part...
September 20th, Thule on
September 21st....OOOOPS
Here's what happened in between.
We had one more task before packing the car to the gills with our supplies for the next however many months we decide to be gone.The inside was spotless and it only seemed right to give the car the spit shine it needed before making the trek across the US of A. In a rush to finish this last task I decided to go through the automatic car wash (here's where you can start shaking your heads) Twas a classic mixup indeed! I'll never know if I was warned NOT to go through the automatic car wash or if I was assured it was okay. Either way about two minutes in, the roll brush that washes the hood, windshield and top of the car was making it's way over the windshield and as it rolled up on out of view tragedy struck. A demonic crunching and snapping sound began and we knew it was bad.
Real bad.
REALLY bad when we looked out the rearview window and the Thule was teetering off the back of the car.
In a normal fashion I jumped out of the car and responsibly assed the situation and didn't panic at all.
Just kidding.
I freaked out and called my Dad and other than those details I don't care to elaborate on the rest of my reaction. Lets just say my brother, who was with me at the time, saved the day.
What happened was the roll brush got caught between the roof of the car and the Thule, ripping off the front cross bar and snapping off the attachment pieces on the back of the Thule. Like I said before...OOOOOPS.
This was on Thursday and our plan was to start our trip Friday morning stopping in the most fitting location to start a road trip across the country (the big apple).
Needless to say we had to make some minor changes considering our main storage space was no longer attached to the car. This cog in the wheel proved to be no cog in the wheel for us travelers. Luke said it best, "this is going to be the first of many" so we took that advice, made some minor changes in our plans and took the train into the city. We enjoyed 2 days chock full of Phil Cohen.
McSorley's
Came home to the NWC of Connecticut and headed out Monday am after the last of a hilariously long string of going away meals hosted by our parents.
The crew... too early
our main man
Ciao for now
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P.S. Props to KEH's pops for getting the Thule back in action.
Location:Canaan, CT (starting location)
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