The first leg of our trip is New York City, staying in the Upper West side just off Central Park. Leaving was hard, but worth the sacrifice.

Renting out your home, pulling the kids out of school and enrolling them in k12 home school program, vaccinations, booking travel and lodging, and decluttering and storing our personal belongings was and is an undertaking, to say the least, all of which were possible only for Michelle. 

August 6, 2021 we finished up the lose ends of preparing and executing the short term move. Our tenant moved in a few hours after we left. First stop was Glenwood, Illinois for my nephews wedding, and on to Central Illinois, Jacksonville, IL Sunday morning for the week before coming back to Chicago Saturday to fly to New York. We will be in New York-New Jersey for about a week before we embark on our journey.