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That's right folks! I'm Movin' to Minnesota! After 6 months of dry-well job searching in Texas (even crazy parts of Texas), I've been offered a PHP Developer position in Sebeka, Minnesota. So I, along with my good buddy eGO Chris Da Wolf will be gettin' into our respective automobiles next Monday* and heading North!
I currently plan to make the trip in about 3 days, with 6 hour hops each day. 6 hours was picked because (1) I know I can do that amount without losing function in my legs, (2) It's a nice round number, and (3) that leaves time to meet you guys!
And the best part? I get to expense the whole trip!
The rough plan for the trip is to:
A more detailed path can be found on this Google Map: Google Maps Rock!
Now I can't go crazy, because I do have to pay for the trip out of pocket and then wait to get the money back. But! Since I have to sit in my van for 20+ hours anyway I might as well make up for it by meeting up with people on the way!
So! I'm looking for eGOers who live on that route who may be interested in meeting with AutoDMC and Chris Da Wolf; perhaps we can find a McDonalds or a Truck Stop or something on the route and get a group picture and shake hands or trade Cow stories or something.
I'm also looking for some protips about living up North. I'm a Southern boy, through and through, and the most snow I've seen is a little dusting on the path. Now, I'm quite familiar to icy roads, as that's what we get down here (black ice and freezing rain, yay!) but that's it
Also! Are there awesome things I should see along the way? Like I said, I've gotta make the trip anyway, might as well get a few photo ops, right? Now, I can't go too far off the path, but if I can keep the total route under 1400 miles, I think I should be OK. (They're paying me a per-mile, and they said if I don't go crazy they might pay for small detours, but on the other hand, they won't pay for blatant detours)
Road trip!
* Sure, it seems like short notice, but I didn't want to announce the big move until I'd signed on the dotted line
I currently plan to make the trip in about 3 days, with 6 hour hops each day. 6 hours was picked because (1) I know I can do that amount without losing function in my legs, (2) It's a nice round number, and (3) that leaves time to meet you guys!
And the best part? I get to expense the whole trip!
The rough plan for the trip is to:
- Kemp, Texas
- Dallas, Texas
- Oklahoma City
- Wichita (Stay the night here)
- Kansas City, Kansas
- Des Moines, Iowa (Stay the night here)
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Sebeka, Minnesota (Stay for a long time here with my job)
A more detailed path can be found on this Google Map: Google Maps Rock!
Now I can't go crazy, because I do have to pay for the trip out of pocket and then wait to get the money back. But! Since I have to sit in my van for 20+ hours anyway I might as well make up for it by meeting up with people on the way!
So! I'm looking for eGOers who live on that route who may be interested in meeting with AutoDMC and Chris Da Wolf; perhaps we can find a McDonalds or a Truck Stop or something on the route and get a group picture and shake hands or trade Cow stories or something.
I'm also looking for some protips about living up North. I'm a Southern boy, through and through, and the most snow I've seen is a little dusting on the path. Now, I'm quite familiar to icy roads, as that's what we get down here (black ice and freezing rain, yay!) but that's it
Also! Are there awesome things I should see along the way? Like I said, I've gotta make the trip anyway, might as well get a few photo ops, right? Now, I can't go too far off the path, but if I can keep the total route under 1400 miles, I think I should be OK. (They're paying me a per-mile, and they said if I don't go crazy they might pay for small detours, but on the other hand, they won't pay for blatant detours
)Road trip!
* Sure, it seems like short notice, but I didn't want to announce the big move until I'd signed on the dotted line
