Mom Road Trip

I Never Knew (Cleveland)

Here is a little known fact: I was born in Ohio. I moved to Florida when I was 11 and I lived there until we moved to the DC area about four years ago. I never lived in Cleveland, but as a child I was always under the impression that Cleveland wasn't really a place anyone would ever want to go unless they wanted to catch a Browns game.

I had no idea.

Cleveland is really cool. We had an amazing hotel.

Cleveland has a huge culinary community and we had two amazing meals.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is something that every music fan should get a chance to see once in their life.

Don't listen to the stories about The Cuyahoga River catching on fire. I mean, yes, it happened but that was 40 years ago. Cleveland is a beautiful city right on Lake Erie that is full of culture and wonderful people.

We even made some new friends.

Devra, Michelle, Sarah, Alexa, Amelia

I hope we get to come back soon.

Goon Squad Sarah's other work can be found on Sarah and the Goon Squad, Draft Day Suit, DC Metro Moms Blog, MamaPop, BlogHer, and Loser Moms.

THE ROAD TRIP

Take five moms, give them a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV, add wireless internet access in the vehicle, a GPS system, cutting-edge cameras and video recording technology, video games, music, gasoline, hotel stays, food, mainstream media covering the road trip on the internet & television - and see what happens as these hilarious and irreverent women drive coast to cost, picking up their fellow SV Moms Group Contributors and blogging it all on the road.....  Seriously, you will NOT want to miss following these bloggers as they make their way across the country, from Northern Virginia to San Francisco.

Here is a video from Katie Couric of CBS Evening News with a few words to Silicon Valley Moms Group mommy bloggers and our mom road trippers:

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Silicon Valley Moms Group has partnered with Six Apart to enable, amplify and share our journey across America.

Come Meet SV Moms Group Contributors participating in our first-ever, Silicon Valley Moms Group Road Trip '08: 

Dates and details about the trip:

July 6, 2008: Five selected contributors from SV Moms Group will begin blogging and video blogging (vblogging) about their upcoming road trip from Virginia, DC, Chicago and Loveland to San Francisco.

July 11, 2008:  Devra will receive the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid frm General Motors

July 12, 2008: Devra and Sarah from DC Metro Moms Blog will drive from DC to Chicago.

July 13, 2008:  Devra and Sarah will pick up Meagan from Chicago Moms Blog and drive to Omaha, Nebraska.

July 14, 2008: Devra, Sarah and Meagan will drive from Omaha to Denver.

July 15, 2008:  Devra, Sarah and Meagan will pick up Aviva from the soon-to-launch Rocky Mountain Moms Blog and drive to Salt Lake City.

July 16, 2008:  Devra, Sarah, Meagan and Aviva will drive from Salt Lake City to Reno.

July 17, 2008:  Devra, Sarah, Meagan and Aviva will drive from Reno to Silicon Valley, where they will pick up Jill Asher from Silicon Valley Moms Blog for the last thirty miles of the trip.  From Palo Alto, the six SV Moms Group contributors will drive to San Francisco.... where they will join 100 other contributors from SV Moms Group for a party in San Francisco that evening. Over the next few days will be more Silicon Valley Moms Group events and attendance at the BlogHer conference.

Beth Blecherman (Techmama) from the Silicon Valley Moms Blog will be tech blogging (behind the scenes) about some of the technology used on the Road Trip.