The beginning is the end is the beginning

For those of you first logging on, this site is devoted to our quest for the BBQ roadtrip and our six-year wait to fulfill it. We have a loose idea of where we will travel (see map below).

We are now in full countdown mode.

The basics:

• Josh is flying from Burlington to Baltimore then driving to the starting line.
• We are starting and ending in Staunton, Virginia.
• We are going to one city for lunch and one city for dinner.
• We have rented the uber-manly Toyota Prius for the nearly 3,800 mile journey.
• We will travel through the entire confederacy (though we will not eat in Arkansas - schedule conflict).
• We will, on average, drive 7.7 hours per day, every day, from 6th to the 13th of Aug.

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OUR PLEDGE TO YOU, FAITHFUL SEEKER OF THE BBQ TRUTH:

1. We will update you on our travels
2. We will tell you which sides are worthy of accompanying pulled pork, spare ribs, or [though unlikely] chicken [thighs only, please]
3. We shall have no regard for our own health and safety in our quest to literally eat our way across the south
4. We will unabashedly show our intimate moments of pain, reflection, and folly on our quest for BBQ salvation
5. Most importantly, we will have pictures

HEAR US, OH PIOUS PORK [and occasionally beef or chicken] EATERS:

• Should we fail in our quest;
• Should our stomachs tremble at the side of yet another bowl of Brunswick stew;
• Should our hearts burn the flames of a 1000 bottles of hot sauce;
• Should our bodies reject the site of flesh and force us to graze on the side of the road for roughage;
• Should the blood in our legs clot from driving;
• Should we go blind from adult-onset diabetes triggered by the third gallon of sweet tea;
• Should our blood-pressure rise to staggering heights:

IT IS UP TO YOU TO FIND US [and the Prius, because it is really expensive], BURY US IN A WOOD FIRE PIT, AND CONTINUE OUR QUEST