"Good evening officer" Tom stammers as the electric window winds down and the wing mirror reflects a mirage of red and blue light into the drivers' nervous faces.
The state trooper's expression is obscured behind the uncompromising glare of his flashlight.
24 years of American film reference kick in, Mike sheepishly leans towards the passenger window and blurts, "Is there a problem officer?"
"I was doing 80, and you were blowing me away! Where are you heading?"
"Err...Seattle?"
"What, in one night? you boys got a long way to go..."
We explain to him that we are delivering the vehicle to an old lady in Seattle on behalf of Autodriveaway, a car relocation specialist that we had discovered during our stay in New York, and that our client has imposed a gruelling 9 day schedule to cover the 3000 miles along one of the longest coast-to-coast routes on the planet.
As Mike's quivering hand presents the officer with his license, this explanation comes out as a barely audible whimper.
Clearly impressed by our professional driving credentials, the state trooper hands back Mike's license and disappears into the night.
Tomorrow will be the 2 week anniversary of our arrival in New York City. Our hectic lifestyle has left us little time to share what we've been up to, in fact this is being typed up in a rare window of free time as we cruise into the night down Interstate 80 on our way through Pennsylvania, having just marginally escaped a night in state penitentiary.
During our stay in NYC we have been feverishly recording, observing and writing about our experiences, ranging from befriending newly wed ex-marine bikers and meeting a human canvas, to facing death in Queens and sketching life in Brooklyn.
During our 9 day road trip to Seattle, we'll be keeping a log of our adventures on the road, and using the time to compile and present excerpts from our time in New York.
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