Sam likes to pretend like he's already on safari, even though it's just the GW Bridge.

Minnesota here we come!

In T minus 9 days, Sam and I will pack up the car we borrowed from my dad and drive me out to Minnesota. For nine weeks I'll be relocating there to run the election protection program for the Obama campaign. Then a week after election day, we leave for our 19 week round-the-world trip!

Sam, Antha and Andrew on a doorstep in PA. With Tate, we knocked on 300 doors.

We hadn't canvassed in a while and must have missed it, because we spent a long day in Pennsylvania knocking on doors for Obama before the primary there. Antha went back for 12 more hours of knocking the day before election day. Obama didn't win PA in the primary, but he is the nominee. So we feel good about that.