As you can guess from the flurry of new postings, I've made it safely to New Haven. The drive from Minnesota to Connecticut was generally uneventful except for the two flat tires on the interstate. The first one was changed with the help of an off-duty Wisconsin police officer and the second we did ourselves. For some reason, I can't reach the AAA emergency number (800-AAA-HELP) on my T-mobile phone. I'll have to figure this out before we do our next big road trip -- for now, you should know that you can call a local AAA office and ask to get patched through to the national number.
We're subletting an apartment in New Haven until we can find out dream house. After two full days of searching, all I can say is that New Haven is no St. Paul. Sigh...
Glad you're safely on this coast!!! Good luck with the house hunting--I'm currently in complete limbo.
By the way, if you didn't see it, I posted a bunch of disability related links last night that are highly edifying and amusing. Thought you might like to know.