Every good travel is organization, organization,
organization and last minute changes.
Let's start with the basic preparation: almost nothing.

Aside from the mess in our baggage, after so much choosing and putting aside, everything is still scattered on floor, bed, every possible horizontal surface

Some time spent on a map, looking for routes, stops, distances. The first stop is planned in Philadelphia, not a big jump, but nevertheless, being the first, a basic knowledge in Geography is needed, at least check if it is north or south.

Getting prepared just in case we hit the wrong continent.
Colombo did it already, remember?

One of the basics in traveling, is of having a car capable of keeping the road, delivering safely its load to destination. Good tires (at least the front ones) already a good start ...

Fast trip to NY, for getting film, relaxing a little bit, say good-bye to the big metropolis ...

AND THERE WE GO!