i am leaving thursday night and driving to the middle/east side of ohio along the route. if everyone else wants to leave friday morning thats fine. i do not want to leave at 4am and fight in bound chicago traffic and indiana border traffic. its going to suck any time of day friday, so if i can avoid it entirely i am going to do so. granted, leaving at 1 am is an option, but most people aren't going to want to do that.
i'm perfectly fine having two groups heading out if thats what its going to need to be to work for all people. rob, anna, ryan and myself are planning on making the thursday night departure. if anyone wants to join us for that, thats ok with me. if another group wants to head out whenever on friday, i say go for it and we can all caravan back together.