We carried lots of memorable items and our lovely pet doves to start our road trip from California to Ohio (which was about 10 days of drive). Our destination, Ohio State, was to help my wife complete her doctoral degree sooner because she needed to meet her adviser regularly to shorten the review-and-revision process.
However, on the third day of our road trip, after saying good bye to our friend, Mark, who lived in Los Angeles, our pet dove, JuJu died of car sickness. At that saddest moment, we blamed ourselves for the death of JuJu. Then, we drove 6 hours to come back to our empty home in San Jose, CA. We even told our agent to stop the selling procedure of our home.