We hit the road at 8:30am and made a couple stops, one in Springfield IL, the next in St. Louis. We will be staying just outside Springfield MO tonight. Driving…

Short but hectic driving dayAfter rolling out of Ann Arbor, we headed to our AirBnb in Forest Park, IL. Lots of heavy rain making visibility super low at times. After…

Advanced TetrisAfter a lot of arranging and rearranging, a few scrapes and bandaged appendages, we did it!Car 1, roof rack is neededTetris More TetrisGlad we brought the carrier Car 2 is snacks…

 It was a short drive, got to have a nice picnic lunch with the kiddos. Went back to get ready for packing up the kiddos and spend another 4 hours…

Stayed in Tonica, population 750. Lightning bugs and lightning storms. 

We mapped out all these places and then someone called a tornado watch and this California girl was not happy! So I did next logical step and mapped out all the…

Marked a bunch of  must see landmarks. Wait for it …

Woo wee! We made it! But only after being rerouted slightly north on the final stretch. No big deal because there was ice cream waiting for us.Really. Our Airbnb is…

 Lots of driving today. Here’s what we saw. Palisade, Colorado Glenwood Springs, Colorado Near Glenwood Springs Gypsum, Colorado Edwards, ColoradoVailVailVailT-shirts for Natalie Copper Mountain, Colorado Clear Creek Colorado Corn in Crook Colorado Windmill near Sedgwidge CO Welcome to Nebraska Storm Warnings

 In Julesburg Colorado. At a rest stop. A fancy one.Lunch spotXL wishies Pony Express selfie Teepee and metal buffalo If you can read this, you’re drunk