- I really enjoy road trips that don’t have a deadline and I can make the rules myself. Driving across country my anthem is flexibility, my motto is stop and smell the flowers and my drive is to have fun with my kids even if it means extra driving time. I love having this opportunity to make memories with my kids. I want to be diligent about loving on each one and encouraging them to make wise decisions as we travel and deal with confined spaces.
God has made a beautiful country to travel across. The scenery is so beautiful. As I drive father east the trees become thinker and the corn becomes scarce. I’m so glad I have the freedom to drive where I want when I want across America.
Thankfully the rest has yet to be as exciting as getting started on this trip and I hope it continues to be uneventful. It’s so neat to watch each of my kids as they play with cousins along the way or we stop at a hotel and encounter strangers they all react in a different way. J introduces all of us to a stranger on the elevator, c giggles at the group of young Woman in the hot tub being silly and showing off to them. D doesn’t want to go in the hot tub because of the girls and w is happy just swimming alone.
As we were driving on our first leg of our journey like I said it was uneventful but I did snap a few photos (stopped of course) driving across Kansas through Nebraska. W says why are we stopping here? It was in front of the welcome to Nebraska sign and I said because I want to and because I can. Then finally into Iowa to visit my sister In law and family. Along the way we stopped at a Lewis and Clark welcome center and then we drove along the lewis and Clark trail until we turned off on our exit. It was fun climbing on the replica ship and I really hope next time we go through we can go into the welcome center and see the rest of the information about that location. I love seeing the history right along the highways of america and I love sharing it with my young adventurer’s.
The fun thing about a rental car is it is so new it has all the bells and whistle and one thing the car has is GPS. When you get closer to your destination you can watch the arrow get closer to your flag. And when your w, its the most exciting 20 minutes of your life especially when your cousins are at the flag and you get to have “supper, breakfast, lunch, supper, and then breakfast again” with cousins.
When we arrived the playing didn’t stop. It started with a nerf gun war then went to Lego’s and play mobile and back to Lego’s it was so fun to watch all the big cousins playing with the little ones. Even Jeannette got in on the games.
The hardest part about traveling alone is you don’t have that extra set of hands. As I checked in the hotel, finished with our second leg of our trip I realized just how much Adam does for me especially when we are traveling. He runs to the car to get those forgotten items when I had to bring all the children down. He lays with one while I lay with the others to make bedtime go faster. He takes them to the pool when I need a little quiet time away. I am thankful I have this man!
So as I say goodnight and tomorrow we start our third leg. Just remember to thank those who do so much for you and give your kids an extra squeeze.
Signing off. Enjoy the photos!
