Road Trip!

I have never driven cross country before.  For some reason I always got out of moving cars back and forth for college or driving during a move.  It was finally my turn and I got to do it with three young kids.  What was I thinking!?!?!  Actually the trip went rather well.  Each kids only had one really melt down.  I was very impressed.  We have more melt downs than they just sitting at home each day.

Day 1 went from Gaithersburg to Chicago.  My brother lives in Oak Park just on the out skirts of the city so we stayed with him the first night.

Day 2 was from Chicago to Cheyenne, WY.  This was our long day.  We decided to push it on day two and drove 15 hours.  We were so glad we did this because it made the final day so much easier.

Not so happy to be stuck in a car for the second day.

She's not much of a car sleeper, she takes after me for that, but we did get a few moments for quiet time.

 We saw lots of windmills as we drove.

Thank goodness for DVDs.

Getting a little bored.

Finally at the hot.  We were all so tired and thankful to be out of the car.

Day 3 went from Cheyenne to Layton, UT.  It was only a 6 hour day and that was more than long enough.  We were all so tired of being in the car.  Plus it was a pretty ugly drive, no offense to my WY friends.  Wyoming was not so attractive.  That combined with the smoke in the air from the fired make for a less than picturesque drive. 

Smiling faces know this was the last day in the car.

This was the only time they all slept at the same time.

More windmills.

Only an hour away.  Can you fell the excitement.  Any hour is like nothing after 3 days of driving.

We were also happy to leave Wyoming and see some color and mountains.