As I begin the tale of our driving, keep in mind that the Penske doesn't go over 70 mpm downhill. So much fun for us.
Whew! This last week was not the happiest or most pleasant. Packing was really difficult with 3 kids. Either Savvy or Neelah were crying (or both) or Finn was torturing Neelah and getting himself into trouble. Eric insisted that he and Nate (our bro-in-law who was kind enough to take the trip with us...THANKS NATE!!) have "trucker hats".
Here is our very own 26 ft Penske truck towing our car. Such fun to drive!!
Finn was good at helping us label the boxes.
OUR JOURNEY:
We started off on Friday morning heading south to I70 hoping to miss the weather. Not so much. It pretty much snowed on us for 12 of the 16 hours that we drove that day. Going into the Rocky Mountians isn't the greatest choice on a snowy day but it was either that or try to cross Wyoming with the wind/snow storms.
This picture was taken from the van which followed the truck almost the entire way to Maryland. When we got up to 10,000 feet (Vail Colorado) we were going about 30 mph up the mountian and our heads were ready to explode from the elevation. How anyone can live up there is beyond me. I guess there is the fact that THE ROCKY MOUNTIANS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Wow is all I can say.
From Colorado we entered Kansas. Completely opposite of the Rockies. FLAT and WINDY. We stopped at Denny's somewhere in Kansas and bless their hearts, neither our hostess nor our waitress had teeth. What more is there to say.
Missouri was next and we passed through St Louis and saw the Arch. Pretty cool. Not much else to say about Missouri.
And then into Kentucky on Sunday. Actually Indiana was somewhere in there but I have no idea whether it was before or after Kentucky. It all blurred. Kentucky was really pretty. Here is a shot of one of the freeways that was blasted with dynamite to pave the road. The houses and rolling, green hills were really nice to look at and it was a gorgeous day.
We had spent the night in Louisville with Brinn and her family. She made us a tasty french toast breakfast and sent us on our way. Thanks Brindle.
I didn't get any pictures of West Virginia...sorry.
Savvy is crying so I will have to finish this post later.
Savvy is crying so I will have to finish this post later.
6 comments:
Wow Heather! Good job on moving with 3 kids!! I don't know how you do it!!! When we find out what our plan is I will let you know... Yes we still have no idea when we are going to Maryland... and for that matter if for sure we are going yet...
That was quite the trek...and I only saw part of it! Glad to hear that you guys are finally all together and can't wait for more pics.
That looked like a FUN trip! I hate driving long distance. I am soooo excited for you guys to be near us! I am already thinking of the fun we'll have, even though you are about 80 min. from us. Can't wait to see you guys!!!
Wow Red, you are my hero! You are such a good mom! Hope you are loving Maryland! That's where Tanner is from technically, his parents lived there for 5 years and loved it. I hope you guys are loving it out there!
You are such a good narrator...I felt like I was driving with you! Good job mama!!!
You are hillarious! Did you drug the kids?.....or yourself?? I have the same feelings about the the arch. Nice arch, not much else to see. LOVE the new house. PS How the heck do you have everything unpacked already? You even have pics on the walls!!
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