We left for Ohio on Sat., July 23rd.
We went through West VA:
and stopped for a pic. Momma and I in front of the Greenbrier.
We stayed with Grandpa and Grandma in Ohio and I got to play with Liam. I think he took a liking to me. He enjoyed taking me on walks, so I fell in love with him. We were there for a few days and then left on Tues., July 26th.
Into Indiana:
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis- of course momma thought we were in Minneapolis!
Into Illinois (4 down, 8 to go)
Into Missouri (5 down and 7 to go)!
St. Louis Arch:
We stopped in Columbia, Missouri for the night (Tuesday). We did not do much other than eat dinner and go out for ice cream (my favorite!!), sleep, and then leave the next day.
From this point on the states took forever to get through and the sights got to be VERY boring. And it got hot - really hot!! Mom and dad could no longer leave me in the car to go in a restaurant and eat, so things got a little tricky.
Into Kansas (6 down, 6 to go)
Wednesday's drive was BORING - the only exciting things were the windfarms:
We stopped for the night in Goodland, Kansas (Wednesday). THere were VERY few options for dinner. We decided to get food from Walmart to heat up - yes that was the best option we had:( There were thunderstorms, which I hate. So mom had to stay with me while Dad went to get the food. Luckily the hotel had a breakfast in the morning that was good. Then we got back in the car.
I used to love going for rides - My ears would perk up as soon as anyone said the word ride. Now I hate the car!!
Thursday's drive was a little better, as we went into Colorado. The beginning of the state was more of the same, but it got better!! (7 down, 5 to go)
Denver - the mile high city:
another picture of the scenery I saw in Colorado:
We stopped for lunch in Vail. Boy was that a cool place - dad and mom both want to go back. THey really think Aunt Becca needs to visit there as well. And because we were in the mountains, the temperature finally came down. So, I got to strecth my legs for a bit rather than just getting out to do my business and getting right back in the car. There was even a little stream going through the village that Dad let me play in. We also had lunch, then got back int he car - BOOO!!!
Next, we headed into Utah, which looked VERy different than Colorado (8 down, 4 to go).
Mom had talked dad into stopping in Moab. It was a little out of the way, but we were all glad we decided to take the detour. Mom had been there with her friend Betsy when they drove cross country in 1999 and wanted to show it to Dad. Betsy and mom had gotten to ride on the slick rock bike trail, but did not get to go to Arches National Park.
We spent Thursday night in Moab, Utah. WE got up fairly early and went to Arches National Park. Here are some pictures of our drive in Utah as well as our tour of the park.
What does this remind you of?
After the park, we got back in the car (ERRRR!) and headed for Vegas.
Into Nevada we go (9 down, three to go)
Mom with Bumblebee (for you Brady!!)
Sunday we got in the car to head for California - finally. We had a bit of a problem with the car while still in Nevada. But we got lucky - if the car had acted up 20 miles earlier we would have been in the middle of no where. But we found a nice GM dealership where we had the problem and they helped us out - even though we rolled in about 3:30 pm on a Friday afternoon. It was very hot out, but they even let me come inside and sit on the cool floor and watch tv while they repaired the spark plug. THen we got back in the car and kept going.
Into Arizona (10 down, 2 to go)
Into California - last one!!
I made it to California!!!!!
