Sunday, May 27, 2012

Drive to Idaho

We finally were able to leave our house and head to Idaho.  Our original plan was to leave on Thursday May 3rd after preschool and lunch.  Due to a tummy flu that hit our family we ended up waiting until we knew that our kids were over that.  I can't imagine driving across the country with kids sick with the stomach flu.  We left on Friday around 1:30 in the afternoon.  The stomach flu seemed to hit Emily the hardest.  We decided that it would be a good idea to cover her car seat in a garbage bag just in case.  It was a good idea that we did because she threw-up several times on Friday.
After our first stop Christopher found a butterfly on the front of our van and was so excited he said, "We caught a butterfly! We caught a butterfly!"  His face fell to a sad pouty face and said, "but it is dead, I want it to go and live with Jesus."
Butterfly
This was a cute, very friendly little town that we stopped at for breakfast on Saturday
Chappell
Emily's car seat
We were driving along the Lincoln highway and stopped off at the rest area; this is the highest point on the Lincoln Highway.
Running around
We were able to make it to Idaho in 28 hours!  We were happy to be there.

1 comment:

Julie Miles said...

You guys WIN the ROAD TRIP award! It made sleeping on an air mattress that first night seem just hunky-dory:)