So, it turns out our USB drive was defective, so posting was near impossible. We got a new one today and it clearly works! Thanks to Mai, whose generous gift of "mad money" made the purchase possible. And how cool is it that I am 41 and my grandmother is STILL spoiling me?!
We spent last night in a lovely campground in Illinois. The kids got to swim and play in the club house. I got laundry done and we had dinner cooked over the fire...yum! Today we are driving through Wisconsin (on a small country road rolling through miles and miles of farms. It is beautiful!
So far our trip has been a lot of driving, but it has not been boring! We had our first RV "incident" when the turn signal lights stopped working. Tom checked every fuse to no avail. On the advice of our mechanic, Tom banged the steering wheel hard a few times...and it worked!
Elena had a melt down from being so tired, right while we were trying to manuever ourselves through the stop and go traffic caused by a car accident just north of Cleveland. (She is protesting my posting of her meltdown. I assure that tired 6 year olds are expected to have meltdowns from time to time.) After that accident, we saw 3 more, including an RV with its front end into the jersey barrier. We hit Chicago at rush hour but believe it or not, it was not so bad. We drove right by O"Hare airport and could see planes practically landing in front of us.
These first few days have been a lot of driving. We slow down a bit after we cross the Mississippi. We know, though, from the (lack) of time we are making on the road, that we are going to have to cut back our planned itinerary, but we are OK with that. We are trying to focus on and enjoy the Journey itself.
Personally, I am enjoying sitting with the idea that we have "no where" to be and no one to answer to for 5 weeks. It is an amazing feeling...I could get REALLY used to it. :)
We spent last night in a lovely campground in Illinois. The kids got to swim and play in the club house. I got laundry done and we had dinner cooked over the fire...yum! Today we are driving through Wisconsin (on a small country road rolling through miles and miles of farms. It is beautiful!
So far our trip has been a lot of driving, but it has not been boring! We had our first RV "incident" when the turn signal lights stopped working. Tom checked every fuse to no avail. On the advice of our mechanic, Tom banged the steering wheel hard a few times...and it worked!
Elena had a melt down from being so tired, right while we were trying to manuever ourselves through the stop and go traffic caused by a car accident just north of Cleveland. (She is protesting my posting of her meltdown. I assure that tired 6 year olds are expected to have meltdowns from time to time.) After that accident, we saw 3 more, including an RV with its front end into the jersey barrier. We hit Chicago at rush hour but believe it or not, it was not so bad. We drove right by O"Hare airport and could see planes practically landing in front of us.
These first few days have been a lot of driving. We slow down a bit after we cross the Mississippi. We know, though, from the (lack) of time we are making on the road, that we are going to have to cut back our planned itinerary, but we are OK with that. We are trying to focus on and enjoy the Journey itself.
Personally, I am enjoying sitting with the idea that we have "no where" to be and no one to answer to for 5 weeks. It is an amazing feeling...I could get REALLY used to it. :)
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