On The Road...

This is a very late post! On July 25th, my family and Jordan's family had a delicious farewell dinner at the Henderson's, the last of many. It was bittersweet. I couldn't believe that this would be the last time I would see our family members - our friends who we hung out with every week! Going from being with family so often to every year or so was going to cause some serious withdrawal (of which I am still experiencing side effects).

Jordan and I had gotten the car all ready for the 2,200 mile, 40 hour drive ahead of us. New windshield wiper blades? Check. Alignment? Check. Snacks, pillows, and books on CD? Check. GPS? Check - that thing saved us! We packed four people, their luggage, food, pillows, and cleaning supplies for the new apartment into the tiny Mazda 3!

Many were skeptical. I was a little worried myself, when we all sat in the car. Considering the fact that my dear brother is well over six feet tall, he got a front seat the whole way to Richmond. Lucky!

Welcome to Wyoming...we didn't really take any other pictures of this or Nebraska cause they were kinda boring. We stopped in Omaha to see dear sister Allie, Mitch, and the little boys. It was SO good to see them! We had never seen their home before and they were so accommodating. Allie had made dinner for us and then gave us a place to sleep for a couple hours. She even burned "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins for us, which was great to listen to. We love our family!

At about 2:30 AM, after 4 hours of sleep, we all packed up from Omaha and continued to drive through the early morning. We arrived in Missouri to get gas and switch drivers. Lots and lots of fog in the morning here!

We stopped to get breakfast around 7 AM in Illinois (I think).

Cracker Barrel. It wasn't that great (like bacon as hard as a rock). But it was something :) I liked this poster that looked like it was from the 40's. Become a nurse in 10 weeks! Wow, haha!

Kentucky was GORGEOUS!! Talk about lush and green. The country-side was beautiful!

West Virginia was interesting. Hick-ville to say the least. It was slightly scary and we drove out of there fast.

VIRGINIA!!!! We made it! What a beautiful state!