Stats:
550 Miles
3 states - Illinois, Missouri, Kansas
Hotel - Courtyard Mariott
We started our morning in Marion, IL. To our surprise, neither kid complained when it was time to get in the car again. They bot just hopped in and were ready to go. As we came into St. Louis Missouri, we made sure to tell Campbell to watch for the Arch. We decided at the last minute that since the Arch was so close to the interstate, we should stop.
Tuesday morning at around 10:00 is the perfect time to stop at this park. We had whatever parking we wanted. There was hardly anyone at the arch. In fact, outside we saw maybe 5 people. The arch really is quite a neat site. It is huge! We also decided to walk through the museum under the arch. Campbell is really into the "Little House" series of books. So this museum was right up her ally. It had covered wagons, Indians, buffalo etc. It was a great distraction from the hours of riding in the car that lay ahead. All told, we spend about an hour at the park. To top it off, Caleb got his diaper changed on the front seat of the car in freezing cold weather. See, everyone had a great time!!
The rest of the day was not nearly as exciting. All we did was drive. Oh and we stopped for lunch and gas. Very exciting stuff! As we drove through Kansas City, we thought of our friends that we knew from the Navy who live there. We're not sure exactly where they live, so we didn't stop but we thought of them.
We ended the day in Salina, Kansas. After being in Salina for about 5 minutes, we decided that we don't want to live there. I know one of our old neighbors used to live there and said it was a nice place, but we think she might be a little crazy! Just kidding!!
The Mariott was nice. No free drinks, but still nice. The kids and Aaron swam again. We went to dinner at Red Lobster. We could not convince Caleb that the fish did not growl. He insists that fish growl. We did find out that he does love to eat shrimp though. He couldn't get enough of them.
After dinner we head back to the hotel. We needed to prepare for the 3rd and final leg of our trip. We were sure this would be a long leg as we were traveling through Kansas.
550 Miles
3 states - Illinois, Missouri, Kansas
Hotel - Courtyard Mariott
We started our morning in Marion, IL. To our surprise, neither kid complained when it was time to get in the car again. They bot just hopped in and were ready to go. As we came into St. Louis Missouri, we made sure to tell Campbell to watch for the Arch. We decided at the last minute that since the Arch was so close to the interstate, we should stop.
Tuesday morning at around 10:00 is the perfect time to stop at this park. We had whatever parking we wanted. There was hardly anyone at the arch. In fact, outside we saw maybe 5 people. The arch really is quite a neat site. It is huge! We also decided to walk through the museum under the arch. Campbell is really into the "Little House" series of books. So this museum was right up her ally. It had covered wagons, Indians, buffalo etc. It was a great distraction from the hours of riding in the car that lay ahead. All told, we spend about an hour at the park. To top it off, Caleb got his diaper changed on the front seat of the car in freezing cold weather. See, everyone had a great time!!
The rest of the day was not nearly as exciting. All we did was drive. Oh and we stopped for lunch and gas. Very exciting stuff! As we drove through Kansas City, we thought of our friends that we knew from the Navy who live there. We're not sure exactly where they live, so we didn't stop but we thought of them.
We ended the day in Salina, Kansas. After being in Salina for about 5 minutes, we decided that we don't want to live there. I know one of our old neighbors used to live there and said it was a nice place, but we think she might be a little crazy! Just kidding!!
The Mariott was nice. No free drinks, but still nice. The kids and Aaron swam again. We went to dinner at Red Lobster. We could not convince Caleb that the fish did not growl. He insists that fish growl. We did find out that he does love to eat shrimp though. He couldn't get enough of them.
After dinner we head back to the hotel. We needed to prepare for the 3rd and final leg of our trip. We were sure this would be a long leg as we were traveling through Kansas.
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