End of Day 1

So we’ve reached the end of day 1 of travel in the car and we’re now in Vandalia, Illinois.  Its been such a long day.  We started out a little later than anticipated (closer to 7:30) and have been going pretty much non-stop.  Mom and Dad are riding in the Suburban with the pod and trailer, and April and I are following them in the Jeep.

April and I have been listening to Michael Crichton’s book The Lost World audio book to keep ourselves entertained.  We both have read the book multiple times, but are so in love with the Jurassic Park books that its enjoyable to listen to it.  We also spent awhile listening to Janet Evanovich’s new book Sizzling Sixteen, just to change it up a little.

We only really stopped for lunch today, and even that was really quick.

We saw a few funny signs.  They get more and more ridiculous the farther west we travel.  I missed getting a picture of one advertising meat.  It said “FORK THE PORK!” in HUGE letters.  I did catch this one tho.  April and I were rather thrown off LOL.

So now we’ve stopped for the night, and it feels SO good just to shower and relax a little.  At the pace we’re going, we’ll probably reach our destination tomorrow night…meaning I can hopefully sign my lease and get into the apartment on Wednesday morning :) 

**hotel photos courtesy of April’s facebook photo album

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