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Below was our route for today.
Well, what a first day! I must say the first 5 or 6 hours through Indiana was a piece of cake. Then on the west side of Peoria, Illinois, we ran into torrential downpours of rain. I swear I could not see 2 car lengths ahead of me heading into Iowa. The majority of cars were pulling off the road, however, I refused and just kept it at about 20 mph. Needless to say, that delayed us getting into Sioux Falls, South Dakota by over an hour or so. Read more
The kids did awesome on the drive (Bribery tends to produce favorable results…). Tessa was about as good as we could hope for from a 2 1/2 year old. Honestly she was a “pill” less than 10% of the drive, so it wasn’t really that bad.
On top of the rain and thunderstorms, I must say IL and IA were quite boring. Anybody who says OH is flat, has obviously never driven through IL or IA.
Arriving in Sioux Falls, we went to The Falls Park. Most amazing city park I have ever seen. I know we have a lot of travels ahead of us, but this park was really cool. The kids enjoyed playing on the rocks. Mom and Dad were a little hesitant since the ledges were pretty steep. Enjoys the pics. Check back tomorrow!
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Randy Brunk
14 Jun 2010Great job photoing the falls…beautiful. Good job letting the kids conquer them as well. Adventure begins at this age for sure and there’s nothing like having a spirit of adventure. Have a great day two…the humidity disappears about half way through the day…oh what a joy!
Grammy & Poppy Houseman
14 Jun 2010What a beautiful park, (and good looking kids, I might add!) Hopefully this is your most boring day in the car. Enjoy your adventure!
Todd Wichmann
14 Jun 2010Very nice pics of the falls. I have the XML feed popping directly into my email inbox to let me know when there are new pics. Showed the falls pics to Ryan and Dif – they thought it was cool too. Dif is up here in WI with us for the week. We hit that same rainstorm driving up to WI – it was really bad. Looking forward to the next iteration!
Jon Paris
14 Jun 2010That is a beautiful park! I drove through there once on the way to a gymnastics meet. Happy to see you guys having a great time. You’re makin’ memories! Good for you. Stay safe and keep the pics and notes comin’.
Maxine McCracken
14 Jun 2010Great pictures! Looks like it is a good place to play and see. Gorgeous! This is really neat to see where you are. Great job,Trent! Love, Mom
Jim Roosa
14 Jun 2010Hi Trent & family: You sure traveled alot in 1 day. Be careful in those rain storms. We have been having alot of rain this week-end. I will try to keep us moving on the FF&E budget. Take care, Jim
Grammy & Poppy Houseman
13 Jun 2010Hi Guys, I hope your first day went well. Sorry I missed your call. I guess Tessa and Dad caught up. Well, I thought if I did your web sight I would avoid any problem logging in. Wrong!!!! I will not accept the password. I typed in Oasis$, is that wrong? I thought it was case sensitive but my name wasn’t. Somehow I messed up. You may need to give more instructions!