Sunday the 21st we went to our church one last time, said goodbye to our pastor, and headed out to the van. Some of Lover's family was there to hug and kiss us one more time, and then we loaded up and headed out. There were a few tears but mostly we were excited to get started on our trip! I'll never forget the way Javi would say "we moo-fing to Den-Ber!" Melted my heart every time.
Our plan was to make it to Columbus, Ohio on this first day. It was just over six hours, and we knew we didn't have much more in us than after the month we had had (our original plan was to drive all the way to St Louis, MO that first day, thankfully we realized that was a terrible idea!) The kids conked out shortly after leaving Rochester, so we had a couple of hours of quiet as we started out.
We made it about four hours, and then stopped at a little gas station to fuel up and stretch our legs. We were in Nowheresville, OH, but they had this awesome steam engine and diner car at the top of the hill. So naturally we climbed up the hill to check it out!
Peanut had a bit of trouble climbing such a mountain (to her!) so she and Lover lagged behind a bit. Javi charged up that hill, anxious to see the train, of course. A while ago I asked Lover to take more pictures of me with the kids, and he's been awesome at that. I particularly liked this one he got of my little guy and I while we waited for them to catch up.
From up top the view was incredible. We got to see the train, and look out at the awesome sunset. It was a nice way to get out some wiggles and have some freedom from the car before finishing the rest of that leg to Columbus.
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