"Don't you wish you could take a single childhood memory and blow it up into a bubble and live inside it forever?"
-- Sarah Addison Allen
Trip Totals:
Walmart Trips Made - 4
Diet Cokes Drank - 4
Horse Trailers Seen - 3
Itinerary Changes Made - 1
Times John Made Fun of Lauren's Navigation Abilities - 1
Today's Itinerary: Traveling from Findlay, OH to Greenville, PA which is where I grew up
Lessons Learned:
1.) However long we decide it will take us to get ready, add 30 minutes to that
2.) Whatever time we plan to leave the house, add 1 hour to that
3.) I am responsible for packing all of our bathroom stuff even if it isn't mine. John will be smelling flowery until we can make it to a store to get him his own deodorant.
4.) Smores still taste good even when made in the rain
5.) Backyard fireworks still work in the rain
Spanish Lesson Progress:
We can now introduce ourselves, discuss where we are from, our ability/inability to speak and understand Spanish, and greet people. We can also ask others for this information about themselves.
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| Hitting the road for day number 4. Only 1.5 hours later than intended. |
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| We decided a slight detour to go to a fireworks store was in order. I have never been in one of these stores before. It's like a grocery store for fireworks! I was impressed and will definitely be checking out more fireworks stores in the future. |
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| We ended up with quite a few fireworks because we couldn't decide on which ones to get. |
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| I insisted that we get some Roman Candles because I had heard of them but didn't actually know what they were. |
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| After stopping for fireworks, gas and breakfast/lunch we finally got on the road. The animals are turning into great travelers. Skittles enjoys looking out the window, especially when we pass semi trucks. |
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| Our roof pack had its first test in the rain today. Everything came out dry though :) |
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| Tonight we solved the mystery of what caused dinosaurs to become extinct... death by sparklers! It turns out they are big fans of bright sparkly things. |
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| I did manage to narrowly escape the same fate as the dinosaurs. |
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| Even though the rain put a damper on our evening, we still managed to get a fire going to make smores. John was the head marshmallow toaster. |
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| When I was a kid my dad always got a bunch of fireworks to set off. We haven't done this in a number of years but decided fireworks were necessary this year. Here is a sampling of the fireworks my dad set off in the rain tonight. |
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| A glimpse at the grand finale of the fireworks. |
