Monday, July 15, 2013

July 7-14

(Still waiting to upload some more photos to go along with this blog...)
We left Pennsylvania on Tuesday (the 9th) after having spent two fun-filled weeks with Seth's family. The one activity I forgot to mention was firefly catching, something Ella and I particularly enjoyed. Those of you in the East may not understand why I find these little bugs so magical, but man are they cool twinkling across the lawn and in the trees...


We spent the next 4 days making our way back across the country with a quick stop in Chicago, where all we really got a chance to do was eat some authentic Chicago pizza and see the skyline from the car.
Seth's phone died so we were without GPS and a camera.
All our Chicago photos were taken the old fashioned way, with a 35mm point and shoot.
So... we don't have digital pics of that adventure for the blog... yet!
The pizza was delicious!   

We also visited Nauvoo, Illinois, one of the cities settled by the early members of the LDS Church. The kids didn't let us linger to soak up the history there, but it was cool to at least have a taste of it and say we'd been there.

We finally made it to Colorado and spent another couple of days with Nonno (Grandpa), as respite from our travels. He took us to the top of Pike's Peak (he said it was something everyone should do at least once). The drive is crazy, but the view is awesome!


Eventually we found ourselves back in Utah. Our last day of driving (Sunday the 14th) was pretty harry since Monet got sick that morning and basically threw up the whole way home. We figured we couldn't escape the whole month without at least one of the kids puking either in their bed or in the car, since those seem to be the only places that kids throw up.
Our rental van also didn't end up making it over 5000 miles unscathed, either. Somehow during our time in PA the rear blinker light and casing got smashed. I hope it is less than our $500 deductible :(
All told, we had an amazing time. I still have a hard time believing all we saw and did, and that we were away for a month! It is sure good to be home.

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