Before we left, I was trying to explain to Tracen that Mommy and Daddy were going to be leaving for a few days and so he would have to stay with Grandma Debbie. He didn't like this idea and so I asked him:
Me: "Do you want Daddy to have to go to Pennsylvania ALL by himself?"
Tracen: "No...."
Me: "So then Mommy needs to go with Daddy for a few days, I'll be back I promise."
Tracen: "But I don't want you to go."
Me: "But you don't want Daddy to be alone to you?"
Tracen: "No....so, I'll just come with you!"
What a smart guy...almost convinced me to let him tag along :(
Here are some details from our trip:
Us...in the car!!!
Wednesday: July 28th
Reno, NV to Salt Lake City, UT (520 miles and 7.5 hours)
We left at 645 pm and arrived in SLC around 215 am
Thursday: July 29th
SLC, UT to Lincoln, NE (872 miles and 12.5 hours)
We left SLC around 1130 am and arrived in Lincoln around 1 am
Friday: July 30th
Lincoln, NE to Columbus, OH (840 miles and 14 hours)
We left Lincoln around 1030 am and arrived in Columbus around 130 am
We stopped and looked at the Mississippi River. Neither of us had ever seen it before...so that was kinda fun =0)
Us by the river....
Us by the river....
Just me and the Mississippi!
The bridge we crossed over the Mississippi...we felt very connected to Christin and Kent at that moment! Ha!
Saturday: July 31st
Columbus, OH to Harrisburg, PA (380 miles and 6.5 hours)
We left Columbus around 1130 am and arrived in Harrisburg around 6 pm
On our drive through Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, we traveled on the turnpike...it cost us $12 just to drive on the road. But hey...on the bright side we didn't have too much traffic...pay for no traffic...I would do it any day!
Beautiful Pennsylvania...we traveled through about 3 or 4 of these cool tunnels through the hills.
We traveled through LOTS of states, drove over LOTS of rivers, listened to two books, watched one movie and just hung out.
We traveled through: Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. I wish I had taken pictures of all the "welcome signs," but I thought about that too late....maybe next time!
One of the many rivers we crossed...no, its not the Mississippi
Today, we traveled to the land of Hershey, PA and went to Chocolate World. After a chocolate tour and lots of crowds we called it good.
The Hershey tour was more like a Disneyland Kiddie ride.... it was fun!
And this is for Christin...you gotta love the GIGANTIC display of Reeses :)
Good luck, Chris! You will rock it out here at Penn State :)
I had to add this...isn't he handsome! Soon to be Dr. Karrasch...you know you would want to have him as your doctor :)
6 comments:
looks like you made it in one piece...we're glad you didn't have any mishaps. i told tracen you'd be home tomorrow and he said WHY? what a kid!!!!
looks like fun! See you soon
i fully expect you to have cleared out the reeses shelf for me :o)
the ms river is way bigger up north than south...and not as muddy and nasty! looks like fun! what books did you listen to???
8 weeks is a long time. you're practically super woman after just going without him for so long.
see ya in a week!
congrats!
That is so awesome! PA! Who would have thought. When do you guys move?
The kids and I are going to take a trip around the US next year, so we'll have to make a stop there, I guess!
I just came across your blog! My husband and I bought a business in Reno and were checking out local blogs. Looks like a fun trip, I just about died when I saw the Reese's!!
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