Day 8 of Our Trip to NC

I woke up this moring having to go to the bathroom about 50 times . I was so weak I was glad I did not have to drive. Shelly and Zac were in the bathroom all morning too. We finally left at 9:30. We drove through St Louis today. We saw the arch from the freeway it was really exciting. Larry went on the wrong freeway so we had to stop at McDonald and eat lunch and wait again. We are not getting there very fast. 2 hours latter we were on the road again. the Catrons were trying to get to a bank to transfer money to pay for gas.During that day Bryce was our last child hold out to get the stamach flu. He was # 8. He threw-up all over the Catrons truck. So we put all the sickies together. We got to a ma and pa resturant for dinner which was so good because I hadn't eaten anything in 24hrs. Now Rob was looking sick. He said he was fine but I knew better. We got to a hotel at 10:00pm and James went on home. He wanted to sleep in his own bed.

Next time we will acctually stop to see it.

Day # 7 on Our Trip to NC

We headed for Nauvoo today and we got there about time for all the shops to be closed and it was pagent time in Nauvoo but we couldn't stay because we were supposed to be in NC by Friday. Every time we stop on this trip it takes at least an hour to get back in the cars. The kids sitting on the graves of Joseph and Emma Smith.

We have Gifford Family buried in the same cemetary as Joseph and Emma

US at the Mississippi River.

The kids and James at the Mississippi RiverAn oxen ,I thought it was cool I never saw one before

We are watching the pagent festivities

Look how tall the corn is in IL.

Our sleeping arrangements. one or 2 of the kids had to sleep on the floor. So they took turns.

Day # 6 of Our Trip to NC

We Woke up at 6:oo this morning and left at 8:00. This happened at 11:00AM in the middle of NE. As you can tell there is nothing in Nebraska. It was the spare tire that blow up and it made the truck sway. The hole was about a foot wide it flew at the Taurus. That is one heavy trailer.

Spencer just chilling waiting and more waiting. Can you say nothing in Nebraska. this is what we looked at for 2 days.

Reading time.

That dot up there is the 5th wheel.

Yay we are back on the road!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was our stop to winter Quarters We got there at 7:45 and they closed at 8:00.

The kids had to put the things they needed in the little wagons.

The whole gang. Our trip together.

We kept driving until 12:00. We stopped at a motel that was being remodeled. The water was shut off in our room. James got the stomach fly that night and was sick all night. It was not a very restful night. There was party going on in the room next to us. I wanted to pound on the wall.

Day # 5 of Our Trip to NC

This morning we could actually sleep in because we had to wait to get two tires and put them on. Haley was excited about sleeping in a 2 room cabin and woke up at 6:00 South Dakota time. We stayed at an KOA Cluster,SD. Which is really close to Mt. Rushmoore. Then Haley woke up the baby who was throwing up all day yesterday. What a great morning. We went over to the Catrons and had a barbque breakfast of bacon,pork chops,and pancakes. Sister Catron's blood sugar was in the 300's. She wasn't doing so well. After breakfast the guys went to get 2 tires just in case we loose another one. The kids got to play at the park and I was going to do some laundry when James told me we had to be out of there in 20 minutes, so I put everything in the taurus. We went to put everything back in the 5th wheel. Shelly was not happy. The 5th wheel now looked worst then it did before. While we were packing Megan comes wondering across 3 streets and finds us. I was livid. Haley was supposed to be watching her. She was in big trouble. I am just glad Megan has a gardian angel with her. The guys came back with the tires and then Shelly and Larry got in a fight ,so Rob and I went to put the tire on. When we got there we realized that Larry had the lug nuts. We took a couple of the lug nuts from the other tires and realized that Larry had the key to the ball. This is not our day. We went back and they followed us to the trailer. We were on the road at 2:00PM . We drove until 9:00PM.
Look we saw a Buffalo, just walking on the road.

We Made it to Nebraska!!!!

This was the caravan

South Dakota

Those states all look alike.

Super 8 motel.

Cooling off in the pool. What fun.

Megan was even enjoying herself