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

Day # 4 and 3 of Our Trip to NC

This the first blow of many.This morning we got up and ate breakfast. We left at 11:00 AM We got to Gillette,WY . It was raining to add insult to injury. We had to disconnect the trailer and get a motel.

this was actually day 3. Rob got up early and bought a used tire and put it on. They went 10 miles down the road and the other tire blew. We finally got on the road at 1:00PM . This is Megan who has the stomach Flu. Poor baby.

She doesn't look very good. Spencer had it that day too.

We made it to Mt Rushmoore.

We got to see it light up. They did a presentation on the building of this amazing sculpture. Larry got to be honored for being a vet and he got to touch the american flag that they flew that night.

on the way to the Koa another tire popped.

Day # 2 of Our Trip to NC

I didn't take any pictures on this day. Haley had the Stomach flu. The first one yay!!! We left Kellog, Id at 6:00 Am and Shelly just went to bed. We went to church this morning in Kellog. We knew that the tires were rubbing against the inter-fenders. One of the brethern at church took the guys to his house and put washers on the tires to keep them from rubbing. We were blessed for going to church. we actually made it to Montana tonight. Spencer threw up in the hotel room. What fun. I was glad to be in a hotel room then in the car.

The First day and couple of hours of Our Trip to NC

We left on our trip on Friday night July 24,2009 at 10:05 PM. We were all running on no sleep we have been packing for days. We were so glad to be on our way. We made it to Ellensburg at 3:00 Am We found this hotel room with 3 queen beds in it. The airmattress was aired up and the girls slept on it. The problem when we got there was the kids thought they slept long enough and it was time to get up. Spencer was the worst. He was walking around wresling everyone. We were all yelling at him. He wanted to sleep on the bed so he was throwing the biggest fit ,so I gave in and put him on the bed. I slept on the airmattress with the girls. When I woke up in the morning I couldn't feel my hips.

First of many days in the truck.

We went to the metal horses. Isn't this beautiful.

The kids thought this was lots of fun.

We found a free rv camping ground. We slept in the tent. We went to Denny's for dinner and all the kids ate free. Today was our free day. Which is good because the rest of the trip was really expencive.