I previously wrote that we were going on an impromptu road trip. I was planning on doing updates here as our road trip progressed. That didn’t work out as planned. We kept so busy and I didn’t end up pulling my laptop out very much at all. The one memorable time that I did was to edit my wife’s first podcast episode! (I’m so proud of her.)
Kenieshiear and I were up the entire night before we left. We packed up for ourselves and the children, and then packing up the car. We drive a huge boat of an SUV, with three rows and a large cargo area (even with the third row up), and we also had a pod on the roof for more stuff. The car was packed to the brim. A crate for our dogs took up a lot of space in the back.
The plan was to get on the road around 5 am, but we were way too tired to leave that early. We ended up getting hitting the road closer to 10 or 11. The first leg of the trip was to Springfield, MO, where we had an Air BnB waiting for us. Total on-the-road time was just over 10 hours, but because we had to stop often, and every stop lasted at least an hour, the drive took much longer, and we arrived quite late.
The children were fantastic, though. They were so well-behaved, and they had a lot of fun listening to music, playing games and such. As it got later, they all slept well in their car seats. The dogs did well, also; there were several times that I forgot that they were even back there.