We are en route to Denver and drove from Austin to Wichita, KS today. The original plan was to do all 17-ish hours in one marathon overnight drive while Ruby, at least in theory, was sleeping quietly in the carseat. Luckily, Grandpa, who travels a lot, donated some hotel points and told us to take our time getting there. Ruby is a true Road Warrior. As long as we let her take a break every few hours and she has plenty of books to read and snacks to eat, she is happy to ride in the car for hours on end:
For the most part, the drive across the Great Plains is a whole lot of:
The most exciting sight we saw today was our stop at this McDonalds:
Once at the hotel, Ruby had lots of fun blowing off steam she'd built up all day in the car by...
... pushing the luggage cart up and down the hallways:
and swimming in the hotel pool:
We at pizza in the room and she promptly went to sleep. We rise early tomorrow for the 2nd leg of our trip to Denver.
I can't stand how cute and
I can't stand how cute and happy she is! Miss you guys so much :)
We spent the night in Perry,
We spent the night in Perry, OK on our way home from Iowa! The fan belt broke at 10:30 on Sunday night. But everyone in Perry was very friendly and helpful!
Glad Ruby is a good traveller! Miss you at the pool.
She's so cute in those
She's so cute in those pictures! I'm glad things are going smoothly.