Day 3

Day 3
Oklahoma City, OK - Santa Fe, NM
Miles Driven: Approx 540 Miles
I love every minute of this trip. 

 Yummy local coffee shop for breakfast. Thank you Yelp!

 

We went to the World's Largest Mound. It was on the Roadtrippohs website.

We didn't frame it right, but you can see the difference in height on either side of Jason's head.

I don't know if it's a joke, but we went, gawd dammit! 

POPS soda ranch before heading out of town.

Turns out route 66 is a super old 2 lane highway which comes in and out of I-40 - the way-newer and wider and quicker road. We thought we were going to be cool and take the old Route 66, but that's not happening. And we're cool with that.

Lucille's Famous Route 66 Gas Station.

Followed by Lucille's Roadhouse restaurant! Oooh, similarity.

Crossing into Texas!

Antiquing.

That's us!

Tower Conoco in Shamrock, TX

They have Tesla charging stations right in the back! Past and Future meeting in one shot.

Lots of tooting on this trip. 


We had dinner in Amarillo, TX and decided to power through and sleep in Santa Fe, NM. There was supposed to be a snow blizzard in Texas, and we wanted to avoid it. Of course it caught up to us. What should have been a few hours drive took a million hours. And the roads are not the same as in MN. Much more slick. Jason is an amazing driver and we felt safe, but visibility was nil. At one point we saw a pick-up truck flip into the ditch in the median. We pulled over and Jason went to check in on the passengers while I called 911. There was only the driver in the truck and he seemed fine, but his truck was in bad shape and he couldn't open his door. We waited in our car until the cops and paramedics came. That added time to the trip for sure!
We got to Santa Fe around 1:30 am and fell asleep fast. 

Day 2

Day 2
Kansas City, MO - Oklahoma City, OK
Miles Driven: Approx 350 Miles
Jason drove all day yesterday, and I drove all day today. We need to get better at switching off.

Yay! Cruise control!
Yay! Temps in the 50s!

We drove to Wichita,
Bought toys at the Museum of World Treasures but didn't visit the museum, had lunch at a yummy brewery, walked around in the old town market place,

Had donuts at the Donut Whole, 

Took too many pictures of the rooster on the roof,

 And got mani/pedis!

Now we're in Oklahoma City. Mmmmm, fresh.

More photos at my flickr page.

And, they're off

Day 1
Minneapolis, MN - Kansas City MO
Miles Driven: Approx 450 Miles.


We're outta there. We left town.

 We left the house behind. (Dinosaur foreshadowing in the background)

Our warm cocoon. The home where we became a family.

 We got some coffee,

Set up the Garmin, and hit the road.

We got some magnets,

 Found an Antique Mall in Story City, IA.

That sign says "Welcome to Missouri" I swear.

 We're staying in Kansas City, MO. In an old Italian village?

No! In a casino!

 The Casino bar is called Crazy Olives. What the hell.

First dinosaur sighting.

More photos on my Flickr page.

ROADTRIP

You guys.
Jason and I are going on a road trip. Which apparently is two words.

We have a good idea of where we're going, but we're keeping it loose.
We have 3 weeks and 3 days.
No matter what, there will be many dinosaur parks.
We're going to get in a car and drive and drive and drive and drive.
And be together.

Route subject to change.

See you on the flip side.

Very Late Post

It's very late to post this since I just "turned" 38 weeks pregnant, 

but I still wanted to make this part of the blog. 

We're gonna have a baby!!

A few sticks I peed on.

And here is the profile of the little nugget at 20 weeks!

Lil' bump.

"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play. 

And Sally was starting to show!"

California in September.

Fanciness at the Ivey's!

The crib is painted!

You can't possibly call yourself "ready for a child" without Sophie.

This is for real y'all!

We only have 2 weeks to go. It could be more (or less!) but no matter what, very soon, we are going to meet our little one. I don't know what to do with myself. Oh I know, I'll just close a show on Sunday, and hopefully not have a baby before then. 

Quilting - ALL DONE!!

What. Is. Happening. 

The quilt is finished!

The binding went on!

The stitching was blind!

And it's beautiful.

And it's everything I wanted it to be. 

After about a year and a half -with breaks- I am done with my quilt.

The entire thing was made by me, with my hands. 

We slept under it last night and it works! It's a quilt!

I. Love. It. 

On to the next one?...

Moved

We moved!

Goodbye, 306!

My first very own home. My first lease in Minneapolis. My first independent-woman, budget your life, make it work, buy what you want, put it where you want, warm and cozy haven in the coldest Winters, birds chirping outside in the Spring, perfect location with and without a car, love nest when Jason moved in, super awesome studio in Uptown, Minneapolis.

I mean c'mon. 

So we made sure all the drawers were empty, and we were off!