from the road

we successfully completed all of our tasks over this last week. i don't know how we did it, but we did!  i will write more about that soon, but...

we are currently in nebraska where there is a massive storm headed our way and a tornado warning. supposedly, there are 90 mph winds headed our way with this storm. yikes. we fought with strong winds all day and got horrible gas mileage because of that, and now we are waiting for the storm to hit. i always find storms a bit scary, but it is worse to be in an unknown place.

we have had an eventful trip so far...the little one has roseola (diagnosed by the doctor over the phone yesterday after giving a rundown of her symptoms including the rash that had suddenly appeared when we stopped at a rest stop). one of the symptoms of the illness is irritability and she is definitely experiencing that! our little sunny girl has been quite temperamental and not herself. i feel so sorry for her.

yesterday we left home around 11 am. we made a lot of stops to help appease our poor little girl. we hoped to stop for a picnic lunch, but were met with a huge thunderstorm with torrential downpours, so we waited it out in the car and snacked on some of the food we brought along instead. last night we stayed in a hotel with a waterpark so we enjoyed that for a bit in the evening and had a picnic dinner in our hotel room. it worked out quite well.

this morning we had a picnic breakfast in our hotel room and were on the road just before nine. we took a little scenic detour from our hotel, which was rather disappointing, and then hit the interstate. our little love fell asleep and we looked forward to a couple of solid hours of driving before our next stop. about five minutes later, we thought our bike rack seemed to be a little loose, so we stopped to adjust it. baby woke up. it was an ordeal to take both of our bikes off the rack in the strong winds, but we got everything readjusted and were ready to get back in the car. i went to close our little one's door and found that she was covered from head to toe in poop! it was the biggest blowout yet. forty-five minutes after we stopped, we were on the road again.

not everything is going as planned, but we are enjoying our time as a family (aside from this tornado warning of course). we've been trying to go with the flow and are looking forward to more scenery, slower days, and stops at some national landmarks. i will try to update with photos if possible.

i think i will sign off for now as the storm is about to hit.