Just over a week ago, my dad and I started our drive across the country to move me out to Boston. It was long, but we were able to make some fun stops along the way. I'm so glad my dad came with me so I didn't have to make the drive by myself. We left Wednesday afternoon and stopped in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Wyoming is a pretty boring state, but we soon realized it wasn't our least favorite...
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| Wyoming. Thrilling, right? |
We spent most of the next day driving through Nebraska. We made a fun little stop in Hastings, the birthplace of Kool-Aid, to visit a museum with a sweet Kool-Aid exhibit. That night we stopped in Iowa. Nebraska is the worst state ever. Not only is it awkwardly-shaped and therefore takes forever to drive through, there's nothing to see! (Nothing along the highway at least.) It was all flat, brown, and drab. So glad that's over.
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| Who knew "the good life" was in Nebraska? Or that it's the home of Arbor Day? What an educational trip. |
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| See? I'm being like the Kool-Aid guys. |
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| We couldn't get a picture with the "Iowa" sign, so we got a picture in the first city we stopped in. |
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| The Mississippi River |
The next day, we drove through Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. In Ohio we stopped at the Campbell's Soup factory and got pictures with the giant tomato soup can!
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| The Land of Lincoln! |
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| I think Indiana is home to the most attractive men in the U.S. They should put that on their sign. |
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| This place was on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives! Super tasty. |
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| Good ol' Ohio |
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| I was supposed to be holding it, but I'm gonna say I'm presenting it. You know, gettin' my Vanna White on. |
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| The sign for Pennsylvania. Awesome picture. |
On Saturday, we drove to Allentown, Pennsylvania and visited my brother Scott and my nephdog Kingston. Unfortunately Ashley had other plans with some friends in D.C. and we didn't get to see her. But we're planning on going to Salem together this October! It'll be awesome. While we were visiting Scott, we went to lunch, visited the Crayola factory, and had some yummy Thai food for dinner.
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| Giant crayons tumbling from the box at the Crayola factory |
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| They showed us how they make crayons and markers! |
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| My brand-new purple marker. Fun fact: All markers start out with white tips until the color soaks through! |
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| Me with the World's Largest Crayon in the super cool Crayola store! |
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| Grandpa with Grandpup :) |
Sunday we decided to take a little detour and visit some LDS church history sites in Palmyra, New York. It was so cool to see where the church started out. I've read about it for so many years and it was really cool to finally see it in person.
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| The Palmyra Temple |
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| Old North Church and Paul Revere statue |
I'm glad that the crazy long drive is behind us (even though I had lots of fun with my dad!), but this waiting period before I can move in is kind of awkward. I can't wait to get settled in and start school! I'll post pictures of my new place as soon as I'm moved in :)
On Monday we drove the last few hours to Boston. We picked up my apartment keys from my landlord and moved my stuff in. Unfortunately I can't actually move in until September 1st, but they're letting me put my belongings in the living room until my bedroom is free. I'm so glad I had my dad's help moving everything up (my apartment is on the third floor with plenty of winding, rickety stairs leading up), and I'm even more glad that neither of us had a heart attack after that climb!
4 comments:
I'm glad you and Papsy had a fun trip together! Muz
I really like your Kool-Aid picture. It looks like I need to teach you my optical illusion skillz with the soup can though. :) I honed them when I was at the Kennedy Space Center. I'm glad you and Pappy had fun! Now you only have like less than a week until you'll have stuff to do!
I thought I read granddog, and I did! That's incredibly funny. Have so many fun adventures and good luck with school
I'm glad you had so much fun on your drive!
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