First of all, I am having a hard time believing that we have been gone for 20 days. I guess it is because we have been in Michigan for so long where as last year we traveled thru many states. We still have a whole part 2 of our vacation to go.
We left Jen's today, which is always hard for me. Leaving Michigan at all is something I have to do quickly. A fast hug and an "I love you" are all I can handle. I always make fun of mom and my aunt Judy for their tears when leaving one another, but my tears are there. Just don't show them.
Our departure did not go as smoothly as planned. We stopped about a block from Jen's house to top off the tank and to air the tires. We grabbed a drink and set off again. About a block down the road I notice the drink just pouring out the side of Loren's cup. I jerk the car to the curb and scream at him to get out. I don't even think he knew what was going on. He sat in the grass with his finger over the hole in his cup trying to save his drink while I dug around in the back for a Yeti cup to put it in. The first one I grabbed had apparently not been washed out and I flung old coffee all over myself in the rush to get him a cup. So now we had coffee and Coke to clean up in the car and on ourselves. Sounds about right for something we would do.
We made it as far as Chicago today. We could have made it further, but there are a few sights I want to see here before we head on tomorrow. Who knows what we can actually fit in before needing to hit the road, so stay tuned!
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