So for our road trip we wanted to keep things interesting we kept a travel log of all the random and boring moments of our trip. Warning its really long don't feel like you have to read it all, but we did have some funny moments, enjoy. :)
Travel Log- road trip to Virginia
Friday departure- orem: 12:43 pm -
1:01pm We're missing the mountains already, deer creek is the highest we've ever seen it. And our plant is already dying. We teared up when we said good bye to grandma and grandpa and Liz. It was hard to say goodby to our parents and siblings last night. We're curious how long this travel log will last.
2:06 pm stopped for lunch, at Evanston, WY, Josh wanted wendy's surprised? Me neither . Julie went to subway. Got gas
2:40 pm- on the road again, 2:42- stupid construction down to one lane, more trucks then cars ughhhh. 2:54 pm out of construction
3:07 pm-windmills! Tons of them. ... Another subway they are everywhere! There are More of them than McDonalds
Friday departure- orem: 12:43 pm -
1:01pm We're missing the mountains already, deer creek is the highest we've ever seen it. And our plant is already dying. We teared up when we said good bye to grandma and grandpa and Liz. It was hard to say goodby to our parents and siblings last night. We're curious how long this travel log will last.
2:06 pm stopped for lunch, at Evanston, WY, Josh wanted wendy's surprised? Me neither . Julie went to subway. Got gas
2:40 pm- on the road again, 2:42- stupid construction down to one lane, more trucks then cars ughhhh. 2:54 pm out of construction
3:07 pm-windmills! Tons of them. ... Another subway they are everywhere! There are More of them than McDonalds
4:03 pm- getting tired of little America hotel billboards! ...17...18...19 they seem to be the only ones out here.
4:23 pm- officially finished paying old apartments utilities, canceled all billing services, man we're feeling productive this road trip. officially disconnected from owing Utah money! Oh and the clouds look like the Toy Story movie wall paper.
4:30pm-Julie keeps thinking the clouds far ahead in the horizon are mountains... Wishful thinking, oh no little America Hotel sign # 20!
5:12 pm- stop at rawlins WY Josh and I gotta go... We gas up too.
6:25 pm- Little Am 24..25... And Josh has to go again!? We're not stopping yet though.
6:40 pm- Laramie WY, gas up... Too many stops it WY , saw some army dudes and trucks, fort collins may be the reason. Our poor plant is already dying just 6 hours in the car :(
7:30 pm 34, 35, 36, 37, finally passed the little America hotel, that was anticlimactic., oh 38 ughhh...
8:00 pm- entered Nebraska planning on 8 hours of corn fields!
8:57 pm Sidney Nebraska, we had originally planned on spending the night here but about an hour ago we decided to press on. We stopped for KFC dinner. We tried to charge the iPad for the whole five min we were in KFC picking up our food... Didn't make a difference.
9:25 just passed an exit Sign that read Julesberg , and Oshkosh... Get it Julie and Josh ?
Aonther sign we saw YA Bradshaw!
10:00pm- by the way bugs, humidity and windshield wipers do not mix... we can't see anything and have to pull over!
10:45 pm North Platte. just arrived in North Platte, NE. Julie is definitely ready for bed. After checking a few hotels, decided to stay at motel 6 for 60 bucks, but they only had a smoking room available. Thank goodness for febreeze!
11:43 pm now switching to Nebraska time... 12:43 am! Goodnight
Saturday departure- North platte, NE 10:30am
10:30 am- after walmart, and McDonalds we're finally on our way. We bought a 'solar charged' battery for the iPad. We're going to have a science experiment!
10:48 am. lesson learned 90mph in a 75 mph will get you a ticket in NE :( $123.00 down the drain....
12:32 pm Yup there's still corn here. Jamming to Eltton John, Josh has a really good falsetto voice :)
1:25 pm Lincoln NE, Finally leaving I-80! Josh has started to shout out random phrases to the other cars... I think it's Julie's turn to drive.
1:54 pm- we both gotta go, but we still have a half tank of gas, we're determined not stop until we need to fill up. We'll see who gives in first, winner gets a back rub!
2:30 pm I -29 in missouri / Nebraska is closed!? Can we say a 52 mile detour? On the bright side, missouri river is should be should be beautiful.
2:40 pm our detour is also closed! Have to go on a detour from our detour.
2:51 pm our detour to our detour is also closed, how many roads can they close at once!? Our guesses:
1. the Missouri river is over flowing
2. Missouri is under government lockdown or
3. The states construction workers are intentionally sabotaging our trip
the bridge that finally got us across the Missouri river
10:45 pm North Platte. just arrived in North Platte, NE. Julie is definitely ready for bed. After checking a few hotels, decided to stay at motel 6 for 60 bucks, but they only had a smoking room available. Thank goodness for febreeze!
11:43 pm now switching to Nebraska time... 12:43 am! Goodnight
Saturday departure- North platte, NE 10:30am
10:30 am- after walmart, and McDonalds we're finally on our way. We bought a 'solar charged' battery for the iPad. We're going to have a science experiment!
10:48 am. lesson learned 90mph in a 75 mph will get you a ticket in NE :( $123.00 down the drain....
12:32 pm Yup there's still corn here. Jamming to Eltton John, Josh has a really good falsetto voice :)
1:25 pm Lincoln NE, Finally leaving I-80! Josh has started to shout out random phrases to the other cars... I think it's Julie's turn to drive.
1:54 pm- we both gotta go, but we still have a half tank of gas, we're determined not stop until we need to fill up. We'll see who gives in first, winner gets a back rub!
2:30 pm I -29 in missouri / Nebraska is closed!? Can we say a 52 mile detour? On the bright side, missouri river is should be should be beautiful.
2:40 pm our detour is also closed! Have to go on a detour from our detour.
2:51 pm our detour to our detour is also closed, how many roads can they close at once!? Our guesses:
1. the Missouri river is over flowing
2. Missouri is under government lockdown or
3. The states construction workers are intentionally sabotaging our trip
the bridge that finally got us across the Missouri river
3:10 pm - Still not back on our planned route. Were enjoying the back road. There are random street signs that say 'pass with care' Josh has taken this literally and waves and smiles warmly at everyone we pass.
3:15 pm We reach falls city. OH NO the detour to the detour to the detour is closed!!! But thankfully there is a gas station, where we get directions... hopefully the directions they gave us do not include a closed bridge or something... side note: the 'gotta go' contest ended with a tie.
3:29 pm- we enter Kansas
3:43 pm- Hiawatha, Kansas. Stop at McDonalds for lunch.
4:25 pm- Julie takes over the drive.
4:37 pm- we enter Missouri
4:43 pm- finally... Back on track. Found the I-29.
5:23 pm- Stopped at the future Kansas City, Missouri Temple. It's right next to the freeway and we both saw it from about a mile away.
6:29 pm- Josh made several appointments to look at new apartments on Monday.. Didn't we just do this a few months ago? Most of the apartments we found online belong to the same company - UDR. Good or bad?
6:50 pm- We have definitely been in the car too long. Julie is reading every sign we pass.
7:12 pm- Just passed a Chevy's. Josh can still taste it.
7:16 pm- Josh is signing out to try to take a nap.
8:49 pm Julie sees a chick-fila, she exits the freeway immediately,
Guess it's time for dinner.
9:23 pm Josh takes the wheel.
9:30 We pass the St. Louis temple! The moon is blood red weird, oh and we just saw a sign that said the freeway we're driving on closes up ahead. Looks like we're going to have another detour adventure. Maybe Utah's construction wasn't all that bad, at least they never closed an entire highway.... sorry bad picture we were driving way fast.
6:50 pm- We have definitely been in the car too long. Julie is reading every sign we pass.
7:12 pm- Just passed a Chevy's. Josh can still taste it.
7:16 pm- Josh is signing out to try to take a nap.
8:49 pm Julie sees a chick-fila, she exits the freeway immediately,
Guess it's time for dinner.
9:23 pm Josh takes the wheel.
9:30 We pass the St. Louis temple! The moon is blood red weird, oh and we just saw a sign that said the freeway we're driving on closes up ahead. Looks like we're going to have another detour adventure. Maybe Utah's construction wasn't all that bad, at least they never closed an entire highway.... sorry bad picture we were driving way fast.
9:40 pm st louis -We are forced off the highway and roam around st louis. josh loved it because it reminded him of 'Joberg', on the other hand I was not as thrilled. We pull up to a sketchy looking gas station, Josh goes in to ask how far the constructions lasts on the highway. I lock the car door and pray for my life. Josh has little success getting any information from the cashier, she was to busy flirting with the guy behind him. all she could say to him was "i dunno", while pulling out of the gas station a couple of girls that looked like hookers got out of the car next to us.
9:50 pm hooray google maps and josh's map skills we have found a way back to the highway let's hope that section is open!
10:00 pm on the bright side of things we saw the famous arch! And enter Illinois.
9:50 pm hooray google maps and josh's map skills we have found a way back to the highway let's hope that section is open!
10:00 pm on the bright side of things we saw the famous arch! And enter Illinois.
10:07 pm I never thought I would be so happy to get back on I-64! Almost to our hotel in Mt Vernon, IL 55 miles until sleep :)
11:04 pm Arrive at Mt Vernon, IL- time to sleep at the Americas best value inn, $51.00 including breakfast not bad. Hopefully we make good time tomorrow and get all the way to Richmond!
Sunday 8:08 am- depart from Mt Vernon, IL
8;23pm Josh just informed me that he saw our first cockroach this morning in the bath tube. Yuck, and so it begins the bugs of the east. I guess it's time for me to get over my fears of bugs, maybe that's why we're supposed to move to virginia. We saw on the news while eating our breakfast that there was flood warnings for the Missouri river, that's why we had so many detours.
8:36 am- The scenery here sure beats Nebraska and Kansas.
9:00 am enter Indiana
9:10 am- Julie takes over the drive so Josh can take a nap
10:14 am- We realize that the sacrament meeting we were hoping to attend in Louisville is already happening because halfway through Kentucky, the time zone changes. Ugh. So we are now officially on Eastern Time: 11:14
11:19 am- still looking for another ward that meets at 1:00. There is a YSA ward... ? Maybe we could pose as a soon to be married couple traveling across the country together and staying in the same hotel room... innocent enough?
11:26 am- more road construction. At least the freeway is still open.
11:34 am- I'm making note that Julie has told me 7 times that we need to go to a waffle house. Guess what we are doing for our first breakfast in Richmond?
11:44 am- Just crossed the Ohio (maybe) river and entered Kentucky
12:00 pm- Josh takes the wheel
12:37 pm- After much struggle and effort to try and get to a ward we came to the realization that we would not make it to church :(
1:00 pm- We are still not even close to Lexington where the ward is, and there is an awful storm so bad that we actually had to stop because we could not see. I hope we don't crash!
1:27 pm- Lexington, kentucky. Stopped for gas and Fazoli's we were sick of fried food.
1:45 pm- The storm returns, Josh has to pull off to the to the side again, he used that opportunity to quickly finish his lunch.
2:24 pm Josh "have we updated the thing lately?" Julie " what is there to say?"
3:15 pm- Entered West Virginia, it's becoming prettier every mile we get closer to Virginia we hope it stays that way. There are rolling hills with nothing but GREEN. We just booked our hotel in Richmond on hotwire, it was only $44.00 a night for a awesome 3 star hotel! Beats the 1 star hotels we being staying at the past few nights and we paid more!? What's up with that we love you hotwire dude on the phone.
4:51 pm 100....
5:20 pm- Julie takes the wheel
6:02 pm- JUST ENTERED VIRGINIA!!!
6:30 pm- Julie seems pleased enough with Virginia. She noticed that their construction cones were shinier and newer than all the cones we saw along the way.
7:15 pm- caught in stop and go traffic. Eish
8:15 pm- still caught in stop and go traffic. We have only moved 5 miles.
8:40 pm- out of traffic!!! Finally!!! There was a bad accident. There was even a hazardous materials response team... So we lost about an hour and a half there. Dang. Oh well. Richmond, here we come.
8:46pm-Quick pit stop, Josh takes the wheel.
9:10 am- Julie takes over the drive so Josh can take a nap
10:14 am- We realize that the sacrament meeting we were hoping to attend in Louisville is already happening because halfway through Kentucky, the time zone changes. Ugh. So we are now officially on Eastern Time: 11:14
11:19 am- still looking for another ward that meets at 1:00. There is a YSA ward... ? Maybe we could pose as a soon to be married couple traveling across the country together and staying in the same hotel room... innocent enough?
11:26 am- more road construction. At least the freeway is still open.
11:34 am- I'm making note that Julie has told me 7 times that we need to go to a waffle house. Guess what we are doing for our first breakfast in Richmond?
11:44 am- Just crossed the Ohio (maybe) river and entered Kentucky
12:00 pm- Josh takes the wheel
12:37 pm- After much struggle and effort to try and get to a ward we came to the realization that we would not make it to church :(
1:00 pm- We are still not even close to Lexington where the ward is, and there is an awful storm so bad that we actually had to stop because we could not see. I hope we don't crash!
1:27 pm- Lexington, kentucky. Stopped for gas and Fazoli's we were sick of fried food.
1:45 pm- The storm returns, Josh has to pull off to the to the side again, he used that opportunity to quickly finish his lunch.
2:24 pm Josh "have we updated the thing lately?" Julie " what is there to say?"
3:15 pm- Entered West Virginia, it's becoming prettier every mile we get closer to Virginia we hope it stays that way. There are rolling hills with nothing but GREEN. We just booked our hotel in Richmond on hotwire, it was only $44.00 a night for a awesome 3 star hotel! Beats the 1 star hotels we being staying at the past few nights and we paid more!? What's up with that we love you hotwire dude on the phone.
4:51 pm 100....
5:20 pm- Julie takes the wheel
6:02 pm- JUST ENTERED VIRGINIA!!!
6:30 pm- Julie seems pleased enough with Virginia. She noticed that their construction cones were shinier and newer than all the cones we saw along the way.
7:15 pm- caught in stop and go traffic. Eish
8:15 pm- still caught in stop and go traffic. We have only moved 5 miles.
8:40 pm- out of traffic!!! Finally!!! There was a bad accident. There was even a hazardous materials response team... So we lost about an hour and a half there. Dang. Oh well. Richmond, here we come.
8:46pm-Quick pit stop, Josh takes the wheel.
10:30- hooray Richmond! The hotel is really nice looking!
We had a lot of fun. We are planning on starting to move in our things on Thursday. We are really excited and we hope we can move are things in quickly and get settled before we leave for Hawaii!
We had a lot of fun. We are planning on starting to move in our things on Thursday. We are really excited and we hope we can move are things in quickly and get settled before we leave for Hawaii!
