Page 2 of mstaedt Travel Blog Posts



One day to go before we leave and we aren't even remotely ready to go. Mark needs to fill the garage and I'm still doing laundry. Danny has been packed since Wednesday, April, I do believe, is finally packed. Mark and I have not even started. It's like Mark said, we will be ready to go when we are packed and we won't be packed until we are ready to go. I think we have finally nailed down our travel plans and if all goes well, we will be in MN no later than Thursday morning. I never realized how stressful this travel planning was. I don't know how many mapquest and google maps I've created only to lose them at the end of the night. I am not very internet saavy when it comes to ... read more


After mapquesting Kerry's route, I figured out he is totally insane. Believe me, I spent all weekend trying to figure out what that man was thinking. But then again, he might not have been thinking at all when he put our itinerary together. I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be a carefully crafted practical joke! There are a couple of stops on his itinerary that are must-sees. Of course we will stop at the Shell Shaped Gas Station, the Mystery Hole and Mark really wants to see the Giant Lady's Leg Sundial and a couple more. However, we won't be able to go quite as north as he wanted us to go. Which means that we will have to save the World's Largest Twine Ball until the next road trip to northern MN.... read more


This is our first entry. Even though we are not scheduled to leave for another week, we wanted to see if we could figure out how to use this travel blog. Our original trip was to travel from North Carolina to Iowa, however Kerry got involved and now has us traveling 3,128.42 miles for a road trip that should actually only be 1,230.52 miles. What a trip he has planned for us! We are actually looking forward to all the fun and unusual sights he has mapped out for us. We were hoping to be able to add the map for both routes, but we're unable to figure out how to upload a "mapquest" map. So you'll just have to believe us that Kerry's route has us zig-zagging our way from NC to IA. We have ... read more




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