Geo: 38.2549, -85.7664 Weather: Clear and sunny 65 degrees. No rain. Hours: 7 Miles: 443 States: Ohio and Kentucky University of DaytonR estaurant: El Rancho Grande **** Hotel: Courtyard Louisville East Water Bottles: 8 Movies: Shawn the Sheep Car issues: Car shakes when braking. (Ok now. Hmm) We are on the road again. We have 7 hours and 443 miles under our tires. We picked up the kids from school Tuesday at the end of the day. We were hoping for another extra day off Wednesday for Cheerleading Championship win. We didn't get it on Wednesday this year. It is in April sometime. We needed to get on the road as early as possible so we took the chance. Though, I did forget to call Amy McCloud to tell her the kids were going to be ... read more

Geo: 42.5624, -83.1545Here it is in numbers. Pretty neat to look at. 16 days4162 miles78 hours 55 minutes in the car9 new states12 states total9 Big Cities6 State Capitals1 pueblo13 or more different attractions (historic, natural or amusement) 17 plus different restaurants.5 picnics7 Llamas100 fruit flies in the car 269 gallons of gas. 10 different beds per persons8 Marriotts1 Uncle Stone5 ducks1 duck master3 honorary duck masters1 pueblo style house1 resort3 entertainment (sanity) movies5 states videos1 King of Rock n Rolll11 locks1 escape room243 Oaklahoma City pamphlets7 Rivers92 bottles of water399...400...401 bug guts 2 river horse flies6 storms missed2 rainy drives1 zoos/aquariums 2 pizzas 30 pairs of dirty underwear 1 raft 20 wild strawberries 5 wet bathing suits 20 glasses wine or other sanity beverages 6 pools1 fountain 4 acce... read more

Geo: 36.1682, -86.777293 degreesO miles1 new tire1 plantation building 4 hours poolside3 poolside burgers?? sunburns12 Country Entertainers5 VIP backstage passes1 set of drumstixWe started the morning with a stroll around the property. You will get lost here. It is a maze of really cool atriums, water features, plantations, boats, etc. The kids love this place, especially Ben. The people who work here are so nice too. Paul went to get the tire fixed this morning which he said was easy peasy. He's a good man Charlie Brown.We spent the entire day poolside having fruity drinks and burgers and swimming. It was HOT. I never go in the water. I was in 80% of the time. The water was warm too, so that helped. I could stay here another day. We showered and got ready for our ... read more

Geo: 35.1496, -90.048985 and sunny2 hours 5 minutes136 miles1 King of Rock n Roll5 ducks3 duck masters4 slabs of ribs1 fraternity brotherWe arrived in Memphis around 11:30 and went straight to Graceland. We are not Elvis fans and we weren't excited to go but it is one of those bucket list or boxes to be checked off. It is pretty expensive to go, too. We got the minimum 1.5 tour for $36 a person (there are no rides). It is an ipad tour. You start on one side of the road and they drive you onto Graceland property. I was surprised there weren't any Elvis crazies. The tour was actually pretty cool. We went through the whole house (well not the sacred upstairs.), his grounds and the racketball court. We saw all of his awards, outfits ... read more

Geo: 35.472, -97.5203100 degrees (on the car)259 miles3 hours 50 minutes10,000 bottles of soda pop6th Marriott5 sushi rolls1 hour "Trapped"7 Locks2 enormous crossesWe all woke up late this morning at 8:45. That is late for hotels for us. Mostly because we like to boogie out early. We were tired, I guess. We stayed at the Courtyard downtown Amarillo. We had an enormous room that was really nice even though we got in late and didn't really enjoy it. We were slightly apprehensive of the parking in Amarillo but we didn't even know if it was safe or unsafe. Clearly, it was fine because no one broke into our car. I was just picturing vagrants breaking in and have a trunk show out of our wardrobe in the van. Really nothing of value. My underwear was still ... read more