Hello! So...the trip has begun!! Joel and I left Mom's house in Burnsville (after a big goodbye and some tears) on September 26th, and drove through Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. The van is all packed with clothes, camping gear, books, a cooler, games, and more. We took the two middle seats out so there is a huge amount of room! We stopped and had lunch at this wonderful hole-in-the-wall liquor store/southern-style cafe in Nashville, TN. It was delicious! The drive through Kentucky was really beautiful; we were doing it right at sunset and driving parallel to a stunning thunderstorm. The sky and wind were breathtaking. We were trying to make it to Kansas City but decided to pull over at 2am with still a few hours left to go. We spent our first night in
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