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We’re midway through our Slowcation and after a lovely, long, slow visit in Wisconsin that was capped off with 50th-anniversary festivities for Matt’s parents (congratulations Dave and Joyce!) we’re hitting the road again (and trying to stay at 60 miles an hour – you’d be surprised how challenging that is, especially in the Midwest). Our agenda includes a drive to Kansas City, where we’ll stay with friends for a few days before heading to Saint Louis to do the same. Then it will be home via Bardstown, Kentucky where we will celebrate the 4th of July with what is reputedly the best fried chicken in the country as well as a musical about Stephen Foster, that most American of composers.
Here are the vital numbers from the first ten days of our road trip – I hope they are both illuminating and entertaining:
Miles traveled in our car: 988
Tanks of gas: 4
Nights in a hotel: 1
Hugs and kisses from aunts: dozens
Loads of laundry: 4
Orders of French fries: 5, including 1 order of cheese fries
Times swimming: 6
Baseball games: 1
Brats: 0 (I know! Can you believe it?)
Beers on the University of Wisconsin Union Terrace: 2
New t-shirts: 5 (they were as follows: two UW shirts, two Brewers shirts, one Henry Vilas zoo shirt)
Boxes of crayons melted in the car: 1
Steaks: 1 (but it was enormous)
Episodes of Dora and Sponge Bob, games on the Wii, card games, dart games, and games of Life: countless
New car stereos: 1
New camera chargers (Yep, I sure did forget mine!): 1
Bottles of children’s Benadryl: 1
I’m not sure what my Internet access will be like for the next week. If I can, I’ll live blog, but if not, I’ll catch you all up once I’m home. Either way, I’ve got some posts scheduled to publish including a great guest post about how to find accomodations in Europe when traveling with your kids. So I hope you’ll stop by!
The picture at the top of this post was taken on the University of Wisconsin Union Terrace, one of the more relaxing spots in the world. If you’re interested in reading about some of the other things we did in Wisconsin, please see these posts:
Wild turkeys and tame tigers: A (mostly free) day out in Madison
Pioneer history at the Milton House
Take me out to the ballgame!!!
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What a fun road trip! So, have you been able to keep under 60 miles/hour the whole time?
Slowcation=nice!
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