Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The Time Has Come
It is finally here. This is the last blog we will be posting before we arrive in Scotland. We have been spending the past few weeks packing little by little, and we are ready to go. The plan is to leave Roswell tomorrow around noon, head to Las Cruces, and then head to El Paso on Friday so that we can fly out on Saturday morning at 8:00am. We are taking 4 suitcases all under 50lbs each, and 4 carry ons, each under 40lbs. This is our life and we look forward to writing more about it our next blog from across the world.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Road Trip
Due to the fact that we were leaving in a month, and still had people we wanted to see, we decided to take a "little" road trip. Well, here is how it went:
Its a funny story actually. We left Roswell at 6am on a Friday, and drove 21 hours and 1300 miles finally arriving in Madison, WI at 3:30am. Many might say we are crazy, but we really aren't. We had every intention of stopping along the way. Once the clock struck 11, we decided we should probably start trying to find a hotel. Needless to say, we couldn't. The rooms were either $100 + for a "cheap" hotel, or they were full, or there were only smoking rooms left. Finally, a Holiday Inn express right outside of Madison, in Verona, made our night! The good that came out of all of this is that not only did we get a awesome hotel room for $70.
Madison, Wisconsin. Mike and Marcy have a beautiful home and everywhere we looked we saw green! It was amazing to see lakes that were actually big enough to be lakes and rivers that we couldn't see the bottom of. We went to a concert at the University after that we walked up State Street which is quite a popular place to be, and it takes you right up to the Capital. The next day we went to Devil's lake which is a beautiful recreation area where you can climb rough rocks to the top of a big hill, swim on the sandy beach of the lake, or take a sailboat out into the deep water. It was one of the smaller lakes we saw, but definitely one of the prettiest. Most of our time was spent doing what we went there to do which was hang out with our friends.
Chicago was our next stop to see our relatives. Chicago was an awesome experience. We began with an amazing architecture cruise and then walked for 5 hours. During our walk we went all over down town. We saw Millennium Park, The Bean, Navy Pier, Lincoln Park, and finished with dinner at Uno's Pizzeria. The next day we went to Willis Tower and stood on a glass lookout 103 stories up.
Moline, Illinois was fast paced. We saw the John Deere Pavilion, John Deere Corporate head quarters, and John Deere's residences. We also saw an Arsenal Base on the Mississippi, a river boat tour, and got to eat at Pasteurs French Vietnamese restaurant. Moline was fun and it was great to see John's Aunt Mary Ann.
Springfield, Illinois was next on our list to visit our relatives. We went to Abe Lincoln's Tomb to rub his noise for good luck. We then went to the Abraham Lincoln National Museum. The museum was amazing. Later we had horseshoes for dinner. A horseshoe is quite odd. Start with texas toast on a plate, then put your meat on it, add fry's, then pour cheese sauce and viola! It seems strange, but it's really good especially with some hot sauce.
St. Louis, Missouri was the only tourist trap we went to on the way to Paris. We saw, touched, and went inside the arch.
Paris, Texas was our last stop. Here we visited with more family. We saw the Eiffel Tower wearing a cowboy hat and we really enjoyed the time we spent with everyone (even if they are from Texas!)
Now we are back in Roswell. We have begun packing and are getting very excited about our big move.
Hanging out with Mike and Marcy was a lot of fun.
At the John Deer Pavilion, we saw some pretty big machines!
The whole family was surprisingly not that tall. Except of course for Mr. Lincoln.
Its a funny story actually. We left Roswell at 6am on a Friday, and drove 21 hours and 1300 miles finally arriving in Madison, WI at 3:30am. Many might say we are crazy, but we really aren't. We had every intention of stopping along the way. Once the clock struck 11, we decided we should probably start trying to find a hotel. Needless to say, we couldn't. The rooms were either $100 + for a "cheap" hotel, or they were full, or there were only smoking rooms left. Finally, a Holiday Inn express right outside of Madison, in Verona, made our night! The good that came out of all of this is that not only did we get a awesome hotel room for $70.
Madison, Wisconsin. Mike and Marcy have a beautiful home and everywhere we looked we saw green! It was amazing to see lakes that were actually big enough to be lakes and rivers that we couldn't see the bottom of. We went to a concert at the University after that we walked up State Street which is quite a popular place to be, and it takes you right up to the Capital. The next day we went to Devil's lake which is a beautiful recreation area where you can climb rough rocks to the top of a big hill, swim on the sandy beach of the lake, or take a sailboat out into the deep water. It was one of the smaller lakes we saw, but definitely one of the prettiest. Most of our time was spent doing what we went there to do which was hang out with our friends.
Chicago was our next stop to see our relatives. Chicago was an awesome experience. We began with an amazing architecture cruise and then walked for 5 hours. During our walk we went all over down town. We saw Millennium Park, The Bean, Navy Pier, Lincoln Park, and finished with dinner at Uno's Pizzeria. The next day we went to Willis Tower and stood on a glass lookout 103 stories up.
Moline, Illinois was fast paced. We saw the John Deere Pavilion, John Deere Corporate head quarters, and John Deere's residences. We also saw an Arsenal Base on the Mississippi, a river boat tour, and got to eat at Pasteurs French Vietnamese restaurant. Moline was fun and it was great to see John's Aunt Mary Ann.
Springfield, Illinois was next on our list to visit our relatives. We went to Abe Lincoln's Tomb to rub his noise for good luck. We then went to the Abraham Lincoln National Museum. The museum was amazing. Later we had horseshoes for dinner. A horseshoe is quite odd. Start with texas toast on a plate, then put your meat on it, add fry's, then pour cheese sauce and viola! It seems strange, but it's really good especially with some hot sauce.
St. Louis, Missouri was the only tourist trap we went to on the way to Paris. We saw, touched, and went inside the arch.
Paris, Texas was our last stop. Here we visited with more family. We saw the Eiffel Tower wearing a cowboy hat and we really enjoyed the time we spent with everyone (even if they are from Texas!)
Now we are back in Roswell. We have begun packing and are getting very excited about our big move.
Hanging out with Mike and Marcy was a lot of fun.
Chicago was a pretty cool city. Even from 103 stories up.
Yes, its real.
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