Day 14

Friday, June 10th:

We have been on our trip for 2 weeks now! Tomorrow is our last day. :( But I am excited to see my dog and friends.

Today all we did was drive. Nothing really exciting to see.

We are in Kingman, Arizona. We just got Sonic, and that is about it for today.

Miles: 850

States: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizonia

~Amy

Day 13

Thursday, July 8th:
Today was fun! We left the house at about 11:20 am, and drove to the Pueblo Zoo. We spent about 4 hours there! It was really fun! I have lots of pictures that I will upload in the next 2 days. After the Zoo, we went to Pizza Madness, which is a very popular pizza place in Canon City. It has such good pizza! Then, we got some Cold Stone! Yum! After that, we came home and relaxed! When I am done with this, my grandma and I are going to play a card game!
Fun Day!!

Miles: about 80

States: Colorado

*As I said before, I have lots of pictures but it is easier when the internet connection is better on my computer. So, I will upload a lot more pictures either tomorrow at the hotel, or when we get home Saturday afternoon.*

~Amy

Day 12

Wednesday, July 7:

We are in Canon City with our grandparents, Aunt Darby, and cousin Jack... if you did not know that already. :)

It has been a lot of fun! Today was more of a lay back kind of day. Ally, Jack, and I played a lot. The adults talked, and read books, things like that. We played a few games. It was fun!

Ally, Jack, and I played Hungary, Hungary Hippo's, did puzzles, read books, played baseball, rode Jack's battery operated Truck, and a lot more! Jack also had swimming lessons, Ally and I went along. That was fun to watch!

Fun and relaxing Day!

Miles: 0

States: Colorado

~Amy

*No pictures today, Sorry, I have not been too good at the pictures lately.*

Day 11

Tuesday, July 7th:
This morning we left at about 6:10 am from Minnesota. We drove... and drove... and drove. It was prettty though. So, that made it better.
One thing that we saw that was really cool was about 60 miles from Denver. We drove through a huge thunderstorm. The lightning bolts were big. But, we did not hear any thunder, which was strange. Once we got out of that it sprinkled and then the sun was in our eyes again.
At about 9:50 pm. We got to Canon City, where my other grandparents, Aunt Darby, and cousin Jack live. It was a long drive, but worth it.

States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado

Miles: 1,060... Longest day!

*I am on a different computer, so I will upload the pictures later.*

~Amy

Day 10

Monday, July 5th:

Today we went to a place called Horsfall's, which is pretty much a store kind of like a garage sale, with higher prices. There was 2 of those. So, we went to the first one, then had lunch, and then went to the other one. We got some good stuff!! While we were there, there was a group of Amish people walking around. They could not work because of the rain. That was pretty cool too! The kids were so cute!!

We also stopped where I could put one foot in Iowa and one in Minnesota. So, I was in two states at once! Then, we stopped at a place where it overlooks the Mississippi River so you can see it really well. That was very pretty.

After we came home, we went fishing because it stopped raining for a while. I caught 3 Moon Eyes, which I heard are rare for the Mississippi River. We then went in and had dinner, and after that we went back out to fish and my Dad caught a Sun Fish, and Ally caught a Bass! We had not caught anything all the other times we had gone fishing, so it was good to get some today!

We had a great day and are now packing our suitcases. Leaving early in the morning. :(

P.S. In 2 days here, it rained just over 4 inches!!

Miles: 60

States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa

~Amy

One of my Moon Eye's. (It was sunny)

In 2 places at once.

Ally looking at the River and the making of Islands.

Ally's Bass. (Told you it was sunny, haha.)

The overlook of the Mississippi River. So pretty!

Day 9

Sunday, July 4th:

Happy 4th of July!!!

This morning we dropped grandma and grandpa off at church and we went to go see my great-grandma and her sister, Hazel. It was very good to see them. Then, we went out to lunch at The La Crosse Family Restaurant and then headed over to my Aunt Jan's house. I got to see my cousin, Mackenzie, who I have been emailing back and forth for a while. Her dad, Dean and her grandparents, my great aunt Jan and Uncle Sid were there too! It was very fun to see all of them again!

We came home and played a game of Phase 10, which took about 2 hours!! But it was fun!! We were going to go fishing but it is raining, as it has been raining on and off all day, so we are watching the Angels game on TV instead. We also were going to go to a fireworks show but it is too rainy for that. :(

Miles: about 30

States: Wisconsin, and Minnesota

~Amy

**Sorry, no pictures today.**

Day 8

Saturday, July 3rd:

In the morning we did a lot of things on the Mississippi river. We rode a turbo taxi pulled by the boat, went on a boat ride, and fished. Then, we washed the car inside and out.

A little later, Aunt Kathy came over for a while and had dinner with us. Ally and I did a magic show for everyone too! Then we fished one more time and had dessert.

Very fun day!!

Miles: 0

States: Minnesota

~Amy

Ally and I on the Turbo Taxi.

Ally, Grandma, and I out on the deck talking.