A really, really, REALLY long day

Well, we started the morning refreshed from our night in hotel beds (well, I was refreshed because Lucia slept in Paul's bed and I got a queen bed to myself! - the "perks" of having spent all day in the car with her :-)) We hit the road fairly early, again, not sure how far we would actually get today, but hoping to definitely cross into Colorado.

Another day on the road, she is an old pro.

Cool moth at a truck stop

When you drive cross-country you are reminded of where all the crap you get at Wal-Mart, Target, etc...comes from. A real, live person drives it to you! I used to work at a trucking company, and I've got a soft spot for those rough guys (and gals)!

Saw quite a few of these in Kansas and Colorado.

Nothing like leftover pizza in the car so we don't have to stop for lunch! She didn't complain!

Kansas. Although, surprisingly not as flat as the Eastern Shore :-)

We totally did see this sign when we crossed into Colorado, but were too focused on making progress to stop and recognize our accomplishment. Source: www.colorado.gov

We kept checking in with each other over the radio, and initially were aiming for Limon, Colorado.

We hit the scariest storm EVER between Limon (after deciding not to stop there) and Louisville. Couldn't see the road in front of us for a few minutes, everyone crawled to a stop. I was praying to not see a tornado.

But we arrived safely, and now that we had internet, Lucia could play the games that required Wifi, that she had wanted to play in the car but couldn't.

This day of driving is really just a blur of sky, wind turbines and feeding Lucia snacks and movies. We made it to Limon for "dinner" and decided to press on to Louisville (a more affordable suburb between Denver and Boulder) that put us within 20 minutes of Boulder the next morning. Our plan was to drop us and the truck off and scope out where our unit was and park the truck accordingly, then Paul would go get the keys and my Dad and Julia (who were already in town) would meet us to start unpacking. We were too exhausted to really let it sink in that we were almost there. All in all we clocked 10.5 hours in the car today, which was by far our longest day of driving.

Even Google thinks we should have just flown.