Another Drive Across the Country aka Staci & Josh's Excellent Adventure

On Sunday, July 17 Josh flew over to Denver first thing in the morning, and we hit the road. He was exhausted after being out late the night before, he just got engaged, had to pack, and had to be to the airport at 4:30 am to catch his flight. I drove most of the first day, while Josh slept in the back with Nolan. We drove through Kansas, and stopped for the first night just past Kansas City, Missouri. The Motel 6 we stayed at was not the nicest. It wasn't horrible, but the people we saw outside were pretty interesting to say the least. We didn't care though, we were all pretty tired and went right to bed. Just for my record, we drove on I-70, I-64, I-77, and I-40.

Monday, we drove through Missouri, stopped in St. Louis to see Busch Stadium and the Arch. We continued on our drive through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and most of Kentucky where we spent the night in Lexington at another Motel 6. This one was much nicer and the room was huge.





Tuesday was the final stretch of the trip. We drove through the rest of Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and then to North Carolina. We made a stop in Greensboro, NC for Josh to see one of his mission companions family. We ate dinner in Greensboro at Steak and Shake and then headed on home. We made it home around 9:00 that night and I was just glad to be back. It felt strange being on the east coast again, and home didn't really feel like home just yet but I knew it would eventually. We missed Ryan on the trip, and it is going to be a long 3 weeks without him.


I really appreciate Josh driving back to NC with me. We picked the fastest route back, and had a lot of fun talking and just catching up with each other. Being 6 years apart in age and living across the country you really don't get to spend that much quality time together. Nothing says quality time like driving in the car for 30 hours. :) Love you Josh and Nolan loves you too. Once again, Nolan was a trooper and was an angel on the car ride. We made sure to give him plenty of breaks from his car seat and he was pretty much all smiles when he wasn't sleeping. We are really lucky to have such a good baby.