Tennessee or Bust!

Day 1/2

So we made it to Kansas City which marks the half way point in our cross county journey. In a few days we will head to North Carolina to see the majority of Tom's family before heading to Tennessee. We have decided to stop along the way to North Carolina to see several tourist sites. That will really help break the trip up and will be really fun for us. 

So first thing I want to write about is all the (now funny) disasters that have happened along this trip. In Wyoming we pulled into a hotel at about 2am to stay the night. Tom and I both agree that it was the nastiest hotel either one of us has stayed out. Then after a few hours of sleep we made our way to Missouri. The wind through Nebraska was ridiculously strong, so strong it ripped Tom's brand new bike off the bike rack. Luckily, the driver behind us swerved and missed it.  Tom walked the highway and found the bike, it was amazing, only the wheels were really damaged. We made it to Missouri and in helping Tom's grandma prepare to sell her house we ended up pulling a whole bunch of poison ivy.   

The view from Tom's grandma's house.

Day 3

Lately things have calmed down and I now have nothing but positive things to say.

We got Tom's sweet grandma all moved, caught a few fireflies, and headed out the door to St. Louis, MO. There we saw the arch and rode up to the very top, I have never done anything like that before! We ate at the best root beer restaurant ever! It was so so good! We finished the night off by looking over the Mississippi River. Tomorrow we head to the country music capital of the world, Nashville, TN. It has been so fun to road trip cross-county with my mother-in-law and husband, I am seeing and experiencing so many new things!

Inside the St. Louis Arch

Mississippi River

In other news, we just got Tom's orientation schedule for his program and purchased him a bunch of scrubs. He is getting set for school, it is very exciting. Only a few weeks left!