Roads to Everywhere

Views from last week’s road trip… Heading east on I-90. Montana. My drivin’ man. State capitol building. Jefferson City, Missouri. Springtime in the Ozarks.(No doubt the picture would be better had the photographer bothered to roll her window down.) (But it was raining! What can I say?) See the “QT” on the road sign to the right?We like to stop…

Continuing this week’s whirlwind travelogue… Time in Missouri with family for Dad Cook’s funeral: not quite 21 hours. Departed Missouri Military Cemetery at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: 1:45 p.m. CDT on Tuesday. Hours driven: 27.5 Hours slept: 3.5 Miles driven: 1,783 miles [I drove twice coming home for a total of about 200 miles while Lyle slept a little more.…

Departed Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 7:30 a.m. CDT Hours driven: 9.5 Miles driven: 592 Average speed: 62.3 mph Fuel mileage: 35.2 mpg States: South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri (also within spitting distance of Nebraska and Kansas) Time zones: 1 Wildlife spotted: rabbit… cows, horses… oh, wait! Those aren’t wildlife. Never mind. Weather: rain, sunshine Audio book: continuing The Racketeer until the battery…

Here’s a map of our route for the first part of this week. And because these are the kinds of stats Lyle likes to have a record of… Departed Post Falls, Idaho: 9:00 p.m. PDT Hours driven: 18 Hours slept: 4 Miles driven: 1,200 Average speed (not counting sleep time): 66.7 mph Fuel (not gas) mileage: 34.8 mpg States: Idaho,…

… on the South Dakota prairie. Still driving…

…near Livingston, Montana. Just flurries. The road is clear and dry. Making good time.

Breakfast time! Today's destination: Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

My travel season is getting ready to ramp up with several homeschool convention trips in the next two months. Additionally, we have an extra, unexpected trip this week. My father-in-law passed away, so we are getting ready to make a very fast trip to Missouri for the funeral. As usual, I’ll be blogging about our travels along the way, but…