I used both my camera and my phone for taking pictures on our trip. As I was transferring the files from my camera to my computer this morning, it occurred to me that most of the pictures that I shared along the way were from my phone. And I had so many more interesting ones on my camera!  Rocky Mountains…

Miles traveled: 5,390 Average fuel mileage: 36.15 States driven through: 16 Spent the night in: car (2 nights) Montrose, Colorado Tucumcari, New Mexico my parents’ house near Mulberry, Arkansas my mother-in-law’s house in Rolla, Missouri Paducah, Kentucky Nashville, Tennessee (2 nights) Belle Fourche, South Dakota Observations: I still love to travel with that man of mine. We’d stay on the…

Departed Belle Fourche, South Dakota: 7:45 a.m. MDT Hours driven: 10:40 Miles driven: 791 Average speed: 74.1 mph Fuel mileage: 32.4 mpg States: South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho Other VW Jetta wagons spotted: 2 (white, black) Weather: heavy rains and wind through Wyoming and eastern Montana, which made it a little scary passing semis on the two-lane Read-Aloud: the first…

My fans (a.k.a. my kids and my mother) are complaining because I haven’t been keeping up with my blog. I hate to disappoint anyone, so here is today’s update. Departed Nashville, Tennessee: 9:08 p.m. CDT. Hours driven: 19.5 Hours slept: 4.5 (in the car just east of St. Louis) Miles driven: 1,332 Average speed: 68.3 mph Fuel mileage: 36.4 mpg…

On a gray Sunday morning.

…at the Teach Them Diligently conference. Set-up today was not without its challenges but we did manage to finish getting the booth put together before the vendor hall opened at 6:00 p.m. We had a busy evening visiting with homeschoolers. I’ll be working long hours the next two days, so I probably won’t blog again until Sunday. The leisurely part…

Departed Rolla, Missouri: 11:05 a.m. CDT Hours driven: 5:05 Miles driven: 331 Average speed: 45.6 mph Fuel mileage: 40.1 mpg States: Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky Wildlife spotted: toad, turtle, squirrel (we see more “dramatic” wildlife out west, I think!) Other VM Jetta wagons spotted: 0 Weather: sunny and hot… and humid Car Talk podcast: 1 episode Rivers crossed: Mississippi, Ohio Arrived…