Day 11 -- Almost Home

We put in a long day of driving today. We didn't get on the road till close to 9am again; we're still working ourselves back into the new time zone.

After driving nearly 600 miles through the rest of North Dakota we stopped in Madison, WI for supper. We ate at a Country Buffet. It was good and everyone got their bellies full. We decided to drive on. After realizing that were were so close to Chicago, we decided it would be best to get on the other side of town tonight, so we drove to Peru, IL. We found a Super 8, and plan on leaving around 8 in the am.

Since we didn't get to go into Canada like we had planned, everyone is looking forward to making it home a day early, even if it is late tomorrow night.

Day 10 -- The Road Home

Now that all of the fun is over, it's time to head back east. We've had a great trip so far, but it's time to head back. Starting out from Great Falls, Montana, it's a long ride back across the country to North Carolina. There's not much to do, except ride and enjoy the scenery.

We saw lots of deer and antelope this morning, but as the day went on we saw less and less. The country was pretty and everyone enjoyed just riding and looking. Sarah wanted me to mention that we saw some of the biggest dandelions we've ever seen today. The puff ball heads on them were the size of a softball. When we stopped at a rest area, I picked her and Lily one so they could blow the seeds off.

Today was Lily's birthday, so we stopped to celebrate at Applebee's. The wait staff sang to her and she got a hot fudge sunday; she was 13 today.

Once again, as the sun went down, we were met by our evening barrage of insects. They're small, but there are thousands of them in each of the thousands of swarms we drive through.

Gas is getting more expensive, it was around 4.05 today, but we are getting a little better gas millage at about 25mpg... Must be because we're headed south.