Today’s post is short and sweet. We set off from Hannibal and crossed through Missouri. A stop in St. Joseph and we turned north. We crossed the Missouri River into Omaha, Nebraska and took a break. We then crossed back over the river and drive north until we hit Sioux City for the night.
We had a group meeting and decided to skip Mt. Rushmore (a place we’ve visited before), and instead come straight home. Not going through South Dakota saves us two days (weird but true the way things were planned). Now, instead of our scheduled return on Monday, we’ll be back in Eugene early Saturday evening.
I cannot tell you how excited I am at getting home. This has been a great trip. I’m blown away by how much we’ve seen and done. But, I’m tired. The boys are fighting more, which means I’m angrier more. We have to get hone before the wheels come off!
Our next stop hopefully will be Bismarck, North Dakota. 7-8 hour drives from here on out to get home. Let’s do this!
- We would not have even planned on going to Mount Rushmore, if it wasn’t for Nathan. The last time that we came this way, Nathan was very excited about seeing what he called “the big heads of America.” I hadn’t realized how excited he actually was to see these giant heads carved into the mountain. So, when planning this trip, he asked if we could go again. I worked it in, but realized that in order to do so, we were going to have to do some driving acrobatics going from South Dakota up to North Dakota and back down again. There just weren’t very many options for doing that without adding an extra day. To make this change, it basically came down to Nathan giving the go ahead to skip the “giant heads of America. ” Thankfully, he agreed. I think he wants to get home earlier as well.
That’s it. I actually didn’t take a single picture today, so I will leave you with a picture from earlier in our trip. Peace!
This sign came from Eastern State Penitentiary. You can draw whatever conclusions you want from this.
The Great American Road Trip 