So we are underway!
Of course, things took longer than planned and some things planned didn't happen at all. But we are on the way! Andy helped me all day yesterday as road side assistance replaced the jack on the trailer and we got all the loose ends tied up in Dalton. Nice to be at Andy and V's when something goes wrong with the truck. It's actually always nice to be at their house.
Katie, Katie and Ashlin are in St. Louis while I find myself this morning in Marion, Illinois. There were more issues with the truck's trailer so instead of meeting up with the girls (and Nicky) in St. Louis, it looks like we will try to rendezvous in either Hays, Kansas or Sioux Falls, South Dakota, maybe, depending on which route we decide to take.
The girls got to spend some time in Nashville which they enjoyed. Ashlin did say that too many people wore cowboy boots and smoked cigarettes though. Then last night they all got to take the crazy little twisty elevator to the top of the St Louis Arch! Ash was so excited. She loved watching the lightning come in from the horizon and got to do her first Jr Ranger book from the museum of Westward Expansion. It sunk in that the whole arch deal is to celebrate what Lewis and Clark started and she felt pretty happy to already know some of the back story.
Well, I'm gonna hit the road so hopefully we can all wind up in the same place tonight. There is a governor on the truck that makes it top out at 55 MPH. When was the last tine you drove 2,163 miles at 55 MPH. Shel says she now expects us at summer's end.
Update soon!
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