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Day #20: Tupelo, MS to Deatsville, AL
I couldn't hardly sleep last night because the kids had slept together, but they were all the way across the house from the room we slept...
Day #19: Springfield, MO to Tupelo, MS
I don't have any pictures. I know that I should but I got busy and so I just don't. We woke up in Springfield, Missouri, knowing that...

Day #17: Council Bluffs, IA to Council Bluffs, IA
We slept until 9:30 and woke up in a panic (well, Garrett and I anyway) thinking we had missed breakfast, but we didn't. About 11:30 we...

Day #15: Billings, MT to Rapid City, SD
During breakfast at the hotel, Ellie and I saw a commercial for Olive Garden, offering a card that gives you pasta for a year, for $300. ...

Day #14: Billings, MT Birthday Bash
Today is G's 9th birthday and we decided to stay here another night (although the hotel rates are insane). We started the morning like...

Day #13: Cody, WY to Billings, MT
We left Cody, WY this morning with an engine light on in my brand new Honda Pilot. I wasn't worried at first because all Hondas...

Day #12: Big Sky, MT to Cody, WY
Hover over the pictures to get the caption for each one. The breakfast buffet at Buck's was top-notch. I took the kids to eat, but Will...

Day #11: Butte, MT to Big Sky, MT
We left around 8am, headed to Bozeman, MT, to the Museum of the Rockies but first I wanted to stop by the Missouri River Headwaters State...

Day #10: Butte, MT to Rest
I took no pictures today :(. We stayed in Butte to get out of the car for a bit. We played in the pool, got a carwash, and found a...

Day #8: Drayton Valley, AB to Lethbridge, AB
Today was just a hard day of driving and not much stopping. I'm glad we planned that because we ran into a great deal of road work, and...

Day #7: Ft St John, BC to Drayton Valley, AB
While we were sitting in traffic and waiting for some road construction, Will took a video out of our sunroof. The clouds and sun were...

Day #6: Muncho Lake, BC to Ft St John, BC
We got up pretty early today to eat breakfast at 7am and leave the Lodge by 0730. Breakfast was delicious and I had the best pancakes...

Day #5: Muncho Lake, BC to Laird Hot Springs, BC
I forgot to mention that our cabin at the Northern Rockies Lodge has three queen sized beds AND that I had just recently promised the...

Day #4: Teslin, BC to Muncho Lake, BC
Many moms are accustomed to waking up after having only slept for a few hours, BUT when your kids are 8 &10 you expect that those days...

Day #3: Whitehorse, YT to Teslin, YT
We were served breakfast at the door of our The Country Cabins cabin at 9am. Bona dropped off a cooler filled with hot coffee, musli,...