Day 1: With the Jeep all packed and the trailer in tow we headed West. The great plan was to leave around Avery’s nap time so he could sleep thru some of miles. No one cleared that plan with Avery. We did leave around his nap time but he didn’t nap, he was just to excited to nap. Avery stayed awake the entire drive from Mankato into Iowa. He did finally give up his anti napping ways and take a short nap somewhere in Iowa.
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| Playing with cars somewhere in Iowa |
Everything was going fine until outside of Sioux City, Avery put his hand to ear and said owie, he did this a few times before dissolving in to tears of pain. We pulled off the highway and stopped in a Best Buy parking lot so we could get out and give Avery a chance to calm down. At that point I made the decision to have Avery’s ears checked out. A nice Best Buy employee gave us directions to a Urgent Care close by, and off we went.
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| Waiting to the doc in Sioux City |
After a short wait Avery was seen by a doctor who confirmed that Avery did in fact have a ear infection in his left ear and his right ear was heading that direction too. Our next stop was a Walgreen's to pick up his prescription. After some Burger King and his first dose of antibiotics we were back on the road again, our destination, Lincoln Nebraska, where we had hotel reservations for the night.
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The little bed hog got moved to his pack 'n' play
right after I took this picture. |
Day 2: We started day 2 with some breakfast at the hotel before hitting the road again. There aren’t too many things to say about day 2. This part of the trip is long and boring. We made it across Nebraska and into Colorado with toys, books, a short nap, and short stops at rest stops and parks to play (short because it was 107 and too hot to play outside).
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| Silly little traveler |
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| Best way to "see" Nebraska |
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| Playing at a rest stop in Nebraska somewhere |
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| Colorado border rest stop (107 degrees) |
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Great place to stop, there was a great park and geese
but it was too hot to play (103 degrees) |
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| Chasing the geese before getting back into the jeep |
Avery was a great little traveler, but I am glad were flying home :)
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Dillon Colorado
(no that's not ice, it was raining) |
I know that drive well. A good tip (if you are up for it) is to drive overnight. Not so much fun for Mommy but Avery can sleep the whole time and you can drive straight through. Now that my kiddos are older, ipods and movies work great but when they were little overnight was the easiest way to travel. :)
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