We left our friends’ home at 7:30 this morning.  We weren’t sure if we were going to be able to make it all the way home, but the kids did a great job entertaining themselves today.  We are at nine and a half hours in the car and almost home and we are happy to report there have been no major meltdowns.  Scott timed the rest area breaks well and we even played briefly at a park after our lunchtime break at a McDonald’s play land.  Speaking of the play land.  We originally stopped at the McDonald’s in Litchfield.  Just in case you are headed that way, their play area is harder to get to than usual.  See pile below.

So we laughed and took some pictures and headed to the McDonald’s play land in Springfield, IL.  It was slightly confusing to Brooke that after traveling half a day we were still in Springfield.  After we showed her on a map where we were she was okay with our progress.

We are headed to Meme and Pepe’s for dinner.  Thank you Meme and Pepe.  Due to the power outage and unfortunate plugging in of our fridge to a generator we no longer have a working fridge.  Thus we will be living out of a cooler for a little longer after our vacation.  Hopefully, Scott will make some progress on the fridge tomorrow.

It was a great time.  We didn’t stick to all of our plans, but that is the beauty of being flexible on a vacation.  Thanks again to our friends for their hospitality.