OHIO OR BUST.....

the morning drive started about 1 1/2 hours late because our trailer for the Murano was messed up but we got on the road and snapped a few pics along the way....

first we headed through Wyoming-

this was a monument in wyoming (almost to nebraska)...

then we headed into nebraska, that state is ENTIRELY too long-

nebraska had TONS of fields and CORN- that night be stayed in lincoln, NE

next on to iowa

capitol building in des moines coming up on the mississippi river



the bridge over the river

continuing on to illinois


the mississippi river on the illinois side- it STUNK so BAD!
this was a rough night so the picture was very fitting. we even got a flat tire on the truck- we stayed in Valparaiso, IN


nate and the truck

me and the truck-you can see my belly has grown :)FINALLY OHIO- there is such a place.... i was starting to wonder!

what we thought would be a 25 hour drive ended up being much, much longer! the first day as we headed up parleys and some passes through wyoming, we were going 22 MPH and getting about 5 MPG!!! it definately was a rough day. wednesday we actually got the truck up to 73 mph and doubled our MPG to 10-- IT WAS A GREAT DAY! before this trek out to cleveland i had never driven east of evanston. i passed that by several hundred miles! when we got to cleveland we were a little overwhelmed to say the least! we are getting use to things here but definitely prefer the west. i feel a little claustrophobic here but that is dissipating in time.

most of our stuff faired pretty well- a small rip in my new couch :( a broken leg on a table, one picture frame with broken glass, and our Murano kinda got beat up with everything we tried to pack in there! next time we are leaving the car empty. but we are alive and well and the baby is growing. 17 weeks now!!!! hopefully this weekend the house will be put together enough to post some pictures if it!!! there are SOO many boxes a SOO little storage in these houses. our house was built in the 1920's. we are slowly learning some of the fun (and not so fun) quirks about old houses but mainly they are a little difficult- lots of character though!