Sunday June 24, 2012

We got the boys to bed early (for them) at 8:30 and woke them up at 6:30 (late for us).  We got out the door and on the road at 7:07.  We stopped at BJ’s to fuel up the truck and then headed down I-95 to begin our Wild West adventure.  The boys searched the road for fancy cars and found a lime green Lotus Exige with black racing stripes near Stamford.  They were all enraptured and Dan was drooling on the seat.  We also saw two Ford Shelbys, two Triumphs, and a Jaguar.  At 9:07 we were on the far side of the Tappan Zee bridge.  The boys started a movie on the portable DVD player and we continued onto I-80 and through the Delaware River Gap.  We stopped for lunch in Pennsylvania at McDonalds.  After lunch, we listened to some of “Brian’s Winter” and then the boys watched another movie.  Alex is banned from eating at Mickey D's for the rest of the trip as he is now wanted in three states for gaseous emission violations!  Dave and I have been changing drivers every two to three hours.  We pushed to get to the other side of Cleveland before stopping for the night as we don't want to fight rush hour traffic in the morning.   We stopped at a Best Western in Elyria, Ohio.  The only restaurant within walking distance was an Arby's so that became dinner.  We came back and Theo and Dan opted to go to the pool (Alex wanted to stay in the room to watch 60 Minutes with Dave), but they didn't stay long as the pool water was very COLD!  The boys are going to write in their journals and then I will read to them for a bit before bed.  They were all very good in the truck and we hope they can have another good day tomorrow as it will be another long day of driving.  Alex's best part of the day was "arriving at the hotel after driving all day".  Dan said "the Lotus was awesome because it was only the second one I have ever seen".  Theo said "getting this far in the USA - we drove over 600 miles!"