The American Road Trip

Here's our adventure mapped out!!

The kids and I left Newport today to begin a three week odyssey that will take us half way across the country and back again. Do day we left Newport and made our was to the Turtle Back Zoo in Wes Orange, NJ. Great drive, not one bathroom break in the 4hrs it took to get there, new record :) and no major traffic problems. We arrived at the the zoo with only an hour and a half left till closing but were able to get a good quick visit in. The highlight for the kids was the train ride through the forest.

snack break at the zoo

Lets get this duckie moving :)

Both kids were well behaved and great listeners today, hoping this continues and we keep having a blast. I didn't even have to pull any of my dollar store busy toys out. It was a short hop from the zoo to our final stop of the day in Madison, NJ. Staying at the home of family friends for the night while they are up in Newport. Kids ate great Jersey pizza and had fun with the buckets full of toys. After Wil went to be Emma and I began working on a cool journal kit I found for road travels with kids. We worked together to answer the questions and keep track of things on our trip. Will be fun to add pictures and keep as a memory for looking back on our adventures.

The one downer of the day was that Emma again got car sick, luckily we were already stopping and we got mostly out of the car. She is such a trooper, hoping this isn't a daily event, but if it is we are prepared!

Time for me to hit the hay, two long days ahead. I'm going to try and keep blogging daily as we drive, great way to decompress at the end of the day, thanks for reading :)