Final day of travel and we've reached our destination in Columbus! We left Chicago at the crack of dawn for the 6 hour ride to Ohio and made great time. There must have been about 6 gazzilion tolls in the Chicago-land/Indiana area. There were tolls for o… more »

Sights to See: Madison, WI and Chicago! What a difference a day makes. Today's drives were short stints compared to yesterday's monster day so we had a good chance to sleep in and check out downtown Cedar Falls, Iowa before getting on the road. We headed… more »

Sights to See: Mt Rushmore and Driving through South Dakota, Minnesota with final arrival in Iowa. We got an early start on checking out Mt. Rushmore since it wasn't too far from where our hotel was. It was overcast and quite cloudy so we knew going in t… more »

Sights to See: Wyoming (BigHorn) & South Dakota (Deadwood) We slept in a little late since our guaranteed lil alarm clock didn't go off (Mateo). We had to head off the eastern portion of Yellowstone to exit out towards Wyoming as we continued east. I… more »

Sights to See: Grand Tetons, Lower/Upper Yellowstone, and Old Faithful  The weather forecast predicted thunderstorms all day, but as luck would have it we got in some beautiful sunlight and light clouds most the day. It made for great great pictures. We… more »

Sights to See: Glacier National Park, Helena Montana, and the drive thru Yellowstone We started a little late this morning but headed out for a snack breakfast and into Glacier National Park through the West entrance. The main pass through the park was s… more »

Off we go! Headed east across the interstate, traffic was very light but the cops (better known as the Po-Po) were heavy. We made good time trekking over the Cascades after taking one last picture on the outskirts of Seattle.  We crossed the Columbia Ri… more »

Thursday was our last full day in Seattle and we had lots to do with closing out the house, final cleaning, and fix-up jobs to get done. It was busy as usual but we made some special time to spend a little afternoon lunch picnic with Cristian to say our… more »

So finally the movers arrived for two days of non-stop packing, crating, boxing and wrapping everything in between to prepare our household goods for shipment. The week has been hectic with getting everthing ready for the baby, the trip, the dogs, the ho… more »