Driving, driving, and more driving

Today is Monday, and things were so hectic yesterday that we were unable to post an update.  We left Amarillo, TX at about 1:30pm.  We got a late start because we had a luggage casualty.  Let's just say there is a reason that women have "intuitions" about some things, and they should probably not be taken with a grain of salt :).  There was a rubbermaid tub that we stocked with extra things we would need once we got to Washington, mainly extra diapers, bibs, wipes, and cups for Kaylee.  It also had a few other things in it but I can't remember exactly what it was.  Well....on our way back to pick up Lilly after lunch, the tub popped off the top of the Xterra and busted all over I-40.  We pulled over and immediately determined there was no safe way to retrieve it.  Before we left town we stopped at Target to stock up again.  I can laugh about it now, only because we used Bunjee (sp?) cords to strap it down.  I didn't think it would hold and I wanted to get some ratchet tie-downs, and apparently I was right.  Oh well, live and learn. But I can say that I am now absolutely paranoid of the bag that is still on top holding our suitcases and Kaylee's stroller.  It's made to be strapped to the top of the car, and we followed the instructions exactly, but I'm still nervous.  I find myself watching the car shadow every second I can just to get a glimpse of the load. 

Due to our late start, we didn't get as far as we wanted to.  Originally we were shooting to spend the night in Colorado Springs, CO. We only made it to Trinidad, CO before Kaylee was done for the night.  Unfortunately for us...Trinidad is between two tourist towns so the hotel rates were ridiculous.  Only a select few hotels accepted pets though so we had to settle for a Best Western, which was more than what we wanted to spend.  We got a good night's sleep though and headed out today at 8:30am.  As I write this, we are entering Colorado Springs, CO.  We'll probably eat lunch in Denver if we get that far.

Our plan is to stop for the night in Sheridan, WY.  We've booked at hotel room at the Motel 6 there to hopefully save some cash.  Kaylee's doing good. She's totally entrigued by the fact that there is a DVD player in the car now.  That's pretty much all she wants to do though, lol.  She's having a bit of trouble sleeping at night though, so tonight she will probably be in bed with one of us. 

Jon plans on writing tonight, so for now I better go check on how much homework I have due this week...yikes!