We Went to Michigan...

and we didn't take any pictures while we were there! We drove and that was fun. We put the camper shell on the back of our truck and Todd made a platform to put our guest queen bed on and we stored all of our stuff underneath it and we slept on it at night and Todd slept back there while I drove sometimes too. We both took our shotguns and slept with them right next to us. (Last year in Cedar there was an incident in our Walmart parking lot and the shotgun won so we figured it was a good idea!) The whole thing was really quite the experience. Savannah did so well and we stopped at rest areas and ate the food we brought in our cooler, played on blankets and visited and it was such a great trip.

A few fun facts: Top speed was 121 mph, Low speed 30 mph on the freeway! Best Tank was 19.82 mpg. Most expensive gas was $4.29/gal and we paid that 4 times! Cheapest gas was $3.90/gal and that was in our own hometown of Cedar City, Utah. (We liked that actually!) Total miles traveled 3768 taking 3 days to get there and 2 days to get home. Our total trip was 9 days and including food was cheaper than it would have been had we flown! (Remember we didn't get a hotel room!) We think there is a good chance we will drive out there for years to come. It was very fun! Our favorite state out of Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan was Iowa with western Colorado and eastern Utah close seconds only because we are more familiar with them.

They are actually pretty fantastic!

We experienced a real live mid-western hail storm with 1/4" hailstones. It was so loud slamming against our truck going 35 mph we thought it would be dented for sure and Savannah slept through the whole thing, well we think she did as we couldn't hear her! The best part about that stretch of road was it was one of the few times I was driving and we were both pretty scared about that! Out of all the vehicles on the road we were the only ones stupid enough not to pull off! We were the only ones coming or going for miles. It all turned out fine though!

We saw 2 vipers and neither one wanted to race! (sissys) We experienced our first Toll road and Todd completely missed it. Meaning he went through the I-Pass lane because the other lanes were all stopping and he didn't want to stop! I had to explain what happened to him and why we should have stopped and had to go online and pay our toll!

Todd only let Savannah drive once, but she really loved it! She thinks she is going to be a natural! I couldn't believe how it seriously looked like she posed for this pic!

Michigan was too stinking fun to take pictures! We went to a ball game, made homemade jam, ripped down a fence and built a new fence, played on the lake, had excellent food(as always) and Robb and Todd dominated "Fantastic Contraption" (for more info google fantastic contraption. Warning: be prepared to loose track of half your day!) It was excellent to visit Todd's brother, Robb and his wife Amanda and their little family. They just had a new baby and it was so fun for Savannah to get to see her cousins. They are pretty close in age and Amanda got some really cute pics of them holding hands! We love our annual Michigan and the chance to see and visit them.