Setting A Record

It has been 2 1/2 years since we took a family vacation, 3 years since Caleb, Elton, and I were up to Canada, and 4 years since Dan was to Canada to visit my family. Therefore it was time for a trip which combined a vacation and coming to Canada to see family and friends. Also, I might mention that Oliver had not yet met his Great Grandma Edgar who is 92! This meant that our family was about to embark on the longest road trip we had ever taken. So on Thursday, May 27th we set out. Our first day we left at 6:15am and drove over 800 miles (until 10pm) to get to our first destination, Rapid City, in South Dakota. Wow! I can't believe we drove it in one day and that was not our original plan. Travelling with 3 small children we thought it was much more realistic to plan frequent stops. Those frequent stops turned out to be quick trips to the bathroom, a 45 minute lunch break at McDonalds, and a one hour break for dinner. It was at about 4pm that Dan decided with the time estimation of our GPS that we should go all the way to Rapid City as this would mean more time there for site seeing and less unpacking the van and packing back up again. While the boys were completely exhausted when we arrived, I totally agree with Dan that the extra time to spend there was worth it. Dan drove the whole distance that day! Are you ready to see some posts with pictures of the great things we got to do?