Day 5 - New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

 

 

We finally made it to Pennsylvania!! On our trip so far, we have driven 2,753 miles. Today we drove through Indiana, Ohio and into Pennsylvania. In Ohio, we saw some weird looking buildings that resemble teepees. We still do not know what they are used for but we are guessing that they are road maintenance buildings because we saw a lot of road construction equipment and signs around them. I also had my first Starbucks coffee today...yum yum! We drove all day on toll roads, through lots of construction areas, and through four long tunnels that had been carved through mountains. Pennsylvania is very beautiful with lots of trees, rolling hills and old farm buildings. We saw four deer today near Carlisle, PA. Tonight we are staying in New Cumberland, PA and heading to Harrisburg & Hershey, PA tomorrow. 

Day 4 - Portage, Indiana

 

Last night we stayed at a great hotel that served a delicious breakfast with homemade waffles. So we chose to sleep in then go to breakfast. We did not get on the road until 11am so we had to drive a long ways and make up time. The states we drove through were Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the southern tip of Illinois. We saw Sand Hill cranes in Wisconsin and ate some cheese then drove through the city of Chicago at night. In Illinois, we started on the toll roads. Let`s just say that we are not to fond of the toll roads. These roads makes us feel like we are in a foreign land. We probably went through at least ten toll booths tonight (each time we had to pay more money). We are staying the night in Portage, Indiana.    

Day 3 - Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Today we drove out of Montana through North Dakota. In Mandan, ND, we visited Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park. We saw an On-A-Slant Indian Village, Colonel George Armstrong Custer`s house and we climbed a small ladder to the roof of one of the fort`s buildings. After leaving Mandan, we headed to Bismarck, ND and toured the state`s capital building. In the main foyer of the building, they had chandeliers that resembled wheat stocks. Each chandelier weighed a thousand pounds. On our drive through North Dakota, we saw only a few hawks not a lot of wildlife. We are staying the night in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Day 2 - Miles City, Montana

Today we traveled through North Idaho and almost all the way through Montana. In Montana, we saw lots of wildlife. We saw moose by a creek in Deer Lodge, buffalo roaming at Bozeman, antelope eating alfalfa near White Sulphur Springs and deer near Big Timber. Nana didn`t feel very comfortable at the rest area with a rattlesnake warning sign but we did meet some nice Washingtonians from Seattle who are also headed to Pennsylvania. We stopped for the night at Miles City, Montana.

Day 1 - Kellogg, Idaho

 

Our first day on the road, we headed over Snoqualmie Pass through Eastern Washington and planned to stay at Coeur d Alene, Idaho. We arrived at the destination town about 9:30pm and there was no room in the inn or any inns. So we continued to drive on and stopped at Kellogg, Idaho which is a small mining town...a very small town. We stayed at an inn in Kellogg with cute pinecone twinkle lights. They also had free coffee in the morning (A+ in my book).

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Fall Fun!!

                                      Raking Leaves in the Front Yard

                                    Halloween Party at the Hickey`s House

                           Violet`s 2nd Birthday Party at the Anderberg House

Halloween Party at the Marshall YMCA site

Apple Harvest & Fresh Baked Apple Pies

Pumpkin Patch with Anderbergs

Reading Books & Staying Warm at the Library on Cool Autumn Days 

Carving Pumpkins with Evan

Halloween & Trick or Treatin` with the Hickeys