on the inside

8 hours of driving today... and my butt is sore! we drove through the rest of iowa, all of illinois, and then some of indiana. crazy!!! not much went on today, but there are some pics that i am excited to show...

so, a few of these pics are kind of inside stuff... so if you don't get it, i'm sorry... but there is purpose to these pics.... this first one that says "kickapoo"... i absolutely loved this one... for those of you who are wilderness challengers and went on the jtree trips... i am sure you remember the street named kickapoo that's is there right in jtree. well, i only got a pic of this sign (for the street, and it's seperate from edwards, it's not all one street), but there is also kickapoo creek, and kickapoo state park!!! (by the way this is in illinois). so, i am guessing that the street in jtree is named after this state park... pretty hilarious!

okay... Peoria!!! this is from one of my lines in the senior play ("so does the park in Peoria, IL...")... turns out we'd be driving by peoria, so we actually made a pit stop and had lunch there!!! we could find an actual park, but i found this sign that said peoria park... hilarious! so that's it for toady... we are now three hours ahead of california. tomorrow, we will have completed this long journey and made it to grand rapids, MI. i am SO excited... quite honestly, while going through all these states and cities, and even some of the towns, it has just made me more excited to show my family and jenny the cool towns in michigan (i am especially excited for holland). however, i have been missing the national parks... those were incredible. i am glad to be done driving after tomorrow... the exploring has been great, the open road has been awesome, but i can't wait to start doing stuff outside of a car... like walking, running, biking, unicycling... something getting my heart going and not causing my rear end to fall asleep since it has been sitting in the car and driving for so long.

nonetheless, road trips are awesome!!!

talk to yall tomorrow once i am in michigan!