Five years ago we drove to Minneapolis for vacation with just two kids in the back seat, Elizabeth, 5-1/2, and Robert, 1. At the end of that trip I turned to Cate and said, "the next time we drive to Minneapolis, it's going to be one way."
And this was it: No return trip coming.
Cellphone camera leaves a lot to be desired, so here's my pathetic attempt at documenting the journey.
Our preferred way to leave Virginia is over the Point of Rocks bridge on U.S. 15. The sign as you depart, however, is fairly understated.
Maryland is a little more glad to see you.
I only wish we could have gone 55 mph on I-70 when we entered Pennsylvania.
This was the view for much of the next two hours, however -- the back of Cate's car or one of a bunch of others. Turned out that after 70 was reduced to one lane, there was an accident, blocking traffic entirely and backing us up more than six miles. We were going 14 minutes per mile for a while.
I am almost always driving the Pennsylvania Turnpike at night. During the daytime it's almost pretty in spots.
We also entered and left West Virginia and entered Ohio, but that was after dark.
Actual PODS containers being moved! Not ours, however.
Yay, Indiana. The halfway point was here somewhere.
Some time after Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! faded out, we escaped Hoosierland. 
We passed a pair of vintage cars in Illinois. Or maybe Indiana. Or Iowa. No, definitely Illinois.
Took us a long time to get through Illinois. We stopped for lunch and then had some panicky moments where gas stations were few and far between.
Final destination. Or final border stop anyway. After a bathroom break and a hail storm we finally got to Minneapolis, after 11 p.m. Not much of a sign on U.S. 52 after crossing the border into Minnesota.
2 comments:
For using the phone...you did a nice job with the pictures. I bet knowing there was no return trip involved made the long trip (without much sleep before hand) a little easier to handle. :-)
sounds like an interesting trip!
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