Drive, Drive, Eat, Drive, Drive, Eat, Drive, Drive, Eat,Drive, Get Lost, Drive, Arrive!

Revelation of the day: the Rocky Mountains were named because there are indeed A LOT of rocks on those mountains!

The title precisely summarizes our longest day of driving thus far on our journey to the East Coast.

We knew when we left at 10AM MDT that 6/27 would be a day when we would need to "power through" some miles across what we were told were the "flattest, boring-est part of the road trip." Still, no matter how much we knew, how much we psyched ourselves out, it was still a very, very, VERY long drive!

The landscape rapidly evolved from the textured topography of rolling hills and rapid rivers, to what seemed like a never-ending facade of amber stubs of grain. As if driving along a 500-mile backdrop from Universal Studios, I would at times shift my rear view mirror lower so that my line of vision would be upon my boys watching Tom & Jerry.

There is something to be said about watching a 6-year-old watch Tom & Jerry. Jonah would often break out in a cripy, hearty laugh that testify to just how awesome these simple cartoons of yester-year truly are! Compared to the present-day noise of Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Godparents, and a miriad of blah-blah-blah whiney cartoon characters randomly drifting in and out of our kids' TV time, Tom & Jerry brings laughter through the simple and absolutely insane concept of cat vs. mouse, cat gets decapitated, cat's body runs around the tree and connects to the head of cat and starts chasing mouse again! See? Simple & timeless!

(photo courtesy of Jonah Tang, bored child with camera)

In total, we logged over 12 hours of driving time, but Johnny did take me to a great dinner at Whiskey Creek along our route to celebrate my birthday. Micah bought me a Kansas magnet which I picked out to commemorate our day of driving.

Our day ended at our arriving at the Sheraton in Kansas City, Missouri, the clock read 2:30AM. We put our boys on the valet cart (the ones that the luggage service would use during 'regular' hours), along with minimal luggage, and headed to our room.