Riding Shotgun Is All That

Oh boy do I love traveling in the passenger seat.  Handing out snacks, changing dvd's, paying bills, researching our next stops, playing on Facebook, singing with the kids...this is the way to travel.  

8/16/10

We left St. Louis and headed towards Arkansas.  When we pulled off the highway to eat dinner and we realized we had a blown out tire.  Nick is becoming a pro at this tire changing business, we had another blow out in Colorado in June.  While Nick changed the tire, I entertained children in rocking chairs and monster sized checkers outside Cracker Barrel.

Stopped for the night in a WalMart parking lot in Marshfield, MO, that was more like a truck stop then a parking lot, loud truck engines and trucks coming and going all night.  We were all tired, so it didn't really matter to us, more like white noise :) 

8/17/10

Made it to Arkansas, stopped for a picinc lunch outside the headquarters for Nick's job, while he had a meeting with the big guys. 

We were in need of some down time, so we headed to the Alma-Fort Smith KOA.  The customer service was yucky but the campground was beautiful, a huge pond, 30 or so ducks, a few ducklings, salt water pool, lots of trees and quiet, ahhh quiet. 

We have spent the last two months in an RV Park right next to a highway, so in the middle of nowhere quiet was glorious.  Nick & I even snuck outside for a bit after the kids went to bed to enjoy the quiet (& some ice cream).

Photos from Missouri & Arkansas ~ Heading West to Arizona here.
More photos will be added when I have enough service to actually upload a photo :)  For now we'll have to deal with DROID phone photos.