Sunday, October 17, 2010

The Move - Day 1 - Arch to Arch

Hello there faithful readers!  Look, it's magic. I came home from school on Wednesday and our house had changed to this.  Here is our house getting ready to be loaded onto the truck...

And here is our exit from Ohio as we began our journey to the Land of Enchantment (where we are sure the creepy Lucky Charms leprachaun lives). Notice that we had to travel through an arch to leave the state.

The sign as we crossed into Indiana undersold the amount of amazing opportunities that exist in this state as we soon found out through billboards.

You can buy an RV...


Or a candle....


Or even press your luck with the slots!
  
Midway through the state, we ran into our old friends the W's.  We enjoyed getting out of the car and running around.
  

We stopped here for dinner. Can you get seafood in southern Illinois?  You can but my dad says it isn't a good idea.  By the way the townspeople of Effingham truly believe it's the crossroads of opportunity.

Finally after a few more hours we approached our destination city and pit stop for this leg of the trip - St. Louis!  Our day had taken us from an arch to an ARCH!


Stay tuned for part II...

5 comments:

Heather said...

I honestly thought the Tom Raper under the bridge sign was the best on the trip from Cbus to Indy, but you found some real contenders. Great to see you guys - good luck on the rest of the trip!

Noelle said...

That is kind of cool, arch to arch. I'm glad you got to have lunch with Heather. They do make a pretty awesome pit stop. :)

Anonymous said...

Indiana - land of opportunity. Can't wait to see pictures of New Mexico. Be safe!
Love, Gram

Anonymous said...

Yay! Did they pack you? It looks so since it is so uniform and nicely stacked (not like you couldn't do that). But I sure hope so.
Love you guys!
~Rachel

Lauren in GA said...

It really is cool that you have gone from arch to arch.

You are awesome to document all of this. I am lousy at blogging to begin with...I know I would let the blogging suffer if I was moving cross country!