A few things went wrong - but overall we had so much fun!

- I took some fun new activities and "prizes" for the kids, but they still had a really hard time getting used to sharing the back seat. Being in such close proximity, really wore on both their nerves. Next time I need to be even more prepared to keep them busy/entice them NOT to argue/discipline when they do.
- In our mind there are 3 levels of places to stay. (I'll go into that in a future post.) Last time we were at the stripped down level. That worked, but was tiring. We decided, with the baby, we would step it up a level this time. I think we have made the decision to step it up even more next time. On our down days and rainy days, we really could have used a pool. Most places we stayed did NOT have a pool.
- Take an extra bin!!!! We acquired a lot of stuff. Some we bought, some were gifts. We let them float around for a few days, but it was TOO much. We had to stop at a Walmart and buy a couple bins to organize. We have TONS of bins sitting in our garage, but because we weren't prepared, we came home with a couple new ones!

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- Don't go overboard on car snacks. We tried to stop about every 2 hours for the baby. That is about all she could handle happily before she wanted to get out and move around. We were never in the car over a meal - so why did we need to bring a bunch of snacks??? Next time I won't.
- By the time you've driven 1500 Miles, you might want to check your oil. One minute our light popped on, and the next minute the van was shaking! LUCKILY, we were RIGHT across the street from a Walgreens! Whew! Someone was looking out for us!
- Take an atlas! I know it is totally old school. Jimmy didn't think we would need a map of ANY kind. He has a fancy pants phone that has GPS. Well, we don't have UNLIMITED 4G. We have a limit. We never come close to hitting the limit. In our first day of the trip, we got an alert that we were within 10% of our limit. Other time, the internet or the app wouldn't work properly. Another Walmart run and we had an atlas. I am a GREAT map reader ;)
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