Charting the Course

After I dropped Elias off at camp this morning, Anna and I went to AAA to get some maps for our trip. Yes, Google Maps is an invaluable program, but sometimes you just need a physical map to spread out in front of you.

Anna was fascinated by the Texas Tour Book and "read" it all the way home, stopping only long enough to take off her shoes.



By the way, we have altered our road trip plans a bit. Or a lot. Instead of going all the way to Cincinnati, we're only going as far as southeastern Texas. After realizing how far away Cincinnati is, we decided to cut a few days off the trip by having the trailer delivered to a company in Texas that can put the hitch on the Canyonero, so we'll meet it there.

For the record, I did realize how far Cincinnati is from California. I've made the road trip to and from Ohio at least four times, but never with two little kids. Factoring in potty breaks, meals at tables (or at least not in car seats), playtime, decent bedtimes for all of us, plus the stuff we actually need to do, our whole trip was going to take two weeks. Not going to Ohio cuts out at least four days, by our calculations.