Our Trip

Our 3 1/2 day trip to Cleveland went smoother than I had anticipated it would. We left pretty close to the time we wanted on the 11th, and drove all day long, stopping in Sidney, Nebraska, which was about 100 miles short of what we wanted to achieve. We were all ready to stop though, and the kids got to swim at the hotel so it was worth it. Day 2, Tuesday, we started SUPER early to make up for the time we didn't drive the previous day and made pretty good time arriving in Clinton, Iowa about 10:30. We had the chance to stay with Andrew's great Aunt Marilyn. It was fun to spend some time with her and the kids had a blast sleeping at her house. Once again started pretty early on Wednesday. But once again didn't make it as far as we wanted because of 2 things....I just HAD to stop for pizza at Giordanos in Illinois, and because of the 2 hour traffic jam we got caught in on the south part of Chicago. So Wednesday night we ended up getting to a hotel in Toledo at about 1:30 am. Left early Thursday morning and drove to our new home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. We arrived here at about 10:30. We were so glad to be here. Some pictures that highlight some fun times on our drive...................

At a park somewhere in Iowa


Eagle Point Park in Clinton, Iowa. Grandma had been talking about this place for months!!! :)