Day 14

This was a four state day! Despite all the odds we made it all the way to Marion, Ohio. A nine hour drive and well past our goal of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

There really isn't a lot to show for all that travel. 

Things have degenerated so much that we have taken a shift approach to the backseat:

Heath's turn:

Mike's turn, is he about to cry?

I was back there too but no one dared capture it on camera.

Despite the hardship, we hit some major milestones today:

We crossed from Wisconsin to Illiinois:

Then to Indiana: Where we entered the eastern time zone about a third of the way across the state!

And finally into Ohio:

We also hit the 3,000 mile mark for the trip:

We started our day with a lot of this:

And ended with a lot of this:

So that's basically six states where I have very little to show but photos of corn fields. Just in case you were wondering why we have high fructose corn syrup in everything. 

We ate two of three meals in the car again. It's disgusting. I can't even think about it, let alone post photographic evidence.

But when this is all you see for hours on end you just want to power on through.

We made the decision around 5pm that we had enough Mad Libs and Roald Dahl stories to get us through another 3 hours to go all the way to Ohio. That way we would not have to drive tomorrow and could spend the whole day with my grandmother and stay in the same hotel for two nights. I think we are happy with this decision. I'll let you know tomorrow.

What I have found truly amazing is the relationship between the length of the drive and how often the kids have to pee. This is not a direct relationship, it is exponential. If we have a 4 hour drive they have to pee every 90 mins but on a 9 hour trip it is literally every 20 mins. I have tried a car rule that everyone must go to the bathroom at our planned stops and today I even put a moratorium on liquids for the last two hours but it does no good.

If anyone has a good solution to this issue that does not involve diapers (which was mulled very seriously today) I would be willing to hear it.

We spend tomorrow with my grandmother and then will drive the rest of the way back to New York on Thursday. To say we are ready to be home is a gross understatement.