July 2nd

7am leave our house and dog in the care of Brady and Kelsey.

We asked Shannon to come on the trip with us and she agreed! The DAYS of driving would deter most people but Shanny was up for the challenge. She was our super helper/nanny and our fun/entertainer. We loved having her along on our vacation.

11:22 am  First stop Rawlins WY. After the first stop we let them use electronics… 40 minutes later we are back on the I-80.

5pm  We pull in to North Platte, NE.  5:40 leave w/ mcdonalds.

8:40 Lincoln, NE super 8. Really 9:40 local time. Check in to our hotel rooms and get some sleep.

Friday July 3rd we got up and ate donuts and were on the road again at 9am, except we forgot to gas up so we stopped again at 10am.

2:50 Dubuque iowa, 3:20 leave

3:30 entering Wisconsin

6:00 Brookfield WI Kopps. We made it to our first destination!! We ate yummy burgers, ordered too many fries and topped it all off with Custard 🙂

Then we drove 30 minutes to Rick and Jen’s house in Mukwonago. We got to spend the evening with them: we visited and did a few fireworks and stayed the night. FYI – Mosquitoes there are always intense.