Day 17: Final day of The Great American Road Trip

You know how the saying goes, All good things must come to an end.  Today was our final day and we started it off with a trip up the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.  If you have never done this you should know you get to the top in a tiny circle shaped car that has 5 seats and 6 if you have a child on a lap.  The door is about 2 feet by 4 feet and you will bump your head.  Talk about close quarters!  Good thing we are all still friends!

It was pretty much straight driving from there.  The boys have been absolutely amazing on this trip and enjoyed watching a final movie on the road while Mommy took a nap.  I sat in between the boys in the way back of the van for the entire trip and I am so glad that I did.  I will have memories of funny faces, silly games, and fun times to treasure forever.  

As we neared our final destination of Nana's house I asked some questions to each person and I thought you might enjoy some of their responses.

When asked what their favorite thing about the trip was:
A replied "Getting all the badges."
L replied "Spending time with my family"
N replied "Las Vegas"
J replied "Yellowstone because of the Elk fighting, geysers, buffalo- we got to see all kinds of crazy stuff"
Grandpa replied " Traveling with my grand kids and family and seeing Zion National Park"
Papa replied "Being with the whole family and having a great time, especially when my grandsons tried to drown me in the pool"
And for me the best thing has been being with the people that I love and seeing the many wonders that God has blessed us with in this country.  The activity that I most enjoyed was swimming in the waterfall with the boys!


All of us agreed that we will remember forever the fun that we had and all the wonderful things we saw with our family.  I am so thankful for the family that the Lord has blessed me with and the safe travels He provided for us.  My boys has such amazing men in their lives to teach them how to be men of character that is truly my best memory and biggest blessing. 

17 days + 15 States + 5,201.6 Miles Traveled + 114 hours and 4 minutes in the car = The Trip of a Lifetime

Thanks for joining us for our journey their will be many more to come!