The plan was to leave the house at 7:00, then 7:30, 8:00.......It was somewhere between 8:00-8:30 when we finally pulled out of Lakeview. You know, getting everyone fed and in the car. Then there was the electric bill I couldn't find, but needed to pay before we left...
Packing for six people no matter what is a lot, but packing for six people for almost three weeks is a WHOLE LOT! Dan was sure our Honda Oddessey mini van was over the suggested weight limit as he shoved the last bag into the back end. We'll never make it with all this weight, he said." "Do we have to take all this food?" I am definitely an over packer when it comes to food. Our kids eat lots of snacks, and we have a couple that have blood sugar issues.
The first leg of the journey was pretty uneventful as left Arkansas and headed into Missouri. The only thing of interest that happened was that every time we hit a curve Dan would yell for everyone to, "Lean in!" so that the van didn't tip over because of it being top heavy. The kids would repeatedly say, "You're kidding, right, Dad?" I just leaned in to humor Dan.
Our first stop of the day was to see our dear friend, Bev and her sweet kiddos in Omaha, NE. We pulled in to Gene Leahy park where we were going to meet them. We visited the porta potty first thing, and Kade's take on this was that it was "very roomy." I guess if I had to leave a review on the park bathroom, "roomy" would be a good word for it. It was definitely the biggest porta potty I've ever been in! Besides only having a porta potty, this park is pretty neat. It's right in the middle of downtown Omaha, so you have huge buildings on both sides of this pretty little oasis. There's a river with lots of geese, a waterfall, great green grass, and the best part - slides. Not just any slides, but huge bumpy slides that hurl you down at high rates of speed. There are two of them, which makes it incredibly fun to race down. We had been in the car for about eight hours and this was the perfect spot for this kids to run off some energy. I even tried the slides a few times as Dan reminded me that we had a lot of trip left and not to hurt myself. I know I'm not as young as I used to be, but really.... The kids raced up and down those slides for almost an hour until we called them off to go walk down by the river. It was a great stop and lots of fun to catch up with our sweet friends.
That was all our excitement for day one. We ended the night by checking into the hotel in Sioux Falls, SD.
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