We left home bright and early yesterday morning for our trip east.
First stop: Tucson Temple Open House. Yesterday was the first day of the open house and we were on the very first public tour. (Me had snagged the reservations as soon as they were available.) It is a pretty temple, with lots of desert landscaping and beautiful artwork.
The bus ride to the temple.
Sarah and Matthew rode in the very back.
Pretty temple!
With Christus statue.
With picture of temple.
Outside with the temple.
We then continued on our way, passing through New Mexico into Texas. The kids did pretty well. We purchased them a license plate activity, which they have really enjoyed doing. We also got a US Atlas for kids, which has been fascinating! (For example, we have learned that you cannot eat roadkill in Tennessee; however, you can in West Virginia.) A heavy rainstorm at night convinced us it was time to stop for the night. We stayed in Odessa, Texas.
Texas.
Our hotel had Texas shaped waffles! Pretty cool!
This morning after breakfast, we headed towards Fort Worth. Matthew had woken up with a fever and had been coughing in the night and we thought we might go to a pediatric urgent care clinic there. However, he was doing much better by the time we got there so we continued on our way. We drove through some really heavy rain a bit east of Dallas. We learned that hazards lights are helpful for such situations to help other cars see your car. We ate dinner in Shreveport, Louisiana (state 41 for Me!) at a yummy Southern eatery before heading up into Arkansas (state 42 for Me!). We are staying in Texarkana, Texas tonight (city is half in Texas and half in Arkansas, hence the name). When we got to the hotel, U and the girls loaded up a luggage cart and headed into the hotel. Matthew and Me drove around the hotel and saw license plates from 10 states Matthew did not yet have in his sticker book!
I love all the green we are seeing! I feel like Dallas/Ft Worth was mostly trees; the only way I could tell we were still in a larger city is the number of lanes on the interstate!
Louisiana. Love the French.
Arkansas.
Yummy dinner! U and Me both got delicious fish while the kids got cheeseburgers.
