The First Day of Our Trip

We are here in Indianapolis. When we opened the car doors we were welcomed by a huge jet flying right overhead - we are near the airport! Kind of like the park on 176, I think it is(Barb you know where I am talking about), where you can pull over and watch the airplanes come in. The boys thought it was way cool.

After bringing everything up to our room(The Travelocity surprise hotel is nice), the boys had fun in the pool.
Here is Dempsey:

And not to be outdone, here is Palmer:

As I was driving through WV, PA, WV(again check route 70!), OH, and IN, I realize that although we are driving across the country, there is some much more to see and experience. For instance, anybody know why there is a bridge in Dayton that looks like an air show is going on, on the bridge support pillars(Christine - what is Dayton famous for? Hint Kitty Hawk)? It was really cool but why is it there? We didn't get a picture of it, but we did snap these -

Sorry for the sideways, I'll have to remind Dempsey not to do that. For some reason he loves the sideways pic.'s. This is part of Columbus. Not too big really.

This is flat Ohio, which if you keep going, turns into flat Indiana. The land reminds me of the eastern shore, but the farms are bigger.

And lastly, this is Indianapolis. Lots of car time today. According to Palmer, we collected 26 states for the license plate game. The good thing is that on the first go 'round trying to name all the states, we only missed one. But Grandma will have our hides when she finds out we forgot MI!! :)

And, if you ever come this way, just so you know, rest areas in Ohio are next to non-existant. But West Virginia(the first time through) had a nice place to stop and walk around, rest, and run.

Meet us in St. Louis!