Uncovering the Worlds Largest Covered Wagon

Tuesday (yesterday) morning we got up early and started driving. Then  we drove a little longer, then we drove some more - all the way to  Missouri! There were 4 inches of snow on the ground when we left  Kitchener, and it was still snowing. The weather continued to be miserable through much of Michigan, but as we got into Indiana and  Illinois it cleared up turned into a nice day. No offense to anyone  from Illinois, but that is one big flat state - at least the parts of  it we drove through. The only real highlight once we were past  Chicago was the world's largest covered wagon. It was pretty big -  and President Lincoln was driving. Awesome.

We drove across the Mississippi River into Missouri and through St. Louis last night as well, so we stopped to see the Gateway Arch. That thing is huge - it's really cool. We didn't really explore the city at all though - it was around 10pm so most of the cool stuff would have been closed, so we just hit the road again and drove a little longer.

We stopped in Rolla, Missouri for the night around midnight EST. This morning we got up after about 8 hours of sleep, but since we're now in the Central Time Zone, it was only 7am. Hooray for an easy head start. I'm typing this now as Meghan takes a turn behind the wheel. We're currently heading west on I-44 about 100 miles from Tulsa Oklahoma.

We're trying to get to Texas tonight, so we can arrive at Carlsbad Caverns in good time tomorrow. We'll try to get this and the previous blog posts uploaded as soon as we get some free wireless internet.