Saturday Recap

Steph's note: This was collectively written in the car, late at night when we were very tired... We are a little behind but trying to catch up. We are actually at Denny's right now, for the second time in one day. Yikes. But Denny's has internet, and the Wigwam Motel does not!

The moment you’ve all been waiting for…day one play by play

In the spirit of vacation, I’m going to make this easy and give it to you in bullet points.

· We made it from Indy to L.A. safe and sound, but have decided that Kansas City’s airport (where we had a connecting flight) is on our bad list. In fact, Meg gave it a “D.” We ended up going through security twice. Whatever.
· In L.A. we became the proud temporary owners of a blue minivan. It’s pretty tricked out. Monica, our safety conscious car rental salesperson talked us into the best possible coverage and we are set and good to go. Jordan says this thing can turn on a dime, so that’s something for the pro column. Just in case we have to make a u-turn now and again.
· Once safely out of the parking lot, we headed to In and Out (yum) and to the Santa Monica Pier where we played in the ocean a bit, rode a Ferris wheel, and generally acted like kids. So much fun.
· I have to add here that we did a LOT of walking. Just saying.
· From there we naively jumped in the car, thinking we’d head over to Arizona with no problem. Here’s the thing, though. Route 66 does not exist anymore. So we had this hand map that gave some pretty amazing directions. Here’s a sample “under the first RR tressle, make a left and follow the road until you see a “S” curve, take the curve and go right at the next light.” Yeah. I’m not kidding. The map is a real trip. But, our first navigation teams rocked it.

Some things we learned today:
o Bring an updated road map on your trip.
o Car snacks are necessary.
o The HOLLYWOOD sign is not as big as some of us expected.
o In and Out loves Jesus…or at least they put Bible verses on their wrapping for the burgers. Who knew?

Tomorrow, it’s onward and upward…or rather downward, as we are headed to the Grand Canyon!