Last week, just the day after we got back from Milwaukee, I was packing the car for the long trip. We were to leave Wednesday morning, so I had Tuesday afternoon/evening to tie up loose ends. After we got dinner cleaned up (6:30pm) Steve suggested to try and leave that night. I quickly dismissed his idea. There was no way we would be ready to leave on time.
An hour and a half later, I let Steve pull the trigger as to whether we would drive through the night or not. He decided we would go, so we spent the next hour and a half throwing things together and getting them in the car. It was mass chaos, but we were trying to leave as quickly as possible so we could get the kids asleep in the car. I have never been more discouraged with the way the house looked when we walked out the door; it was not pretty and Steve knew that was the consequence of leaving so quickly.
Steve and I took two/three hour shifts driving and then we'd sleep. Hunter and Hallie slept like champs and Bennett slept very little - but at least he was quiet. I took my turn just before 5 am and before too long I could see the midnight sky streaked with orange.


It is totally worth it! We just drove through the night to Calgary a few weeks ago and it was amazing! We are converted too.
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