A few observations about our departure day:
1. At first, I was scared and frightened to think of the night time temps in the Rocky Mountains and Grand Canyon. It's supposed to get down to 40 degrees several nights. However, after packing the car in 96 degree temps, we're quite looking forward to the cool air.
2. When you are counting on the laptop to be your one and only DVD player for your journey, you should probably check to see that the new system upgrade you did a few weeks ago contains an app for playing DVDs. Otherwise, you can't play DVDs. Lesson learned as we rely upon our dinky verizon wifi hotspot to install a media player on the laptop. We hope we will be able to watch a DVD sometime before we get to Arizona.
3. Yes, a trip to buy a nice car top carrier at REI on the day you are leaving is an excellent investment. Especially if NOT buying one means possibly leaving one of your children at home to make room for all your stuff. So, yes. Go buy one on the way home from work, hubs.
4. I'm grateful for my husband's vision and excitement for this trip. Before we left, he had all the children get out of the car and we circled up in the driveway for a word of prayer.
5. Speaking of my husband....I just asked Michael if he had anything to add to this list. His reply? "I'm just glad we don't have a 4th child."
6. For our first night on the road, we are driving all night. I have eye masks, Benadryl, and ear plugs for everyone. (Well, except the driver!). Will wanted to "practice sleeping" as soon as we got in the car: 
7. Made it into our first state! 1 down, 12 to go. More from the road later! 
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