On Our Way Home

We definately weren't ready for our vacation time to be over just like that. So we made our trip home just as exciting as our trip TO Maine. 

 

Sunday

We traveled a little over 700 miles to get to Kirtland, Ohio. We got there pretty late so we got to our hotel room and called it a night. The next morning we headed to the LDS visitor's center for Kirtland. There we saw so many places that we both had only just read about in church history.

 

Like...

 

The Whitney store where Newl K Whitney prayed for Joseph Smith to come. In this store there is also the..

The room where Joseph and Emma slept in. This is also the birthplace of one or some of their children.

 

 

And the School of the Prophets. This was a way special room to be in.

 

We also saw the original facsimiles from the Book of Abraham and the original  document that Joseph Smith wrote the Word of Wisdom on.

 

 

 

 

And the Kirtland Temple. We wanted to go in so badly but The Community of Christ Church closes it on Mondays... poopy

 

Then we drove to Chicago and decided we were going to be spontaneous and find a place to get some good Chicago pizza. So with the help from "Big Daddy and Mamma V" one of Judd's mission families. We found the perfect place. Giordano's!

 

 

 



Driving around in Chicago was an interesting experience for us. Of course we got to Chicago at rush hour and I was very grateful I wasn't driving. The view was cool though.

 

Funny story about our pizza adventure. So we were just following our trusty GPS to get us to the restaurant and as we were getting deeper into the more populated areas I think we just felt stressed about finding a place to park. There weren't any open spots on the street so we turned the corner and saw a parking garage. We said "What the hay" and went in thinking it couldn't be more than a few bucks. We pulled up to grab a ticket and saw

$19.00- Under one Hour

$24.00- 1-2 Hours

Judd's eyes about popped out of their sockets. Right then a Maserati pulls out of the parking lot.  By the time we registered what was going on there were cars behind us waiting so our only choice was to continue on. We find a spot and try to rush so that MAYBE we can save $5 and be under an hour. We get to the restaurant and are told its a 45-55 minute wait for our pizza after we order it. ha ha so much for that idea. When the pizza came all my worries of money went away. It was amazing! Every last bite!

 

We later found out that we parked in the parking lot for Luxury Apartment Complex Rent there is about $7,000 a month.  No wonder we saw a Maserati!

 

Before leaving Chicago I had to stop at a Bulgarian grocery store to get some things that I had been missing.

 

We finished our days trip in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Which is a WHOLE OTHER STORY!

 

 

We got into town pretty late. I was driving and getting sick of being in the car. I just wanted to find our hotel and go to sleep. But as we get into town all we can see is water parks, roller coasters, bright lights, and replicas of the Colosseum, The White House and dinosaurs, lots of them. We kept saying "Where the heck are we!!" We felt like we were in a mini Vegas. During the rest of our trip there we were planning on what we will do there for  our future family vacations.

 

I searched online for some pictures to share but there are too many good ones. You just have to Google Wisconsin Dells!

 

Yeah I know... you want to go with us huh??

 

The next day TUESDAY!

 

We drove around the town one last time. And then headed on home. By then we were both ready to call our road trip completed!

 

On our way home we went through

 

and ended up right back in good ol'

 







 



 

I never thought I would be so happy to see that sign. It goes to show, Home really is where your HEART is!

 

I'm so happy Judd and I were able to go on this trip. I knew that it would be the last time we could while it's just us two.

 

Thank you to the Millers for letting us crash at your place, to the Hursts for a wonderful week and to my lovely husband for being the best companion a girl could ask for!