Day One - Barstow

Tuesday, June 19th – Day One - We got off a little earlier than planned at around 10:30 and said Goodbye to the town where we began our little family. Maybe a little nostalgic but not too sad to be leaving – just excited to get going. Not 30 minutes into the trip we had already used 10 wipes on Lucas and Sammie had asked – no kidding – at least twice – are we in Michigan yet? Yikes! A lot of juggling but we arrived in Barstow in about 7 hours with a couple of stops. It was about 105 here today. Sammie and Lucas were good kids for most of the trip – but as we crossed the Mojave (no gas stations for miles) with maybe 30 minutes within our destination we hear the dreaded “I have to go potty.” So Sammie crossed her legs and we jetted on into Barstow. As we checked in Sammie continued to bounce while at the same time telling the clerk our life story. Anyways no accidents – and the pool was next with a couple of beers for daddy. We ended up eating at a strange diner called Peggy Sue's that was a relic of Old route 66 – food wasn’t great but we loved the décor. What we learned on day one: unpacking and packing the car over and over again is going to be unpleasant. Before this is over I AM going to be Chevy Chase in Vacation. Barstow is not a place we would recommend anyone settling down in.