Project Life 2015: Road Trip Day 7

The last day... well, sort of.

We had one more day after this, but it was just spent driving, and since it was a Sunday, I just incorporated it into my week 32.  On this day, we could have just headed towards home, but, in true road trip fashion, we decided to see what we could fit in along our route.  Gettysburg wasn't too far off of our path, so that's where we decided to go.  It worked out really well.  Clara was beginning to go downhill again, so we bought the audio tour CD from the gift shop and did the driving tour.  She was able to stretch out in the back seat and relax, but still be a part of it all.

My book 2 for the year arrived yesterday, so I actually got to hold these printed pages!  Sooooo exciting!

For supplies, I used Amber LaBau's Counting the Days cards, elements from Storyteller Dakota and some from Storyteller Kenner.

Project Life 2015: Road Trip Days 4-6

 On day 4, we left Canada and made our way to Batavia, NY to see family.  Along the way, we stopped at Letchworth State Park. It is an amazingly beautiful park and the photos I took don't do it justice...

This was the night that Clara went downhill.  She had complained of a headache all day, but we didn't think much about it.  Then, when we got back to the hotel, I decided to feel her forehead.  She was burning up.  So my mom and I made a run to Target for meds and a thermometer.  She had a fever of 102.7!!

I only have the one photo from day 5, because that day was spent trying to find an urgent care.  I normally don't immediate rush my kids to the doctor when they run a fever, but since we were traveling, I wanted her looked at sooner rather than later.  We got to the first urgent care right when it opened at 9, but were told that we'd have to come back since the doctor didn't get in until noon (is it just me, or are they missing the point of being an urgent care facility?).  The next one that was recommended, opened at 11, so we went there next.  We were told it was just a virus and that it would run it's course in a day or two, so we got in the car and headed to PA.

We gave Clara the option of heading towards home or continuing on the trip.  She was adamant about powering on.  She was sure she would feel better quickly.  So, right or wrong, we kept going.  It was really deceiving, as when she was taking the medicine, she felt really good and seemed normal.  On day 6 we hit Hershey's Chocolate World, Kitchen Kettle Village and took a buggy ride through the Amish Country.

For supplies, I used Amber LaBau's Counting the Days cards, elements from Storyteller Dakota and some from Storyteller Kenner.

Project Life 2015: Road Trip Days 2 & 3

 I'm going to start lumping some days together as not to drag this out too long.

On day 2, we had our first day on the road as our new group.  Jeff had left to go back to Chicago, so now it was me, the kids and my parents traveling together on our way to Niagara Falls...

We made a couple of stops along the way.  First we stopped at the Anchor Bar to try the original Buffalo Wings.  The next stop was the Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum.  This was big on my list.  In high school I got the chance to buy a carrousel horse.  It's a 1917 Herschell Spillman hand carved traveling carrousel horse and it is currently living, unrestored, in my parents' basement.  It was so cool to stand in the workshop where that horse was probably carved!

After the stops, it was on to Niagara Falls!






































Day three was spent on a sightseeing tour.  We saw a LOT that day!  And we got to try TimBits for the first time... we're big fans now!

As for supplies, I used Amber LaBau's Counting the Days cards, elements from Storyteller Dakota and some from Storyteller Kenner.

Project Life 2015: Road Trip Day 1

I took a bit of a blogging break again.  This time because I thought I was going to do something to add to this series of posts.

See, last year I did a travel journal while on the road and I posted those pages in conjunction with my PL pages on my blog.  This year, I didn't end up working on my travel journal on the road.  Who knows why... maybe it was burn out from already having been "on the road" for four days before we started the road trip portion, maybe it was because Clara ended up getting really sick during our trip, maybe it was because we were out later at night and just wanted to go to bed vs. work on our journals... regardless, it didn't get finished (or even started for that matter).  I did collect stuff along the way for a travel journal though and I thought I had everything in one place.  So, when it came time to post these pages, I thought I would throw together my journal real quick so I could post it at the same time (plus I'm working on my trip album and could use the info for reference).  Well, I found most of the stuff, but not all.  I'm sure I bought postcards at most places to add to my journal, but I'm not sure where they are (or, to be honest, if I even actually bought them).  So, in order to keep the posting momentum going, I'm going to put that project aside for the moment.

So here is day one at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

I used Amber LaBau's Counting the Days cards, elements from Storyteller Dakota and some from Storyteller Kenner.

Project Life 2015: Road Trip Title Page

With my one page spread from the last post, I needed another one page spread for the facing page.  Even though we had been "on the road", so to speak, since Thursday, Sunday was the official start to the road trip with my mom and dad.  I decided to separate out this portion with a title page.  Plus, after I laid out the photos I wanted to use for these summary pages, I ended up with an even number.  So I definitely needed this extra page.

Here is my title page with a little tease of what's to come...

(Storyteller Kenner again)