First stop

We have traveled approximately 420 miles today...from Pentwater to Joliet (to pick up my Girl Scout co-leader and friend, Chris, who volunteered to make this drive with me as another adult) to Yorkville (to pick up three packages UPS left on our doorstep and check on the lawn mowing...just kidding, Moment boys) to Madison, Wisconsin. We barely got the doors shut on the car it is packed so full. We momentarily considered agreeing to strap whichever kid started fussing onto the roof so we would have extra room, but decided that we didn't want police to slow our northward progress by putting us in jail. Our hotel tonight is fabulous...spacious rooms and well cared for. After going to dinner with an old high school friend and his family (great to visit!!!), we went back to the hotel for some hot-tub and pool time. Now the kids are playing games in the other room with Chris before we settle them down for the night. Tomorrow is just a day of driving...no particular sights to see...just trying to make it across Minnesota to South Dakota before stopping for the night.