Day 30

Today we went to our last capitol Des Moines,Iowa (#13). its now the end of our long, exiting, fun, exhausting, amazing, tiring, hilarious, awesome trip!!!!!

Pauls's Trip Favorites=

• National Civil Rights Museum
• Lake Itasca
• Leonards BBQ
• Swamp Tour
• staying at the Hibmas
• and being with my daughter

Abby's Trip Favorites=

• Cedar Point
• Leonards BBQ
• Swamp Tour
• Walking across Lake Itasca
• Hotels
• being with my dad

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Day 29

after we got off the boat at 2am, we drove to Gurnee,Chicago where we stayed the night. There was a six flags so of course we had to stay the whole day.

Day 28

We went to my grandma's house today for a visit it was great to see her. Later we went to a Whitecaps baseball game and got lots of free stuff. We also went on a Lake Michigan ferry and it was very windy so me and dad decided to go on the top of the boat and pretend we are flying but the captain to come up and told us kids to stop running and jumping around!!!

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Day 27

Today we also got into the park an hour early but it was a Saturday so of course it was crazy busy (about double the people). So we left when everybody else started coming. Then we went to Lansing (#12). My aunt Teri is the secretary of state of michigan, but she was in her grand rapids office that day. We continued to Grand Rapids where my aunt teri and uncle dan live so we stayed with them that night.

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Day 25

We left very early today so could try to get cedar point but on the way we stopped at Indianapolis (#10) and Columbus (#11). We also stopped in Columbus and went to a chocolate factory and got a tour. And we did finally make it to the ***** cedar point hotel where we got to get into the park the next day an hour early where we spent the whole day FUN!!!!

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Day 23

Today we went to church with the Hibma's and my dad saw an old high school friend in their church in Tennessee the one that happened to be the one their family goes to --weird!!!We also had to say goodbye to my mom and then we drove to Frankfort (#9) and Louisville. Also we went to a diner in Louisville in our good food book.Then tomorrow we spent the whole day at six flags.

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Day 14-22

For the past week or so we stayed at my aunt,uncle,and cousins house so i decided to put it into one post.

The first full day we were there we went to the play out in the country under a tent "A Midsummers Night" by Shakespeare a comedy it was hilarious i give it *****. The dunkin' donuts guy from the commercials "time to make the donuts" was one of the actors and was really funny. .

Of course, we visited Nashville (#8), the capitol of Tennessee.

The next day we went to the Loveless Cafe, a restaurant in our Goodfoods book and we Had to wait for an hour but it was worth it for their barbecue. Then we went to a replica of The Parthenon in Greece but this one was in Tennessee. then to end the day we went on a ghost tour where there was this crazy looking lady telling us very believable ghost storys *scary.

first we went to Merilees a breakfast place in our good roadfoods book we've been doing good on those.We also went to the carter house where the battle of Franklin took place it was very authentic.

And then of course Franklin has a big fourth of July celebration with booths and music. And my dad and uncle bought lots of fireworks and my dad went all out and bought the "whole nine yards" but we also went to fireworks at franklin high school it took us about 45 min. to get out of the parking lot afterwards but me,chrissy, and liz made some funny videos and got some good pics.

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Day 13

We started off today going back to six flags *again! Then we drove for 4 hours to get to my "kinfolk" in Tennessee!! We also went to the airport to pick up my Mommy!*yay.

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Day 12

Today we drove some more, and more, and more.First we went to Montgomery,Alabama
(#6). After that we went to the church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached. *Amen. We also went to Atlanta Georgia (#7) which was conveniently located right next to a six flags amusment park where not only did we ride some amazing rides. We also saw Aly&Aj in concert at the park!!!!!

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Day 11

Today we started at Baton Rouge,LA the tallest capitol in the nation!!! (#5) Then we went to Mothers Restaurant another good foods place from our book(it had the BEST roastbeef sandwhich in the south). Then we went on an awesome swamp tour we saw about 7 or 8 alligators and lots of birds and flowers that was one of my favorites on the trip.

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Day 10

Started off by going to the Vicksburg National Park. We got to see a cannon being fired. The person who was explaining about the cannon told us to plug our ears(
dad didnt). It was so loud it set of the car alarms.WOW!!!
Then we headed to Jackson,Mississippi Capitol (#4) to conclude our day.

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Day 9

today we spent most of our day is Arkansas. First we went to the Clinton Library which is one of the museums I actually enjoyed and then of course we had to take our side trip and visit the capitol, Little Rock (#3). Then we headed to Little Rock Central High School where if you don't know was one of the first schools to have integration..and it wasn't easy.

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Day 8

busy day!!we started of by seeing the elvis presley tour(got some awesome pics).After that we headed to the national civil right museum at the lorraine motel. martin luther king, jr. was assassinated on this spot in 1968. dad says they got the wrong guy.

Then we went to sun records (where elvis made his first records) for a photo stop!

After that was probably my favorite stop of the trip yet we went to leonards bar-B-Q. dad ordered the big leonard with cole slaw IN the sandwich. Our waiter was hilarious she said she knew we weren't from around here. we called it minnesooota and after i figured out for the first time i love BBQ ribs she brought her friend over and said "will y'all say it again?"-- minnesooota :-)

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Day 7

we actually had a kind of busy day today. we started by getting into six flags an hour early because we purchased season passes and got to ride our favorite ride seven times in a row.
Then we took a side trip to Jefferson City,Missouri (#2)(we are trying to see as many state capitols on our trip too)where we took some pictures and got to eat at one of the restaurants in our roadfoods book which tells us historic good food places in different states.
Then we headed down to arkansas and on the way dad got a little speeding ticket actually is was a big one but its ok. check out the pics.

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Day 6

today we just had a blast at six flags st. louis(our fav is the batman roller coaster)

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Day 5

D-R-I-V-I-N-G what does that spell driving ugghh today we actually took a 100 mile detour so that was fun but then after all this 300 miles of driving we got to the fun. we went to the top of the st. Louis arch and got some great pics and now we are staying in the town of Eureka,Missouri where we are going to six flags amusement park tomorrow yea!!!!

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Day 4

nothin but driving good laughs though right dad. he says "mmhh"
here's something to prove we did have fun but don't make fun.

Day 3

well all i can say today is....DRIVING!!!!!We also did visit our states great capitol (#1) but that's about it besides plying pool at a bar.(me and dad had some good laughs in the car though). we drove from Bemidji to red wind, MN.

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Day 2

today we were going to go on a boat ride but not enough people showed up but we still had to wait for 30 minutes. We also went up to the headwaters where we walked across the lake/river(slippery,i fell in).Then we went to the Judy Garland museum in Grand Rapids, MN (her birthplace).

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Day 1

wow!! the first day was very interesting we made it up to lake Itasca were we stayed the night in our very own log cabin with a fireplace and......beds.

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