days 2 and 3

last night we didn't have internet connection, so i'll do my best to speed you up to where we are tonight. several of you wanted to see pictures of our beautiful country, so most of these are the photos we took while driving.

yesterday we left richfield, utah










drove through the rockies in colorado






through vail (which was freezing, but absolutely gorgeous - we'll definitely go back to visit!) the highlight was the starbucks at the gas station - you better believe we stopped! we hit a little rain between vail and denver, but all of our stuff stayed dry.



through denver - didn't really see much of it, but we did stop at mcdonalds for a bathroom break. we did however notice that they have a dvd rental machine in the parking lot of mcdonalds which seemed to be a hit.

here's our shout out to rainbow sandals (we're proud of our california blood)


through the flat part of colorado and saw a beautiful sunset



and onto to nebraska - gotta love the bugs on the windshield




today we drove through the MANY cornfields of nebraska and iowa. nebraska is VERY flat and iowa has some interesting people to say the least - the state troopers were everywhere and pulled jeremy over for "speeding" while on cruise control??? what's up with that?? he got away with a warning :o)





we got to illinois tonight and onto chicago tomorrow!! we're staying at a beautiful holiday inn express about 30 miles inside of illinois


and the best thing about road trips...sunflower seeds!!


well...that's it for now. tomorrow is the cubs game, and we'll take LOTS of pictures! please post on our blog - we'd love to hear from you :o)