Holy Homecomings! We Made It Back! (8 Weeks and 12,592 Miles Later…)

Yowza! I can’t believe we did it! I’m amazed that 1) our car actually made it, and that 2) I’m sitting at home writing up the last blog entry.  It’s hard to find myself at the end of LEMONADE MOUTH ACROSS AMERICA!, my family’s audacious, summer-long road-trip adventure across America and back in our little minivan. But here’s …

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A State Shaped Like a Hand, Spanish Speaking Canadians, and a Whole Lotta Pigs: MI, ONT, NY, and VT

Sunday, Aug 19 4:20pm: As I type, we’re roaring down the New York Throughway past Exit 31 to Utica, NY.Karen is blasting the Lemonheads album It’s a Shame About Ray, the album that gave us our son’s name (after Evan Dando, the singer/songwriter).Outside the window, it looks and feels like we’re almost home.So far our …

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Misunderstood Lands, Prairie Lands, and Dairy Lands: South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

So far we’ve gone 10,956 miles in 49 days, with only 6 days to go. As I type we’re whooshing down Route I-94 heading toward Michigan. Not too long ago we went into Indiana, a state we’re passing through for only a few minutes—but it still counts! 🙂 The grass and shrubs have definitely looked …

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Large Hairy Animals, Rodeos, 4 Big Heads, and A Whole Lotta Nothin’: Lake Tahoe to Mt. Rushmore

10:23 AM Tuesday, Aug 7: For those keeping track, our van has so far driven 9,024 miles since we left home. We passed the 9,000 mark yesterday, 13 miles west of Cody, WY. This is the 42nd day of our trip. We have 13 days left to go. I can’t believe I’m in a hotel in …

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