This morning the crew and I awoke in a suburb outside of Chicago in our hotel. All of us hometown North Dakotan's and the one Minnesotan (me!)were ready to move out of the city. In all honesty it wouldn't have bothered me to stay at all! However, deep down I do love home. :)
We were off around 9 and drove, until we reached an IHOP. Our hotel this morning did not have a continental breakfast so we decided to have a brunch today which would also helped our budget! I enjoyed a great meal of chocolate chip pancakes. It was fun to enjoy pancakes from IHOP. Sadly I have never enjoyed a meal from there, but I made up for it today. It was great being in IHOP again. I haven't been in there since National Pancake Day this past winter.
We then got back in the car and made our long hall to Des Monies, Iowa. I decided to take a nap after our meal at IHOP since our sleeping schedules are really off with just traveling in general. I woke up at a rest stop and was really, really warm. I asked the driver to turn the air conditioner and he told me it wasn't working. It was about 95 in Des Monies and I decided to wear jeans! It was a bit warm!
We arrived in Des Monies about 4 o'clock. Today our main focus was to get some great footage for our educational video that we will be creating after the trip. The park that we visited today was so interesting with all of it's different sculptures and unique architecture. It was very cool. We were able to get some great shots and had a fun time while doing it.
We decided to head to the zoo in Des Monies. Sadly the zoo closed at 5 and we were 15 minutes late. We were all a bit bummed, but we decided that getting supper and heading to the hotel earlier would be a great plan! So we headed to Quizno's to have some sandwiches. Supper was great and it was amazing to have a full tummies and spend some time in air conditioning!
Heading to the hotel early sounded like a great plan for all of us, so we did just that! After another hour drive we arrived at the Western Hotel in Council Bluffs, IA. Right when we arrived we unpacked our bags and relaxed in the hotel. Ice Cream was an urgent request after seeing Dairy Queen as we arrived at our hotel so after settling we all enjoyed an ice cream to end our day on a high note!
This trip has been so incredible and I'm very thankful for the people that I have been with on this entire journey. Not only have I been spending time with an interesting, crazy, and hilarious group, but we have really connected this week. It will be sad to leave each other after the trip is completed.
The road trip is now half way through and we are very excited about our progress and success! Tomorrow all of us are off to Topeka, Kansas! It will be a great day!
God bless,
Paige
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