Our final day of our trip! We left Wichita and began the last leg of our journey home. As always happens, it didn’t take us long before we began preparing for our “drawing” of our next state. We love this tradition so very much. Here is how it went: Mark = New Jersey Elise = …
Mississippi Day 7: Wilson’s Creek
Day 7 brought another early start for our family. We left Tupelo at 4:30 AM. Mark and I had to chuckle because we entered Mississippi in the dark and we were leaving in the dark. We drove through a whole lot of states this day. We left Mississippi and drove Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, and eventually …
Mississippi Day 6: Rowan Oak Estate, Brices Cross Roads, and Elvis Presley’s Birthplace
Day 6 started with a slow morning and it was amazing. We had to rearrange some things on this trip which meant a slow morning on this day with a busy afternoon/evening (we had to wait for things to open). We eventually left Jackson and made our way north to Oxford. Oxford I think the …
Mississippi Day 5: Vicksburg and Evers Home
<<< I have some sad news – or at least sad for me. Without going into too much detail, I have maxed out the space on our blog. To increase the space available would cost a lot of money, more than I am willing to spend on a hobby blog. It may sound silly, but …
Mississippi Day 4: Natchez
Gulfport was just what we needed to have a little breather (and the only time on our trip where we stayed two nights in the same place). But we packed up on Day 4 and began to make our way to Natchez. We ended up driving back into Louisiana and then up to Natchez and …
Mississippi Day 3: Ship Island and Fort Massachusetts
This was the day everyone was looking forward to! The kids have never seen the ocean before and it has been since high school for me. We couldn’t wait to experience all of the “firsts”! After being able to sleep in for the first time in days, we were all feeling energized and so ready …
Mississippi Day 2: Cane River Creole
Another Early Start We had another bright and early morning as we left Wichita Falls at 5:30 AM (it felt worse though because we were in a different time zone). This day the kids were feeling the sleep and all of them slept in the car for a little bit (except Jacob – it’s not …
Mississippi Day 1: Alibates Flint Quarries
We just got back from an amazing eight day family vacation in Mississippi. We love love love this tradition – you can read all about it HERE. So be prepared for lots of journaling about our trip! Let me just start out by saying this may have won the award for must frustrating trip to …
Kentucky Day 9: Home + Mississippi
Day 9 was our final day. Our Kentucky trip was our longest family trip we’ve ever done (Texas used to hold the honors at 8 days). It was a long go but we really loved our time exploring this new state. Tooth Fairy We were all ready to be home by the morning of day …
Kentucky Day 8: Lincoln Boyhood
Day 8 was the day we began our long journey home. We had a late beginning because of our schedule that day. We had originally planned to make this stop towards the beginning of our trip on the way out but after switching things around we had to do it on our way back. We …