Wednesday’s Day 4 adventures on Kristen’s blog are here. I earned my keep driving about 500 miles through half of Wyoming and most of South Dakota. I didn’t think this drive was as bad as everyone said it would be- though for sure it was much flatter and far less scenic than our previous few days. I enjoyed the sporadic surprises along the way.
We stopped at Mount Rushmore and the Corn Palace which were both cool. I love seeing the unique features of basketball arenas and this one was for sure the most unique arena I’ve ever seen. I’m missing the WNBA season pretty fiercely so a moment in my happy place (a basketball arena) was an awesome boost to a day of driving over 700 miles. We had plenty of time to discuss how nobody here really seems to be doing anything differently regarding the Coronavirus- except there’s probably more hand sanitizer available than usual.
Wednesday we crossed the half way point. We listened to lots of music and some audio books. Both of us took car naps. We passed through Hartford, South Dakota which made me feel a lot closer to home. We didn’t hit the cow that was in the middle of the highway... I yelped a bit when I came upon it and may have awakened Kristen in shock.
(Please note the previously mentioned bug cemetery windshield, too).
Then Tourist Thursday came about where we did a bit less driving with a crash course in Chicago tourism with a visit to Navy Pier, the Cloud Gate aka the bean, and Giordano’s pizza for some deep dish. Unfortunately the Air BnB we had booked in South Bend, Indiana was a hot mess and after maybe 5 minutes walking around it and thinking we might not live to see the East Coast if we stayed, we hit the road and kept driving while finding a hotel room to crash in. I guess I’ll have to save Touchdown Jesus at Notre Dame for another time. I’ve still never seen that campus despite driving through here at least 3 times in my life. Somehow I never ended up there with UConn Women’s Basketball... and this visit tells me that maybe I’m just not meant to see what the Fighting Irish campus has to offer. Kristen’s more detailed post is here.
Today we completed Indiana and booked it across Ohio and into Central Pennsylvania with the major highlight being a family visit. Overall we’re making great time, haven’t run out of things to talk about, and are about an hour and a half away from splitting up to our final destinations. See ya tomorrow, CT!
