26 Hours In the Car

Our drive started out a little rocky.  About an hour out of Toledo, a pick-up pulling a camping trailer tried to run us off the road.  He did not even look in his mirrors before he started pulling into our lane.  We drove on the shoulder and honked before he even looked and realized we were there.
Then about a half hour after that, a red car in front of us started to drift to the right a little.  All of the sudden, the car goes left (over corrects) and hits the end of cement median.  Any farther down the road and the car would have been in on coming traffic.  We pulled off to the left side of the road, and Jon was going to go make sure everyone was okay.  There was quite a bit of traffic and someone cut off a motor cycle so he was trying to slow down and get control, but he was headed straight for our car.  Jon hurried and puts the car back in gear and pulls forward enough that the motorcycle was able to get control and pull into the grass on our left side.  He and some other motorcycles stopped father down, probably so he could see if his heart was still beating.  Jon went to check on the other car.  He was able to assess that the driver (and only on in the car) was okay just really shook up.  The police was there shortly after that, and Jon was able to give his assessment.  The policeman was shocked at how thorough Jon was, not knowing he has been a first responder quite a few times.  Then we were able to get back on the road.  I kept James entertained in the car so we would be out of the way.

Our drive out was pretty uneventful after that, thankfully!  Here are some pictures to illustrate our drive.

We saw this car around lunch time the first day of driving.

Crossing over the Mississippi River.

After 14 hours in the car, we stayed the night in a hotel in Kearny, Nebraska.  It was a really short night.

Here is what James did on the drive.  Eating a Fruit Roll-up.

Coloring.

Reading.

Sleeping.

We were in the car 12 hours the second day.  When we pulled up at Jon's parents house in Stansbury Park, Utah, we gave them a call.  They did not know we were coming a week early.  Jon told his dad that James wanted to see them.  This was a normal thing, since we normally SKYPE with them at least once a week.  Jon was passed to his mom since Dad was grading papers on the computer.  We talked Mom into coming out the front door.  She thought it was about the surprise birthday party we were throwing for Dad.  Then she saw we were sitting in the drive way.  It was a good surprise! And great to get out of the car!