Arggh! This blog thing is driving me nuts! I had decided to use the mac version so I could work on it when we don't have an internet connection. Unfortunately I didn't realize it needed to be saved, so all my work, (with pictures!) is gone. So I will attempt to try again. It's a good thing this a six week long trip! I should be grateful, it really has been a wonderful trip and that's why I haven't found the time to blog more.

We're in Mt. Prospect, Illinois now. We've been here since Sunday. Our motorhome is parked in our friend's driveway, (actually their neighbors, thank goodness for Midwestern hospitality!) Sunday we arrived just in time for a Father's Day BBQ, yum! Monday, Erin and I started the day with her personal trainer, she's had the same trainer for seven years! We took the kids to see Toy Story 3. I got to go with Reilly to her guitar lesson, (watch out Taylor Swift!) We rounded out the day, (and our bellies!) with Chicago style pizza for dinner and Aidan's t-ball practice at the park.

Yesterday, Tuesday, we hit the local amusement park, Six Flags Great America! Needless to say, the kids had a blast! Luckily we were able to beat the heat with a couple of hours in the waterslide portion of the park.

Today, we are headed to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where Joe has rented a pontoon boat for the day.

Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway

And we're off!

Well, we left a little later than planned, but by Saturday afternoon we were on the road. Spent our first night in Winnemucca, NV. Got a quick start on Sunday morning, stopped for a picnic lunch with Meg & Mahmood in Elko. Made an impromptu stop at Bonneville Salt Flat Speedway. What an amazing find! Such a neat experience, I'll post some pics. Meg & Mahmood were ahead of us when arriving at our Sunday night spot. Unfortunately we hadn't made a reservation and the gate was closed. So they found a cute little fly fishing resort right beneath a HUGE dam! It was a little unsettling, but we slept well anyway.

Yesterday we swam in the Homestead Crater, a naturally formed crater fed by an underground spring with just a small opening in the top to see the sky through. Beautiful! Jeff logged in a couple of work hours and then we hit the road for Colorado. Last night we arrived, at midnight, (again!) in Glenwood Springs, CO.

That brings us to today. We gave the kids their choice of either white water rafting or ziplining, (they wanted to do both.) Maddie chose to zip line with her Auntie Meg, Jeff and I took Audrey, Lizzie, and Arianna rafting. I was nervous, but we had a great time. The kids did so well! We rafted for 2 1/2 hours on the Crystal, Roaring Fork, and Colorado Rivers. We got back in time to see Maddie & Meg finishing up their challenge course, they zipped over the Colorado River! They also tried the "Leap of Faith," in which they were on a platform 35 feet up and had to jump out to a trapeze handle that was five feet out and two feet up! Meg made it but slipped off, Maddie just jumped and didn't really try for the handle, (they were wearing harnesses of course.) Tomorrow we will hit the road again, it was nice to take a day off from driving.