Wow, it's amazing how far you can travel in a day if you pretend that cops don't exist...

...yeah, that pretty much sums up our day. Today was the longest day we have scheduled (so far) on our entire trip. I would update my Google Map of our trip, but I'm on a fairly limited net connection right now, and am actually posting this via email (here's to hoping you actually can SEE it!), so it'll have to wait. We made it from Ames, IA to Boulder, CO in pretty much exactly 12 hours, which works out to about 60mph, with kid-stops factored in. So, yeah somewhere upwards of 80mph on average when we were actually driving. I know, of course, how fast I was going most of the time, but I have a policy of not admitting to illegal activities on my blog, ergo the vagueness. And while we're on that subject, I've never physically assaulted an ECE professor, I was merely a "person of interest" once or twice...

Anyhow, we're in Boulder, and staying at my aunt Kathy's house. We're probably actually going to take an extra day here, since the next trip will also be fairly long, and there are people we'd like to see while we're here. I've done a horrible job of keeping in touch with my aunt Kathy and her children; I found out today that I've taken trips to the towns where both of her girls live within the last year or so, but never got in touch with them. I didn't even realize that my cousin Sarah, who has a son a little younger than Ben, was living in Portland, where we went for a wedding a month or so ago. So, I guess I have some improvements to make in my personal communications...

Anyhow, on Sunday we'll head out to Idaho, and stay with one of Missy's aunts for the night before reaching New Plymouth, and the dreaded (by Missy more so than me) immediate family. Until then, safe travels, as applicable, to all, and have a great weekend!