Friday the 13th

Should we leave on Friday the 13th or wait until the clock strikes 12:00am and head out on Saturday the 14th?!? The family vote was 2 to 2 so we are just going to chance it and see when we are ready. 

I HATE packing but imagine that is a pretty universal sentiment. I make lists and that helps a little but I still get really stressed out...just ask my family! Yesterday packing was made a little sweeter though when a friend of mine presented me with this care package.

Lots of yummy yet healthy treats to enjoy. Angela and I just finished a ten day reset together. The reset was a way to make us more conscious of what we are eating and how it impacts our bodies. Things we avoided included added sugar, gluten, caffeine, dairy and alcohol. Yesterday we reintroduced coffee with a celebratory visit to Starbucks and lets be honest...2 dogs, 2 kids and a 749 mile drive to southern Illinois...it won't be long before I'm consuming alcohol as well. 

So the plan is to drive 750 miles to a little village in southern Illinois called Goreville and stay at Ferne Clyffe State Park overnight. I was able to snag one of the pull through spots so it should be a pretty painless arrival. Our boys are always more than willing to share stories of our atrocious communication style while trying to back the trailer when tired or in the dark. Anyway apparently the area has all sorts of cool rock formations and we are looking forward to exploring them during the afternoon. Some of the cliffs are rather high so I did print off the articles about the multiple fatalities that have occurred to bring the danger of cliffs to the attention of my Florida boys. Don't worry they assure me they will not venture too close to the edge.

On the way we might make a little stop in NE Tennessee for breakfast and to stretch our legs but that depends on how the trip is going and how we feel. See that's me trying to be flexible and the extent of my current ability to "wander." I'm not even going to tell you what our potential plans are - you'll just have to wait and see. Now back to packing!