Traveling from Wisconsin to Texas

On 4-2-14, my sister Tammy and I packed our bag and went along for a two day road trip from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Fort Worth, Texas. Normally a drive from Milwaukee co to Fort Worth is 17 hours, but Gramma (gee, I guess we picked up on Mon's speech difficulty) and Mom love to sight see as leaving Milwaukee co and Waukesha co is a big thing for her. Mom thought it would be nice to travel with Tammy as her only 'biological' kids. She says that if she ever goes back there someday, she's taking Riley since she's from Fort Worth. 

Tammy and I before leaving

We had a late start, leaving at around 5 pm, we didn't reach Illinois until 8. The humans were hungry and we stopped in Oglesby, Illinois at around 9. After eating at a cute diner, we stopped off at a nice motel, the one with free breakfast.

Tammy and I sleeping in a bed next to Mom

After waking up and leaving mid morning, We travel down to Missouri. Mom loves Missouri, she doesn't know why but she does, very much. Missouri is such an interesting state. So many things Mom wished she could have seen, like a toy museum. She really likes toys... which may explain my being with her and going on trips with her. 

St.Louis Arch. So cool!

Mom honestly forgot what time we made it in to Oklahoma. It was dark, that's for sure. I think I fell asleep at some point before we made it, though Tammy said it was a beautiful sight but Mom's phone as nearly dead and she couldn't take any pictures. We stopped off in Oklahoma City. It was when we started noticing the southern accent. We barely heard it in Missouri, but heard it more the more south we gotten. We stayed at a motel that wasn't as nice as the one we stayed in, in Illinois, but the bed was more comfortable. Unfortunately, Mom lost her left contact and couldn't find it so she had to wear her glasses, which upsetted her greatly. The next morning, we were off to Dallas.

Tammy and I going down the stairs of our motel in Oklahoma City, OK

Dressed to go to AG place Dallas

We were so excited that the next stop was going to be to AG place Dallas. Mom wished she could have stopped at the Chicago and St.Louis but couldn't. Going to Dallas was a big deal to her, only for her to fall asleep, from all her excitement on the way; woke up just as we hit the border into Texas. Should have seen Mom's eyes light up when she saw the AG place. I can't imagine a time she was happier... other than when got me and my sisters. The place doesn't disappoint. Mom, who loves history and AG, had so much fun educating us and Gramma. The AG place was next door to the cool mall that had four levels and an ice rink! We never saw such a big mall before. Mom really loved their Hot Topic. She says they are more organized than our Southridge Mall back in Wisconsin. 

Tammy and I meeting Kaya. She looks very much like our sister, Kaia.

Seriously, four levels and an ice rink. 

Then we spent the weekend in Fort Worth for what ever Gramma and Aunt Nicole was there for. We primarily spent time in the motel. The motel was so bad, it didn't deserve stars. Thankfully Mom had her laptop and plenty of anime to watch. We happily left Sunday and didn't get home until Monday at noon. 

View of the parking lot from the second level.

Another pic of our view, this time from outside our door on the second level.