Days 4 and 5

     We visited Cadillac Village in Texas.  Some guy in the 60’s thought it would be cool to bury Cadillacs in the ground with half sticking.  He buried them at the same angle as the pyramids.  We drove and drove and drove after that across the top of Texas and New Mexico.  It is BARREN!!! I feel like we are in a different country.  We stayed in Santa Fe and visited with Melanie, a friend of Pete’s from college.  Santa Fe looks like “one giant sand castle” according to the kids and I have to agree with them.  We should end up in the Grand Canyon tonight but one never knows… 

Day 3 and 4

We had a fantastic time in Graceland!  Malena is jealous and sad because she thinks that Elvis was lucky to have so many nice things but he's dead.  After Graceland we made a stop in Oklahoma City.  We were surprised at how nice it was!  Bricktown has a beautiful canal that they just added within the past 5 years.  We are now in Texas!  It is a lot of fun!  We went to a steak house where you can eat a 72 oz steak in an hour and get it for free. We did not do it but had fun watching someone else do it.We also ordered Rocky Mountain Oysters which everyone but Suzanne ate.  After the kids tried it Pete told them it was Buffalo Testicles.  The faces of the kids were priceless!  Tony says he still has the taste in his mouth.  Mackenna refers to them as Bull Balls.  Quite the education!    Tomorrow we are on our way to Santa Fe and Sedona.

Day 2

     We had another exciting day!  We went up the Arch in Missouri.  Very fun and a very small car to the top!  I will post the pic of the 5 person car.  It looks like something from outerspace.  I almost didn't go due to my clastrophobia but I did and it was pretty cool to be up there.  We are in Memphis now and we will get to Graceland tomorrow for the Queen's (Malena's)birthday!  She is very excited to be spending part of her birthday at Elvis's but I almost think she would prefer to be with her Elvis-Terry Buchwald!

Day 1

    We left a little later than we wanted but we are on vacation so there is no schedule.  We have 30 days to make it back to East Aurora so anything we see beyond Vidlers is a bonus, right?    We made it to Indiana!  It was a good first day.  Lots of car time.  Nothing much to report but I wanted to check in because I don't want anyone to not see a posting and then decide not to check in (Holly).  Here is the highlight of today's trip:  Pete spent the night packing so "we" had to take a nap in a plaza parking lot!  While he slept the rest of us spent $$$$$!!!!!That'll teach him!  We bought some $5.00 movies-Vacation with Chevy Chase which is rated R so I am not sure if they will watch it.  I can't remember anything too bad about it but I don't remember movies very well.  We also got The Great Outdoors with Dan Acroyd which had a PG rating but when they were watching it Malena started yelling,"inappropriate, INAPPROPRIATE!!!" and Mackenna was yanking wires out of the DVD player.    Anyway...It can only get more exciting (hopefully!)  Tomorrow we go to/on the St. Louis Arch and then head to Memphis to see Malena's favorite King.

And We're Off!!!!

     We are very excited to be heading South, then West, then North, then more North, then East, then back to "the Bubble!"  We are hopefully going to keep track of our lovely adventure daily with each of us taking turns with the posting.  Our plan is to leave EARLY Saturday morning and head to Tennesse.  Elvis is a calling so that is the first stop on the journey.  We will let you know how it goes!