We got home last week on Tuesday. It’s nice to be home and have some space. We are getting into a routine again now. We have been busy for the past week so sorry for the lack of posting. Here is a video of our getting home and what everybody thinks about the trip.
Month: November 2015
A word from the Birthday girl!
November 2, 2015
We woke up I was super happy because it was my birthday! We headed to St Louis to go to the St Louis Arch. We went to the campground first then we drove to into St Louis. When we got to the arch we went in little elevator thing with seats in them. On the way up it took four minutes and on the way down it took 3 minutes. Dad is so scared of heights so it was really funny watching his reaction at the top.
Everyone thinks that it’s the scariest thing on the roadtrip but I think that The Willis Tower in the blocks were scarier. It was a super cool view at the top! Then we had to go back down. After the super cool arch we drove over to the Golden Corral.
We ate as much as we could then drove back to the RV then went to bed. I had a really fun birthday going to the top of the arch!
-Greta
Diamond Hunting and a Birthday in the RV
November 1 2015
Today we spent our time at Crater of Diamonds National Park in Arkansas. It is the worlds only public diamond mine and was created from volcanic activity. It was really muddy because it had just rained the day before but they told us that means that nature did the work of uncovering the diamonds for us. We didn’t find any diamonds but we did find pretty rocks. My mom even found a purple gem called an “amethyst”. We are starting to work out way back home and everyone is ready to sleep in there own beds. We drove another 5ish hours until we got to Memphis. So close but still far away. Here’s a video I made of the day(:
-grace
AND it is a very, very special day here in our RV today! We are celebrating another teenager in the McCleary Family! Greta is 13 today! Greta is a joy and her smile can light up any room. She is a gem far more valuable than any we could have found in the diamond mine yesterday! I’m so very thankful God gave her to me! Happy Birthday, Greta! Love you forever and always. – mom
Halloween 2015
October 31, 2015
We started out October 31st, 2015 by hanging out for a bit in the French Quarter. After that we did a little E fit and watched a row team practicing in the canal by our camp site in New Orleans.
Then started the drive. A storm was rolling in, so we hooked up and took off toward The Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. We’ll tell you all about our mining experience tomorrow.
We crossed the mighty Mississippi yesterday in the rain in the Baton Rouge Port.
One of the most exciting things for the day was captured in the picture below. We were in what seemed to be not such a nice area of a small town in Arkansas. We took and alley (which might have been our first mistake) to which we ended up stuck. We were stuck because of a low laying electrical wire. But, being married to such a smart guy, we figured it out and did surely the smart thing! We held the wire up with a stick and drove under it!
McCleary Kids 