Route 66 Mom and Grandpa

Following our Nauvoo trip, Grandpa drove up to Illinois and picked me up on our last night there. Corey drove the rest of the family home and I drove with Grandpa to Chicago to start our drive on Route 66. he drove up in Uncle Aaron's truck and we drove from Chicago all the way to Los Angeles on Route 66. We decided to do this trip after reading the Broken Road series by Richard Paul Evans. We actually followed the route, but drove on the freeway wherever we could. A lot of the road was pretty bad and the freeway was smoother and faster. Once we got to Los Angeles, we turned and drove to Mesa AZ where we stayed the night before driving back to Wylie. It took us a week do the whole thing, including driving from Nauvoo to Chicago and then from LA to Mesa to home. It was definitely a memorable trip. We talked a lot and saw a lot. I'm really glad I was able to do it!