Tuesday morning we woke up in Hagerstown, Maryland. We ate breakfast in the hotel breakfast bar. We drove the rest of the way to Canton Ohio and arrived around 1pm. We ate some lunch at Cracker Barrel before heading over. I have to be honest....I was not impressed when we pulled up to the NFL Hall of Fame. It was much smaller than anticipated. Of course, it didn't matter what mom thought. Bubba and Tubbs were pretty stoked to be there.
The rental car was a Chevy Impala....so the kids were in tighter quarters than they were used to in the Acadia. Wiggy was always in the middle and she wasn't a fan. The passenger seat on the other hand, was quite comfy. I had no complaints riding shotgun!
Stopped at Hardee's for a soda along the way.
Thankfully they had Diet Dr. Pepper!
We tried to take photos of the kids as we crossed into each state, but that wasn't possible. The photo crossing into West Virginia was near impossible and I'm sure the cars flying past us thought we were idiots.
We drove through Pittsburgh on our route and Luke and I both were surprised how beautiful it was. There were so many bridges and we saw the stadium where the Steelers play. It was gorgeous! In our heads we had this other picture of what Pittsburgh looked like, but we were wrong. We enjoyed the drive through the southern part of Pennsylvania a lot.
The route we took in the darker blue. We cut through a few miles of West Virginia before heading into the East side of Ohio.
The NFL rings were a hologram.
The boys were looking forward to this stop and I think it might be their fave stop of the entire vacation. Dad let them each pick out a souvenir from the gift shop before we left. Bubba got a bronze head of Walter Payton. Tubbs got a foam Seahawks hat.
We were on the road after leaving the Hall of Fame. Next stop....Clearfield, Pennsylvania. This stop was about three hours from Canton and nearly halfway to our next stop....New York City. After getting to the hotel Luke took the kids to the pool and I did laundry. Yay for clean clothes! :) Thankfully the laundry room was literally two doors down, so it was super convenient.
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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