15 March 2011: Patrick took this shot of our little car, all packed up and ready to go home!
15 March 2011: Knitting on the Florida Turnpike!
15 March 2011: Rows of oranges at an oasis off the Turnpike.
15 March 2011: Another shot from our stop at Sonny's, possibly taken by Patrick.
15 March 2011: A lunchtime feast at Sonny's BBQ.
15 March 2011: Aw, nuts! Pecans, to be precise, at a Georgia truck stop.
16 March 2011: Sunrise at a truck stop, just outside of St. Louis, where we pulled over to nap.
16 March 2011: Breakfast at Denny's. The blueberries in these pancakes were quite large. And tasty.
16 March 2011: Pandora, Tracie's cat, greeted us when we arrived.
16 March 2011: St. Louis has a delightful amount of restaurants, Blueberry Hill being a favorite to revisit.
16 March 2011: Blueberry Hill has delicious burgers, an option upon which is this cheese... sort of a cheese whiz blob. Looks like a blob of mustard, but whatever. It was tasty, but I'd take a slice of cheddar or Swiss instead any day.
16 March 2011: Humboldt penguin at the St. Louis Zoo!
16 March 2011: King penguins at the St. Louis Zoo!
16 March 2011: A Rock Hopper penguin at the St. Louis Zoo!
16 March 2011: A puffin at the St. Louis Zoo.
16 March 2011: Snow on the ground at the St. Louis Zoo. Not much of it left.
16 March 2011: Lions at the St. Louis Zoo.
16 March 2011: The menu of floats at Fitz's, my personal favorite place to eat.
16 March 2011: I love Fitz's because they make epic root beer floats. It's as big as my head!!!
18 March 2011: My sister made bacon. In fact, today was the day of bacon with every meal, plus pork chops at breakfast.
18 March 2011: I discovered Instagram and wanted to take it for a test run. These next few shots were taken in Sanborn, IA.
18 March 2011: Sanborn, IA.
18 March 2011: My sister's dog, Wickett, perched atop the couch. The better to see out the window.
18 March 2011: Bacon in the salad, pork chops on the side.
19 March 2011: When we were packing the car this morning, it was even frostier. But by the time we were done and I had gotten a shot framed, it had started to thaw. You get the idea, though.
19 March 2011: Another shot in Iowa, from the roadside of our drive.