After a long first day of travel D and I promised to learn from the day before and not let it happen again. We were planning a 9 hour leg of the trip that day and we couldn’t let the dog, us, or BB get worn out. We set off around 9 to try and avoid the traffic.

BB handled everything much smoother since we figured out to let her out to play (lay on a table and roll around) every stop and to feed her every time we stopped. We also learned to only stop when she’s telling us she is done or when we need gas. As far as keeping BB happy today was smooth sailing!! She slept most of the time in the car and when she woke up although a little frustrated at first about not being able to stretch out she quickly cheered up and was smiling and playing in no time.

About halfway through the drive the depth of reality hit me. What first felt more like a crazy vacation that yes, I could see us taking, turned into reality that we were moving our family 2000 miles away from everything and everyone we know and relied on. That scared me big time. I started to doubt the decision I stood behind 120% since it was presented to us.  I started to doubt my abilities as a wife and mom. I started to doubt everything. I also started to freak out that we were on our own, we know no one. We don’t have built in babysitters, how the heck are we going to get anything done as far as moving into a place without help.

Fortunately D swooped in to talk me off my ledge. Reassuring me that it was not as bad as it seemed and that just minutes before I was still 120% for this. He reminded me that we’ve made it on our own before in Phoenix (yes this helped me even knowing that Phoenix and Alaska were practically world’s apart). I won’t lie or act tough, this move is hard, it’s stressful and it has really been tough on me but D has been there every time to reassure me and help me feel better about everything.

If you have ever relied on Google maps to get you anywhere you know that sometimes it can be challenging to follow their directions such as in 100 ft turn left to remain right on I-5. Say what?! Well we like most people still choose to rely on them especially since D was counting on his copilot R to lead him the right way. This instance tonight left us with the choice to try and off road in a trailer or go the long way. If you know anything about D and I the long way mine as well not exist. That being said we chose off roading. That was quite the adventure. We definitely took some of the curb home for a souvenir let’s just put it that way.

The weather was crummy all day for us. It was rainy or overcast the whole day. That was quite the bummer since we really wanted to see the sights. However, the very last moment the sun peaked out from the clouds and gave us a beautiful view of somewhere in Washington.

Once we got everyone settled we ordered a pizza and called it a night.