Our second travel day took us from Great Falls, Montana to Rapid City, South Dakota. We got an early start and began our day with breakfast at McDonalds. Everyone enjoyed a breakfast sandwich and smoothie. Sawyer wasn't so sure he would like the egg sandwich, but once he took his first bite, he gobbled the entire thing down. The biggest motivator for completing a long day of driving was that the kids were promised a pool at the next hotel.
A little while after getting on the road someone asked, "Where are we now?" I replied, "Judith Gap, Montana." Lily then said, "Wow, that's a long drive!" We laughed as it had only been a few hours into another eight hour travel day.
We took a pitstop part way through the day at Walmart for some odds and ends we needed to get. I found this cute purple dress and hung it in the cart to purchase for Lily. When we met up with Grampa and the two littles Lily exclaimed, "My NEW dress!" and ran to the cart. She had to put it on as soon as we got back to the van. 
While a lot of our pit stops were taken at nice roadside turnouts, some ended up being at random on the side of the road. I'm always grateful to have a bunch of boys when we have to road trip, if you know what I mean. Grampa was so great at taking Lily to stretch her legs, and she actually ended up being one of my best little travelers with hardly a complaint over the entire last few days.
The pool at our travel lodge ended up being closed for maintenance and everyone was so bummed after spending the day looking forward to the outdoor pool and water slide. They made the best of it and the pizza and wings for dinner helped brighten their moods a little. Then they were off to bed with fingers crossed that the pool would be open in the morning as promised.
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