Minnesota

Earlier this summer we took a road trip to Detroit Lakes Minnesota to visit Nick's great aunt Bernice. I was trying to find a fun way around driving 12 or so hours in a car with a six month old (at the time) without having to fly. Since there were a decent amount of people that were interested in making the trip up to see Aunt Bernice and Uncle Bernie (who was there visiting), I thought it would be fun to rent an RV. But....those things are stinkin' expensive to rent!

Just when I thought my RV dreams were shattered, I remembered Grandma and Grandpa have two really nice friends who own a giant RV. After some bribing and pure kindness out of their hearts, they agreed to truck us all up to Minnesota. So one Thursday morning Marvin and Gladys graciously picked up Aunt Monica, cousin Joe, Grandma, Grandpa, Great Gram Joanne, and of course the three of us, and we were off.

Now, I've heard myths about how big this RV was but I had never seen it in person. Boy was I shocked when this rolled up....

 

We were able to play games, lounge, read, eat, sleep and let a baby roam around and nap all we wanted. There was even a ham in a crock pot cooking when they pulled up. SO much better than driving the tiny Corolla :)

Once we got there it was great to spend some time with family and to have Aunt Bernice meet our little guy. On this trip Miles discovered the camera and would just cheese it up when ever the red light came on for the red eye reduction. It was so funny. Needless to say we have many pictures with this silly face. 

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Here are just a few more pictures from our little trip.