Robby went to the bathroom around 2 this morning. I woke up and thought about going to the bathroom too. I knew that if I didn't go then, I would wake up another time during the night. I did wake up to go to the bathroom, but it was at 6! Ugh, that was the worst time ever since we were going to get out of bed at 6:30. Of course, me going to the bathroom woke up Robby and Marley so no one got anymore sleep this morning.
It is always surprising when you can sleep so well in a gas station parking lot. We had about a 10 minute drive until we would need the kids to be up for a visitor's center. Robby knew exactly what to do-he ran in the gas station before leaving and came out with drinks for everyone.
This definitely helped make our morning a little easier and happier. We were soon pulling into the Petrified Forest National Park. I'm sure that I knew that the Petrified Forest was a national park since I have been there before, but I sure did forget it. We have been to 7 of the 63 national parks on this trip. We have been to over 11 percent of the National Parks on this trip which isn't too bad at all. (Plus we also stopped at a few other National Park sites including Colorado National Monument which is still super high on my list.)
We stopped at a few places on the drive through the Petrified Forest. All I could think about when we were there was the Brady Bunch when they took a shell (or something) from Hawaii and had bad luck until they sent it back. I was careful to make sure that no one took any petrified wood home!
After the forest, we didn't really stop much again until this evening. The roads were horrible-they were crazy bumpy or the wind was again bad. Plus since we have been on 40 there have been plenty of trucks for Robby to deal with. I can tell that today's drive hasn't been as bumpy as yesterday because the yogurt lid only came over twice today.
We have stopped at a few times to get gas, once for Robby to potty, and once to adjust the generator (the altitude can mess with it.) Our big stop tonight we were afraid that we might not be able to do it. You can't drive through Amarillo without stopping at the Big Texan. (I probably can next time though.)
I jumped out and put our name on the list. They said that it would be an hour, and since Robby couldn't find a parking spot we went to get gas. While we were getting gas, we got the text saying it was ready. We hurried back to the restaurant and still no parking spots.
I went in with the kids, and Robby stayed in the camper looking for a spot. It took us about 10 minutes to get to our table, and then within 10 more minutes Robby had arrived. Thankfully, he didn't have to wait too long for a spot to clear.
We were right near a man trying to finish his 72 ounce steak so that gave us plenty to watch. Plus the guitar man came around and snd to us. Campbell loved that part (kidding, she really did not love that part at all.)
Robby read on the blog that we had chicken fingers last time, and we weren't impressed. This time I ordered him a burger and me cheese dip. I was going to just share his burger, but I will not pay 5 dollars for an extra plate-so I ordered 12 dollar cheese dip instead. That math works, don't worry.
After eating, we took some pictures and looked through the gift shop. Then we hurried back to the camper so we could hit the road! We still have about 2 hours to drive tonight. I had Whitman bring me my computer so I could get a head start on the blog!
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