This was the worst day of the 4 by far!!
We woke up in Topeka early and decided to stay and enjoy breakfast at the hotel. The boys were a little tired of fruit loops for breakfast and Daniel was so excited to have yogurt. He'd been asking for it for days! We left around 6:30am. Liam didn't love getting back in the car but he didn't put up much of a fight. Liam ended up going back to sleep in the car for a couple hours which was awesome!
We had a lot of fog in Topeka and it was super windy. I was glad Liam was asleep for most of it because it was nice not having that distraction. Once it was daylight the weather only got worse. The wind was terrible. Liam and I were able to have some fun at first though because Kansas is the land of windmills. Liam thought they were hilarious! He also got his present from grandma- Finding Dory on cd. He loved reading the story.
Suddenly in addition to wind we also had freezing rain. This made the roads slick. After a bit the rain turned to snow and it just kept coming down. I pulled over and I was super nervous about driving in the conditions. We started going 45 mph down the freeway and decided that we weren't going to make it to our original destination of Grand Junction, CO. Instead we changed our reservation to Denver. Between going slow on the slick roads and the stops we weren't going to make it past Denver before it was dark and we didn't want to do the mountain pass in the dark. It was a long drive and a super long day. I've never been so scared when driving or so happy to be at a hotel.
We got to Denver around 4 and spent a few hours just being out of the car. We walked around the mall first and we got balloons for the boys from a guy making balloon creations. Liam asked for a dinosaur and Dan asked for an airplane. The boys loved their balloons! We also took the boys to Cabella's and they loved all the animals. After that we also had to make a stop at the store to get some food for that night and the last day. Once we got back to the hotel and ate dinner and cleaned up we snuggled on the bed and watched Harry Potter.
It had been a long day. It was by far the worst day of the trip and I was very happy to be done with it. By the end of the day I had decided that I never want to go back to Kansas again but I'd be happy to go back to Denver because it was a nice city :)
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