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It felt like we got to step back in time.
Our children are not in great spirits.
Do we fly home?
I'm just feeling like we made a big mistake.
We are headed out of oklahoma city on our way to albuquerque new mexico
We are onwards on route 66.
hey look at this.
We get to stop at the tower of Conoco.
A very famous gas station along the old route 66
It's kind of sits as like the Taj Mahal of gas stations
And if you've seen cars movie it's the gas station in cars like they just replicated it.
So it was really cool to be able to pull up there and have Dash going
"where's lightning mcqueen"
And after that experience, we get to experience miles and miles of empty land.
Oh there's a leaning water tower
new mexico land of enchantment
along the way we like experiencing something that we will never probably see ever ever again.
Like this car museum.
What's that Dash?
There's so much stuff.
There is a lot of stuff in here.
This is like a hoarders paradise.
A lot of trinkets and heirlooms.
Heirlooms?
I said heirlooms but i meant heirlooms.
This is also the cash register that they used in home alone.
they have bathrooms so that's really what we were there for
and also you know if you're really into cars i'm sure it's really cool
sure
it's kind of crazy that it's just out in the middle of the desert
like there's nothing around here nothing else just this is pretty amazing
after our very long trip i thought another food hall.
after filling our bellies with boa buns and noodles
Night is approaching and the kids are experiencing the effects of the long drive
our children are um not in great spirits
this is the moment where we realize this is so much harder than we thought
we're not gonna be able to do this we probably have to stop and maybe
end this entire journey here
the one thing that i was really excited about and looking forward to
was stopping at national forests
so we were having a really rough day but i knew
that the next day we were going to make a drive to the petrified forest
the petrified forest well known for its colorful rock formations
the painted desert houses thousands of crystallized logs
that scientists believe date back to 200 million years ago
like these logs were around when dinosaurs were around
it's just this really cool place that felt like we got to step back in time
yeah and Dash really thought that there were dinosaurs so we were on the hunt for dinosaurs
when i used to think of arizona i used to think of deserts
you can be in the desert but also drive 20 minutes and be in the most lush forest you've ever seen
and this forest is where we're sleeping tonight
that was a rough night, very cold heater didn't work
trying to stay positive
i'm just feeling like we made a big mistake
that was a rough night very cold heater didn't work
nobody slept very well debating whether we should all just stop now
do we fly home leave the van
i just like i don't know what's best for all of us and um
Wilder hates this.
This stage is not very great i'm not at my best self
I just feel like i'm surviving right now
how are we supposed to be creative and like create anything right now like
we're supposed to be filming and documenting
and i don't even want to do that
i'm just feeling like we made a big mistake
a lot of it it's like in theory this would have been just like the most epic thing
and maybe it will be maybe the drive from nashville to the desert was just treacherous
and maybe now it'll be okay trying to stay positive
but i just don't see that the kids are excited
which is the whole purpose of doing this in the first place so
but we're booked a hotel for two nights yeah one of our favorite places to be scottsdale
yeah we're just rewarding ourselves for getting across the country with small children in a van
and we're just gonna take it day by day right now
coming up on this season of traveling this is at the top of my bucket list
our phones are not working so we had no idea where we were gonna go
or where we're gonna sleep tonight
get in the van because the sand is whipping my face
this grandiose display of all these donuts
i found this little cafe
you're the sweetest
I need a shower and a toilet
i got one of my favorite things a lobster roll
really late night stargazing session and it was so beautiful i've never seen stars like that