Interstate 94 shield sign showing the route number 94 in white on a blue background with red top banner reading INTERSTATE Today we loaded up in the Honda Odyssey and started our big trip. Packing was a bit last minute, we weren’t really done until just shortly before leaving. It was a pretty busy weekend.

Numerous bags and suitcases including a yellow North Face duffel piled on and around a colorful painted dining table with flower-motif chairs

Today was spent entirely in the van except for two quick stops for food. We went about 15 miles from our house and got on I-94 and didn’t let it leave our site the whole day. Mazie did a great job all things considering. We fired up a bunch of different music on the new iPod Classic that we got for the trip. Mazie enjoyed a full watching of Charlotte’s Web as well. Tunes for the day included Son Volt, Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra among others.

Young girl with sunglasses on her head sitting in a car seat, playing with a small toy car on top of a fluffy stuffed animal Honda Odyssey built-in GPS navigation screen showing I-94 West route with 635 miles remaining and 12:06 to go Man wearing sunglasses and a white t-shirt giving a thumbs up while driving a Honda on a flat open highway under a partly cloudy sky Young girl in a car seat holding a red toy viewer up to her eyes, with a stuffed animal in her lap