Ordinary Adventures of Sarah Hoot

Ladies and gentlemen today is the day!!! We finally made it to West Virginia!!!! The day started out pretty much the same as it has the rest of the time. We woke up, I took a shower, had breakfast, and set off. We actually got to sleep in today since we only had four hours worth of driving to do. So Jared and I relished our sleep and then eventually got up after Mama Ramey came in a second time and told us to get up. But eventually we got up and we all got ready to go. We drove for a while and only stopped like once for a rest stop. When we finally made it to West Virginia our first stop was the town of Point Pleasant where we went to the Mothman Museum and had lunch. For those of you on the west side, Mothman is this local legend in Point Pleasant. The "creature" is supposedly half man half moth with glowing red eyes and stalks people at night. Personally I am not a believer, but apparently there are a lot of people who do since there is a museum, a movie, and books abou...

Well folks this will be a pretty boring post for the most part.... We woke up this morning and started our usual routine of getting ready to leave when Jared's aunt came knocking on the door and said that she was going to treat us to breakfast. Not wanting to argue since we would have just eaten cereal again we headed out. The restaurant was called Copper Top and it was pretty nice, it's like a Perkin's for those who know what that is. Once breakfast was over we loaded back up and headed out on our way. Today was another long day of driving since we didn't have any stops planned. So we kept on driving through Illinois and on into Indiana where we are now staying. This KOA is pretty nice. It's not a monster sized resort like the one near Mount Rushmore but it is not dinky like the one in Hardin. There is a good sized pool, mini golf, a gold panning slough (gold mining is a big thing in the Midwest), and a small lake where you can rent paddle boats. Right now ...

Today was another day of just driving goodness. There were no side stops planned since we were trying to get to where we were staying for the night so the Rameys could spend some time with their relatives. So mostly we drove….. Jared and I watched a lot of Game of Thrones (we are currently in the middle of season five) and made pit stops every once in a while. The main highlight of the trip was that we crossed the Missouri River. That was pretty neat, there was a rest stop on the other side of the river that had a small Lewis and Clarke museum and an overlook where you could go and see the bridges across the river. Then guess what happened next?? More driving…… We drove for a couple of hours more until we got to the next cool thing. This time we were crossing the Mississippi River! We went to another rest area for lunch and hiked down a trail to the lookout spot where you could see part of the river. After lunch it was back to driving. We drove and drove and drove unti...

Headed out for a new state today! We are finally out of Montana!! The agenda for today included traveling through the Badlands which was super cool. We woke up this morning and took our time leaving since the family wanted to do some of the stuff around the KOA before leaving. So Jared and I stayed and set up Thor so that we could be ready to go when they got back. Once everyone got back we all loaded up and set out. Unfortunately, the majority of our trip this day was pretty ordinary. The scenery was pretty but the drive itself was boring, up until we got to our first stop, Wall Drug. Originally this was a small pit stop for people who were on long drives and the owners would give out free ice water and 5 cent coffee to the drivers that would come by the store. Today however, along with the ice water and coffee there are now several gift shops, a book store, a candy store, a clothing store, and many more random stores. They even have an arcade and a spray park in the “backyard” o...

Well folks we are finally heading out of Montana!! Today should be interesting since we have a lot to see. We packed up very early so that we could get to where we wanted to be. Once we packed up we headed to our first stop for the day, Little Bighorn. This was a super cool place to stop and anyone who has never been needs to go. Little Bighorn is a huge cemetery commemorating the battle at Little Bighorn (go figure) this was a battlefield where several tribes of Native Americans fought American troops over their land and way of life. The Native Americans killed over 200 troops while they themselves lost only around 70. So there are a bunch of marble and stone tombstones placed in remembrance for the soldiers (a lot of which don't even have names). There is also a Native American memorial down a walking trail to remember the Native Americans who fought and died for their people. The whole experience was really cool and I hope I can go again someday. Our next stop was to have br...

Sorry about posting so late in the week wi-fi has been down all week, an trust me it has been a pain trying to get stuff done without it. But I am back now so here are the days that I missed. Our third day dawned just like it did the day before, bright and very early. Jared and I both went and took showers and got breakfast at the KOA cafe, which was actually pretty decent food (a bit like being back at girl scout camp), then we loaded up into Thor and set off. Today's goal was to get further into Montana so that by the next day we were out of the state and on to the next. After driving for a bit we hit another landmark, the Continental Divide. It was pretty cool I guess, not much more than a rest area but there were some signs that talked about it and the scenery was beautiful. Once we took pictures and collected our Montana dirt we set off. Well that's about it honestly.... this day was basically just driving. We stopped at some rest stops and took pictures of the scene...

Alright here we go the first official day on our trip! Woohoo!!! Everyone was up and at 'em around 7, though Jared needed some prodding to get out of bed, and once breakfast was consumed and the dishes were done we loaded back into "Thor" (the Ramey Mobile) and set out. We drove for quite a while making stops at several rest areas to stretch and attempt to play Pokemon (they all got to play but my phone was acting up as usual). Eventually we made it into Idaho which was pretty uneventful for the most part. We stopped at a rest area and in a little town called Wallace, a little out of the way town that was nothing super special though it did have a bordello museum (a place where one can buy a prostitute) that we passed by to look at. After collecting a bag of dirt and a rock (our souvenirs from all of the states that we visit) we started driving again. The next state we entered was Montana where Austin and Mama Ramey spotted the first real wildlife; Austin saw a d...

Alright here we go the first official day on our trip! Woohoo!!! Everyone was up and at 'em around 7, though Jared needed some prodding to get out of bed, and once breakfast was consumed and the dishes were done we set out. We drove for quite a while making stops at several rest areas to stretch and attempt to play Pokemon (they all got to play but my phone was acting up as usual). Eventually we made it into Idaho which was pretty uneventful for the most part. We stopped at a rest area and in a little town called Wallace, a little out of the way town that was nothing super special though it did have a bordello museum that we passed by to look at. After collecting a bag of dirt and a rock (our souvenirs from all of the states that we visit) we started driving again. The next state we entered was Montana, and our first stop was the tourist trap of at the 50,000 Silver Dollar Diner; basically it is a diner, casino, bar, and gift shop all rolled into one. The thing that draws ...

"Home is behind and the World is ahead." The time has come faithful readers! The summer adventure that we have all been waiting for (or at least I have been waiting for)! THE RAMEY ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!! Well our trip started a day earlier than originally planned because the navigator and chief trip planner Mama Ramey wanted to avoid the Eastbound traffic heading out of the state. So we left today instead. I came over early to put my stuff in the "RameyMobile" (my name for the RV that will be our home for the next month or so) and make sure that Jared had all of his stuff since he procrastinates like nobody's business. Really quick before going any further in the post I will say thank you to my sister for letting me use her camera on the trip. My little point-and-shoot camera just is not of the same caliber and we are not even going to talk about my phone camera (which is too bad to even mention). So I will have some good pictures of the trip, the majority of w...