Road trip to Taos

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We left Friday around 1PM for a two day drive to Taos. I had to yank Michael out of his office kicking and screaming to leave, but I finally got him out and we were on our way. We planned a six hour drive to Fort Stockton for our first day. We booked a motel that allowed pets since Ellie was with us. We made it a couple of hours and then Sam started to throw up. It was bad. We gave him the car trash can and kept driving. He kept being sick. There's been a terrible virus going around his school and we were sure he had it. We got to the motel as soon as we could and brushed his teeth and put him in bed. After about ten minutes he felt awesome and begged us for dinner. The whole thing turned out to be car sickness! We were relieved, but realized that we still had eight more hours in the car ahead of us with our little man.
Saturday we woke early, gave Sam some car sick medicine and put the trash can at his feet. We made a rule: no movies, no coloring books, no looking at picture books. This was a bit difficult because those were the things I had brought to entertain the children. The good news is that Sam made it the whole way vomit free! But we played A LOT of games of 20 questions, I spy, and I'm going on a trip. We listened a bit to the only audio book we had on my iPhone and we made it through!
The kids were amazing. They stayed cheerful and happy the entire time and never complained. We arrived around 3:30 at the house. It is amazing. Taos is amazing. I can't wait to share some pictures of the place. In the meantime, here is a picture of the view we saw for most of the drive.

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Martha said…
Glad Sam is better and that you arrived safe. One must love the open road to appreciate a drive like you just had. Have a great Thanksgiving in NM - Love to you all, Martha
November 20, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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