So I see that I didn't post anything about the last few days of our trip - we made it to Lawrence, Kansas (didn't manage to catch up with the Winchesters, though) and to the Mall of America in Minneapolis (Bloomington, actually - large, grand, repetitive and expensive, as can be expected). It was just lots of driving without many interesting stops - thank heavens that Jessica loves to read to us, it really made the time go by!

Kansas was the only state where we saw a sign on the way out - "Leaving Kansas, Come Back Soon" - which gave us a chance to say that trite, over-used line "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto"!

This was definitely the trip of a lifetime, but apparently it was only Phase One - look out, California, here we come in 2011!