Updated: Heartswell Adventures: Leg #5

Update: please see our updated itinerary below

Phew! I think this is the longest we’ve ever waited to start planning our next leg. We knew we wanted to head to the east coast, but kept changing how we were going to get there. First, it was through Wisconsin and into Canada. Then, since we didn’t know if I would have a passport in time, we thought about skipping Canada, and go through the US to New York. Now that I have my passport, we seemed to have settled on Michigan to Canada to New Hampshire. It’s an easy route that hits several places we want to visit. So here is our next leg!

Then we hit a little snag, called Labor Day weekend. It seems that everyone with an RV up here goes camping that weekend. We spent days trying to find anything we could get and finally settled on a place near Cleveland , which has altered our route, somewhat.

• Wisconsin Dells:
• • • Water Park capital of the United States, this place looks like a cute place to visit
• St. Paul & Minneapolis, Minnesota
• • • Mall of America!

• Madison, Wisconsin:
• • • Found a place with a pool, so we plan to relax and prep for our long journey to Toronto
• Chicago, Illinois:
• • • We had a fun time in Chicago and it’s the perfect place to stop for the holiday weekend before we press on.

UPDATE: After our stop in Chicago, we learned that mini-man needs dental surgery. One of the benefits of our life is our schedule is very flexible. So we’ve altered our trip a bit to get us back to Chicago for the surgery

• Cleveland, Ohio:
• • • This is a six hour drive! We have a place to stop if we need to, but for now, we plan to drive the whole thing. It’s one of the only places we found a campsite for the holiday weekend. Kept this stop as it was still a holiday weekend and the only place we could find

  New Stop: Cincinnati, Ohio

New Stop: Cincinnati, Ohio

• • As long as we have to change our route, might as well swing by one of the best aquariums in the country

New Stop: Louisville, Kentucky

• • A quick stop on our way to…

New Stop: St. Louis, Missouri!!!

• • We made it back and we have a long list of things we want to do, including: the St. Louis Arch, City Museum, and a boat tour

New Stop: Chicago #3

• • Back for mini-mans surgery

New Stop: Kalamazoo, Michigan

• • Who wouldn’t want to stop here!?! Just to say you’ve been to Kalamazoo

New Stop: Detroit

• • Quick stop before Canada

• Toronto, Canada:
• • • When I was first researching Canada, Toronto kept showing lots of places to visit with kids, so I’m excited to stop here.
• Ottawa, Canada:
• • • Looks like riding the canal is a must do, so we must do it!
• Montreal, Canada:
• • • I was excited to visited the bio dome here, but it’s closed til next year. I guess we’ll find something to do. It’s faster to just go into the states, so we’re skipping Montreal
• New Stop: Colchester, Vermont
• • • A pretty stop and a faster way to get to New Hampshire
• Twin Mountain, New Hampshire:
• • • We enjoyed visiting New Hampshire when we stopped in Vermont last year. Can’t to see what else is there.
• Portland, Maine:
• • • I’ve heard that Maine is beautiful in the fall. Looking forward to seeing this area.
• Boston, Massachusetts
• • • Damon grew up just outside of Boston, so he’s excited to take the boys to the Children’s Museum and Aquarium

Were really excited for this leg of our journey. Let us know if there are any must do’s along the way.