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Road Trip Day!
Time to hit the road!
Today, my fiance and I are driving from Wisconsin to Texas and I wanted to share our journey with you.
The car ride, without any bathroom breaks or stops for gas, is a total of 15.5 hours, give or take a few minutes. Our goal is to knock off 9 of those hours and stop for camping, hopefully in the northern part of Arkansas.
We are heading out of Wi at around 9am and will shortly be in Illinois after about 10 minutes (I live super close to the border). Most of the hours that will be spent driving tomorrow will be through Illinois. I think I have mentioned before that I do not like Illinois so this will be fun.
As soon as we get to Illinois, we are going to hop onto I-39, drive for about 50 minutes, get on I-55 and coast for 5 hours. After that super long leg of driving, we will finally be in Missouri. Once we are in Missouri, we will drive in this state for about only 3 hours (I wish I was only spending 3 hours in Illinois). Anyway, that highway in Missouri we will be taking is called highway U.S. 67.
By the end of our time in Missouri, I think my fiance and I will find a place to set up camp for the night. His birthday is in the…
