Well here I am at the end of travel day #1. It was a long, long day driving as we ended up driving a little over 1,000 miles, or about half-way. Here are some highlights:

Leaving Ohio:

oh

in

State #3 notice the silhouette of Abe?

il

Really big cross:

cross

Show-Me State:

mo

Gateway Arch:

arch

Trying to be creative while in a car and passing things at 60 mph:

arch mirror

These billboards were everywhere:

jesus

And so were these (with some in close proximity to those above!):

adult

Driving through Missouri:

mo drive

Final state of the day:

ok

So all this traveling has put us in Oklahoma City for the night. Updated travel map:

map 2