Day 8, Saturday. We woke up to no fleas (or bed bugs) in our motel! Success! We then started off our morning (and last leg of our trip) by driving through Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minnesota was entirely uneventful. Wisconsin was also uneventful but had something we were all looking forward to: CHEESE!
We drove a few more hours (all while eating entirely too much cheese) and ended the day in Chicago. Zach went to visit a friend and attended an album release party, while Brian and I went to visit our cousin Nate at Moody Bible Institute. We had SUCH a wonderful time walking the sidewalks of the Magnificent Mile, seeing the Bean, drinking really awesome pumpkin tea from David's Tea (where Nate works), and eating classic Chicago deep dish pizza from Giordano's (my stomach still hurts from the gluten but it was soooo worth it). Nate was just the best tour guide (seriously, he's awesome, go visit him and see for yourself) and it was the perfect last night of our trip.
Day 9, Sunday. We detoured through Louisville and spent the afternoon with my family celebrating my nephew's 5th birthday (who was too busy playing to pose for a picture like the other two :)). My mom even had a "treasure chest" waiting for us!
Guys, let me tell you something. Two million dollars would have been insanely cool, but in the end, we realized we are already so incredibly and perfectly blessed. For fear of being cheesy (no Wisconsin pun intended), I won't say our time together with Zach and our families was the "treasure Forrest Fenn meant for us to find." But I will say that coming home to incredible friends and family reminded us that there is no amount of treasure that could ever equal the incredible blessing we have in the people who love us dearly (and who we love too!). The way they love us is greater than gold, more precious than rubies, and stronger than any amount of jade (hopefully jade is strong or else my terrible analogies end here, haha). As we have arrived at the end of this adventure, let us never stop looking for more!
Mom's treasure chest for us. Those pennies are going straight into the adoption fund. Double win!
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