South Bend - Day 2

Where is Day 1??? That is not how numbering works, Mooney!!! Well, Day 1 was just a travel day. We had picked the triplets up from camp on Friday after teen week, and then we drove to Estevan for the night. After a pile of laundry and a good night's sleep, our first day consisted of a 7 hour (ish) drive from Estevan to Alexandria, MN followed by a supper of sandwich meat and veggies from Target.

And that brings us to day 2 (SEE?? Forgive me for not creating a full footprint of that!!)

Day 2 was another mainly driving day. The goal was to drive from Alexandria to South Bend , Indiana. It was an 11 hour driving day that would take us through both Minneapolis and Chicago. Our hotel was the Comfort Inn By The University.

So we wired up the GPS and headed out on the interstates. Caden took his turn driving and did great. The plan was, long day of driving, get in late and crash so we can get up and get going on Monday.

What we never asked ourselves was... "what does 'by the university' mean?".

I am ashamed to admit that we had no idea that South Bend, Indiana is home to none other that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. NOTRE DAME!!!!

We love Notre Dame. All those Irish, who also love to fight! WHAT IS NOT TO LOVE?!?!

Unfortunately, it is summer so the university is pretty dead, but luckily, it is free to just walk around and take it in. So that is what we did. We raced to South Bend by hitting every toll road we could find and got in to South Bend Early enough that we could grab some supper from Trader Joe's, and then spend an hour or so driving and walking around the University. It is sooo beautiful there. What an amazing and unexpected bonus. The trip is starting off great!!! Tomorrow is a much shorter driving day to Cleveland followed by a few hours at the Rock and roll hall of fame. See ya tomorrow.Read more