The Big Move: Day 7 (Moline, IL --> Wheeling, IL)

We drove the short distance from Moline, IL to Wheeling, IL, stopping in the middle to have lunch with my grandma and her sister in Peoria, Illinois. After lunch we headed on up to Wheeling to stay with my cousin for a couple days. My cousin lives very close to this fantastic (and very long) forest preserve and Joel and I took a nice walk there. Then we went to Ryerson Woods with Heather (cousin), lovely.

The Big Move: Day 6 (Storm Lake IA --> Moline, IL)

Today we drove from Storm Lake, IA to Moline, IL, it was a day of mostly driving but near the end of the day we stopped at the University of Iowa (where I'm applying for grad school) and walked around the campus. We went right at Magic Hour too, which as always, makes for lovely photographs.

The Big Move: Day 5 (Rapid City, SD to Storm Lake, IA)

Today we drove through the Badlands and saw lots of grasshoppers and prairie dogs. There was a lot of nothing out there. We stayed off the highways still but it was still pretty desolate, however full of rolling hills covered in golden waving grass.