The first day of our family vacation was a travel day! The road trip is half of the fun for us! We like to take our time and stop at fun places along the way.
The girls had a comfy and fun set up in the back seat. We got them curtains to help shade them from the sunshine and the sea back covers gave them plenty of storage for fun items and a tray for coloring, snacking, etc.
Our first stop was for breakfast. We got a bunch of goodies from Market Hall at Van Aken in Ohio. It was a great way to start the trip!
After a couple hours of driving, we stopped at Grandpa’s Cheese Barn in Ohio. This provided us with a snacky lunch! We all shared some pieces of various cheeses, beef sticks and pretzels.
Our next stop was the Columbus Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. We had never been, and this was a nice way to stretch our legs!
After a couple hours back on the road, my husband and I needed another coffee stop. This turned into a “donut and coffee shop” because: vacation, and kids, and yum.
We each tried half of the donut we had picked from Parlour Donughts, then packed them up and got back on the road. I’d say we had some leftover as snacks in the hotel room. I mean, this is what we had hoped for them, but it wasn’t too long after taste testing these goodies that they got dropped on the pavement in the parking lot at our hotel when we arrived.
Probably for the best. We truly didn’t need all of these donuts hanging around!
When we got to the hotel, we all went swimming and then I went for a walk around the hotel to get some activity in. It was 80° with a warm breeze. It felt amazing to be outside!
We ordered a late night dinner from CJ’s pizza after we settled into the hotel room. CJ’s is our favorite pizza in Plainfield, Indiana! And when I say it’s our favorite, I mean it was really good when we got it last year and we haven’t tried anything else. We all enjoyed it!
My eating choices for the day were definitely giving “on vacation mode”. I could have done better but, I also don’t have any regrets. I made sure to drink a decent amount of water (60 oz) and I got my activity in for the day!
Overall, “roadtrip, day 1” went really well. Halfway there, another 7 hour drive coming right up!
