Dinger's do Augusta | Days #4 & #5

I am no longer a California resident. Our last "home" is currently 660 miles away. How crazy! It feels so strange to be on the move again. Mainly because life is still kinda up in the air at the moment (( more to come on that in another post )) but here we are, in pretty Kingman, AZ right off historical Route 66! It's always been a dream of mine to see this part of the country. So many people have traveled this route for thousands of years!! And here is my little Aremendinger Party of 5 adding to those millions of people. So crazy.

Beale to Bakersfiled was crazy in itself. It was my husband's Dirty Thirty birthday so I woke up extra early and got donuts from his favorite place (( Pinkbox )) one more time. He had one more errand to run at work -- and then just like that he was done and we are no longer a military family. I am no longer a "dependent". We are just like everyone else in this world. It's a crazy concept to think about seeing as my whloe life I have been a militant brat turned spouse. But again, that's a post for another dayWe made it to Bakersfiled and the kids wore off some energy by jumping on the beds. Yes those blurs are my children lol. And yes I was watching them the whole time, they are kids that aren't fine china! I say let'em have some fun!!

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I wanted to take the birthday boy to a Mexican resturant that (( according to Trip Advisor, )) had amazing fish tacos (( his favorite food )) but birthday boy was a bit of a grump and vetoed my decision and we went to the Denny's right next to the hotel (( yuck!)).

Day one of the road trip was pretty successful other then a few grumpies. 

Bakersfield to Kingman was the start of the crazy looking landscape. I was really excited for this part of the trip just because I wanted to see what Arizona thru Texas looks like! There are some crazy looking pine tree things out here. But it's all so beautiful. I am so happy that we took this route! Plus driving along Route 66 is the icing on the cake for me (: We started out a trip but first #jayceleebriat and I needed a selfie (;

My co-pilot did last very long. I am so very proud of how my #cambrigirl is doing on this trip. Sure I have to dope her up on children's benadryl every morning, but she just sits there and watches me drive every once in a while whining for a belly rub. 

So the husband and I have these handy-dandy walkie talkies to communicate with since we never really know when we will have cell service and don't want to risk it incase of emergencies. Once in a while we will talk back in forth about things we see, where to eat for lunch, if we need a pit stop ... But the moment we crossed over from California to Arizona I got a super loud "YYYAAAAAAYYY!!!!!" over the walkie talkie. Needless to say -- the Mister was never really much of a fan of California lol.

Those crazy pine trees I mentioned -- yay, there was one at one of the VERY few rest stops along our route. So I had to get a picture of #ainsleyscot and #jayceleebriate in front of it (: If anyone knows what these are fill me in because I would love to know!

One of the moments I was so excited for on this trip -- CRACKER BARREL!!!!!!!! O-M-G it was everything I had hoped for and the Mister even let me get a Butter N Rum 20cent candy stick! I was so super happy, totally brought me back to my childhood!

Finally as we were leaving Sonic for a milkshake run the sun was just starting to set and was just breathtaking over the mountains and city. It truly was the perfect ending to such beautiful day!