Day 7, Driving Back to Antonina

1/24/14

Leaving Argentina 11:13

Mean old mom makes everyone  play a game called the Abc's of Argentina

A Argentina, ades (a soy milk and fruit juice mix that comes in a convenient juice box), Abby

B border crossing, boat

C cataratas (waterfalls), cavalos (horses - we saw them on the side of the road) , carta verde (the insurance we needed), coati, croissants 

D dogs (at the pousada the kids named them jojo dogo maria bia), Dam,

E estaciamento (parking, far and hot) exchange (we need money!)

F flamingo, fronteiras (borders), Felix

G galinhas e gallos (chickens and roosters), grace

H hotel, helicopter (we saw them taking off across from the bird park)

I iguazu, iguana

J jaguar, Jamison

K knives (the wooden ones), Kris

L leopard

M macaw, monkey, Miles and miles (the boy and lots on the road)

N necklace (for Abby)

O onca (jaguar in portuguese), orange juice, Oliver

P pesos, piscina, (pool) and pool

Q Queijo (cheese)

R red scooters, rocks

S swimming, southern cross

T 21 oranges, terrible Toucan, 

U universe (star gazing)

V videos

W waterfalls

X x-ing (coati, tapir, border)

Y yaguar (jaguar in spanish)

Z zooming (across Brazil)

From Felix.  B is for Iguacu falls! D is for boat!

"War is peace on the road" Guerra I think can also be a name.

Watching Incredibles now Mom's game is done.

1:30 potty break, gas up, Monsters Inc

Kids look away from the screen and see the most amazing clouds!

3:49 Felix and Miles asleep. Somewhere in the middle of brazil

5:14 potty break. App time voted over video. Guavapava.

We drove all the way to Vermont?

Time to talk. Jamison regarding work. Me whether to put twins in school again. Life is too short to do things you don't like, for example, swimming lessons, and having frustrated parking issues everyday.

Jamison's goals at the moment. Pass every truck. And don't pull off because you lose your progress and have to pass the trucks again. 

It's a John Deere just like in Kansas!  So much of the landscape really reminded us a lot of our trip to Kansas last year.

5:56 passed the place we got Popsicles on the way out.  We still have a long way to go!

Entrance to the box of slowing down or in other words the Escape Area (like a runaway ramp)

We like the name Prudentopolis, it is just a sensible place to live. 

6:58 done cleaning up throw up from Felix. Poor kid. 

More amazing clouds

7:56 Two lanes!  Finally

Can you believe these clouds!

8:44 potty and gas (after emergency stop with a diaper)  They did have any water to the bathrooms so we all had to use the same tiny one behind all the refrigerators in the store.  Weird, but we got it done. 

10:22 at hospedaria da praça in antonina.  In very good time. Maybe due to not stopping for dinner.  We had plenty of food in the car.

471 miles,  11 hours 9 minutes of family traveling!