Summer 2014 Road Trip: Westward

▼ Niagara Falls, a popular tourist destination. Few of the tourists seemed to be speaking English, so it seems people come from far away to see these waterfalls, which are very impressive. I think the view of the falls may be better from the Canadian side (although we didn't see it), but on the American side you can stand right next to them, which is impressive in it's own way.

▼ Next stop Chicago, to see the famous bean.

▼ I was only expecting The Bean to be, you know, a giant metal thing. But it was actually REALLY COOL! You should go see it.

▼ Then we made it to Minneapolis to see family and friends. Also it was my birthday:

▼ To celebrate, my sister and I went shopping at the Mall of America. It's a very large mall (the largest in America).

▼ Minneapolis is a cool town and also has a special sculpture.

▼ We went to Como Zoo.

▼ Then it was time to head west again. Driving through the middle of North Dakota, Jordan's window suddenly disappeared! It was crazy. You can't drive very comfortably on the Interstate without a window, so we had to make a stop in a little town to see if the window could be found again. Luckily, we stopped at a mechanic who had lately fixed three windows from Dodge Caravans. He fixed our window in a timely manner, while we walked around a cute, little town and enjoyed a local diner.

▼ And we kept going!

▼ Back in Oregon, we stopped by Multnomah falls, which is a very tall and skinny waterfall.

▼ The best button on the GPS.

▼ Finished! Round trip coast to coast!