BELLE BUCKET

Mom of 6. Driver of one very decorated blue van. 45 states in, and the kids are keeping count.

We're a Utah military family of 8 doing all 50 states together. We roadschool, so a random Tuesday might be tide pools, a battlefield, or seven hours of the license plate game on I-80. The van windows usually have something painted on them, my order is a double double animal style with extra onions, and we thrift our way along the drive (it's a whole thing). The moms who follow me are planning the exact trips we've already survived, and they know I'll tell them the truth about every stop, because I'm going to be in that van either way.