Once they were all set, they soon rode off together out on the open road, and everyone did their best to occupy the the ride as Zofia was reading a book while the adults talked about bonding with the kids. LJ glanced out the window, while taking naps and playing a video game in-between. Tommy was playing with his video camera as Phil and Kimi were playing cards, Lil was bouncing her soccer ball, and Susie was strumming her guitar.

"Lil, are you gonna dribble that ball all the way to New York City?" Phil complained.

"Mm-hmm..." Lil replied as she kept bouncing her ball. "I'm going for the world record. All I have to do is keep this ball off the ground.

"Interesting..." Jenny commented as she read her mother's old Action Guy comic books.

"These ARE pretty good, even if they are kinda cheesy in some parts." Martin remarked.

Phil sighed as he continued to play cards. "I wish we had that RV with the plasma screen and 600 channels and satellite TV."

"Well, some other jerk bought it first," Dib shrugged. "So not much we can do about it now."

"Ah, guys, our moms wouldn't have let us watch it anyway," Tommy said. "Remember the Lipschitz rule: 'No electronic devices. No cell phones, computer games, nothing but the long stretches of the open road to numb our minds'."

Gaz looked a little emotional about the mention of the others talking about their mothers.

"Yeah, numb them into a gooey paste." LJ muttered.

Angelica glared as she watched Susie practicing her singing. When Kira came out of the bathroom, she felt better until Susie sang about cheese, so she ran back inside to continue hurling.

"Talk about mind-numbing." Angelica muttered to Susie's song.

Dil sighed as he saw how bored the older kids seemed. "Boy, are you guys sticks in the mud," he then spoke up after a while. "This trip's gonna be epic, you wanna know why? 'Cuz this is the South West, my friend!"

"And what, pray tell, is SO great about the Southwest?" David asked.

"Home of UFO crashes," Dil continued in excitement. "Nuclear Test Sites, proof that alien bodies in government hangars, and well, with my missing socks. We are talking about the freaky capital of the freaky world! And I say..." he then looked out the window. "Look, Bigfoot!"

The others then looked out the window.

"Aww..." Dib pouted as that seemed to disappoint him. "Dil, that's just a hairy guy with his shirt off."

Kira heard that, and immediately ran back into the bathroom to vomit.

"Poor Mrs. Finster." Kimberly sighed.

"No kidding..." LJ remarked. "That's the price you pay when you get food from a diner/car wash."

"At least it wasn't a Whale Wash." David muttered as he took out an old DVD copy of Shark Tale.

"No kidding." LJ remarked as he chucked it into a trashcan.

"Maybe Dil's right," Tommy said as he took out a paper. "I'm getting down when the trip's already started. Look what I pulled off the 'Net."

Kimi took the paper and read it aloud with a smile. "The 100 Most Upchuckiest Rides in America?"

"And we'll be passing at least half of them." Tommy smiled back.

"Alright..." LJ commented. "The trip is looking up!"

The RV then suddenly came to a stop.

"Okay, everybody," Didi called. "First stop."

"What is it, Mom?" Tommy smiled. "Crazy Canyons?"

"Whiplash Willows?" Chuckie asked.

"Mungo Mountain?" asked David.

"Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom?" Zofia smiled hopefully.

"Even better," Didi smiled. "Welcome to Clifford, California! The Onion Capital of the West!"

At this, the kids' faces fell.

"Onions...?" David groaned. "This is gonna be SO la-ame...!"

The kids were looking bored, but luckily for them, so did most of the moms except for Didi of course as the tour guide was telling them about their large onion.

Lil sniffled as she suddenly had tears in her eyes. "It's the onions, right?"

"Sure, if you wanna believe that, but I'm actually bored to tears." Lee replied.

Mo seemed like she had fallen asleep while standing up.

LJ smirked. "Lucky her. At least she doesn't hafta be awake for this." he commented.

"Don't touch anything, kids." Didi said as she pulled up her purse which accidentally made all of the hundreds of the onions flood out.

They all walked out and sniffled from the garlic fumes.

Vincent came into the gift shop to look around. "Hmm... Maybe I can find something to give to Jenny once we make it to New York City."

"If she's into onion-related paraphernalia, sure," David replied. "If not? Good luck!"

Vincent smiled bashfully.

"Vincent and his Jenny..." Akito chuckled.

Vincent blushed even more from that as he continued to explore.

Chuckie soon spotted a girl outside looking over a map. "Watch the Finster magic at work." he told the others as he went to go over to talk to the girl.

"If all else fails, this at least might be mildly amusing." Gaz shrugged as LJ took his sketchbook and pencil out of his pocket.

"Hi." Chuckie said as he came up to the girl.

"Hi." The girl smiled to him.

"Um... Have you been eating onions?" Chuckie asked.

The girl then glared before then slapping him across the face.

"Smooth, Finster. Smooth," Gaz snickered.

LJ, meanwhile, finished drawing in his sketchbook and slipped it back in his pocket.

"What'cha drawin'?" Chrissy asked LJ.

LJ blushed. "Oh, sometimes I just like drawing stuff I see in my dreams." he replied.

"Could I maybe see?" Chrissy smirked.

"Well..." LJ replied sheepishly. "Okay..." he pulled it out and turned to the most recent drawing: Kimberly and Chrissy, both clad in French maid outfits. At this point, LJ's face was as red as a ketchup puddle.

Kimberly and Chrissy both soon saw that with wide eyes and they both blushed from that themselves.

"Oh, my..." Kimberly blinked, but didn't make a big fuss over it.

LJ coughed nervously before putting his sketchbook back in his pocket. "The other pages are way different, I promise." he replied.

"Hm... I see... Flattering though..." Chrissy replied as she touched her necklace, but the red part seemed to glow for a bit. "Excuse me a minute." she then said before walking off to the bathroom.

"Okay..." LJ replied.

"Hmm... That necklace looks familiar..." Mo commented. "Oh, well, it's probably nothing."

"Okay, everybody, Photo Op!" Lucy called out as she found someone to take their picture on camera.

The tour guide took the camera out. "1...2..." he counted, before Phil looked down.

"Hey, look-a flattened lizard!" he exclaimed, picking something up off the ground.

At that, Kira immediately ducked out to puke again.

"...3." And the guide snapped the picture.

"Oh, yeah. That's a keeper." Akito smirked.

Later...

"Welcome to the World's Widest Christmas Tree..." A tour guide in the desert introduced the crowd as he stood by the tree.

"Oh, well, about time to get ready for the holidays," Mo shrugged. "They seem to come early every year."

"And yet, people overlook Thanksgiving and just jump right to Christmas." David sighed.

"I guess at least on the bright side our mom got to tell our dad and his family about Thanksgiving?" Jenny smiled sheepishly.

"And yet PerkyGoth14 has only one Thanksgiving special in her series." Sara muttered.

"Eh, nothing wrong with that!" LJ shrugged.

"I agree with you guys though," Sara said. "Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday. My dad's side of the family feels... Normal compared to my mother and grandmother."

"Time for another group photo." Gaz told the others as she walked by.

"Aw, maaan..." David grumbled as they all got into place.

Everyone soon gathered together to just get it over with. However, as they tried to take a picture, Kira soon ran off again.

"Man, Kira, you're more sick than that time you got to meet the Thornberrys!" Mo called out to the Japanese woman.

"Boy, was that an ordeal..." LJ replied.

Dil soon plucked an ornament off the tree after the picture was taken.

"Dil, don't touch." Didi told her son, putting it back on the tree, but that seemed to make a mess.

"Isn't it wonderful how well our girls are getting along?" Lucy smiled to Charlotte.

"I know," Charlotte smiled back in agreement. "Angelica hasn't shown one hint of jealousy about the parade."

LJ smirked at that. "Oh, if only they knew..." he remarked.

There seemed to be light singing heard.

"...I know that song from somewhere..." Mo said to herself once she heard the singing.

LJ glanced at her. "What's up, Auntie Mo?" he asked.

"I know that song from somewhere... I just know it..." Mo told herself.

The others looked to her as the singing was heard, but it wasn't from Susie.

LJ heard the sound. "Where's that coming from?" he asked her.

"I-I'm not sure..." Mo said. "I know I've heard it somewhere..."

They went to explore as they heard the singing from somewhere. Chrissy soon came out as the song ended and her necklace glowed and she put her hand over it.

"Chrissy, did you hear that singing?" Mo asked.

"...What singing?" Chrissy replied innocently.

"We heard something that sounded like singing." LJ explained.

"I didn't hear anything." Chrissy replied.

The others looked to each other and just shrugged.

"Oh, well," Mo said. "Time to get back on the road, I guess. We're all here, right?"

"Pretty much," LJ replied. "Let's get going."

They soon went back into the RV and the van and soon drove off back on the road.

Much later, they were now visiting the World's Biggest Ball of String.

"Another lame tourist trap..." LJ groused. "I'd rather go make out with Kimberly or Chrissy somewhere nearby..."

"Man, these are a bunch of lame moms..." Mo muttered. "MY mother was more exciting than this and she always sewed her own clothes, taught piano lessons, or cleaned up the house all the time."

"Not to mention send us those embarrassing sailor costumes." Akito rolled his eyes.

David shrugged. "It's just one snoozefest after another on this route..." he sighed.

"You guys want some sandwiches?" Mo offered, taking out a lunchbox.

"That sounds nice." LJ remarked.

Mo soon sat down with them, passing sandwiches all around of many types to them.

Tommy looked up on the way inside the RV as he then saw a man bungee jumping. "Hey, Mom, why can't we go do that?" he then asked with a smile.

"You'd hurt yourself." Didi said while dusting him clean.

"Well, that might at least be more interesting than this." David replied.

"Besides, you can do cheap thrill rides anywhere," Betty added in with a smile. "Where else but Needles Nevada could you have seen the World's Biggest Ball of String?"

Didi had a piece of string stuck to her shoe and the ball seemed to unravel as they were leaving the area.

"You know what ELSE is in Nevada? Vegas. Remember that time when you guys went to Vegas?" LJ smirked.

"I think Aunt Cherry has friends in Vegas." Akito commented.

"At this point, it wouldn't surprise me," LJ shrugged. "Still, that was way more fun than this."

"Maybe I can sneak you guys over." Mo whispered so the other moms wouldn't hear.

"So cool." Vincent smiled to his mother.

"Definitely..." LJ and David nodded.

Everyone soon took a food break by the picnic tables. Raul was coming to random girls and kept asking them out, though he seemed to have worse luck than Chuckie which was really saying a lot.

LJ just shook hia head in smug dismay. "I guess Chuckie isn't the only one having girl troubles..." he remarked.

"I don't get it!" Raul glared. "That works all the time back home!"

"You're not home." Chrissy smirked.

"Yeah," David replied. "It's new territory. And the girls out here have different tastes!"

"Hmm..." Raul gave a small pout to that.

Mo decided to take the kids around Nevada while the moms explored the tourist attractions.

"Well, this ought to be more interesting..." LJ shrugged.

"Now, you kids can come in, but I can't leave you alone just yet." Mo said as she took them into a casino from Las Vegas.

"We understand," LJ replied as he snapped his fingers and poofed them all into snazzy suits. "Gotta dress for the occasion!"

Raul scratched his butt a bit on the way inside. Mo smiled to them as she brought them into the real bright side that was visiting Nevada which was Las Vegas.

"Let's check it OUT!" LJ smirked as he started strutting in his new hat and suit.

The others soon went to join him as Mo supervised them with a small smile.

"Hmm... Games..." Gaz smirked as she walked off to go play some of the games in Vegas, but they had gambling in them.

"I dunno if you should do that, Gaz," Dib stated. "Gambling has been known to be pretty addictive."

"I must play..." Gaz drawled. "I will play..."

"I don't know what to make of her sometimes." Zofia commented.

"Yeah, she's already addicted to video games..." Dib sighed.

Gaz soon went to play some casino games which would prove later on to be a big mistake.

Kimberly looked interested in seeing a magic show and smiled as she saw white doves with lions with the magicians at work. "Larry and Kate the Lions featuring Blake and Victoria the Tigers?" she then commented. "Hmm... I've never seen white lions or tigers up close before."

"I've heard of them, but never seen 'em." LJ replied.

"Um... Should we go?" Kimberly smiled.

"Totally." LJ smiled, taking her hand.

Kimberly blushed a bit and soon went with him to check out the magic show.

The kids earned some excitement back once they explored Las Vegas up close together.

"This is almost better than Chuck E. Cheese!" Estelle laughed as she rode an indoor Ferris Wheel with Lee.

"No kidding," Lee remarked. "Or even Showbiz Pizza or Monkey Joe's!"

Estelle leaned against him with a smile. Akito seemed to glance over as if to keep an eye on his younger twin sister and her boyfriend, but soon smiled as he had some of his own fun.

"Okay, where are those tigers?" LJ wondered.

Kimberly looked around with LJ as they explored the magic show theater.

Backstage, there appeared to be the white tigers who seemed obnoxious and full of themselves compared to the white lions.

"Oh, you look so beautiful." Kimberly smiled to the tigress who must've been Victoria.

"I know." The tigress smirked.

"Whoa, you can talk?!" LJ gasped in shock.

"...You can talk to me?" Victoria asked. "I thought humans weren't smart enough to."

"I guess we never tried before..." LJ replied.

"Hm," Victoria smirked. "Well, you're in for a treat if you wanna talk to me. After all, Blake and I are the best stars of the show, unlike Larry and Kate."

"Good to know." LJ replied.

"What brings you two here?" Victoria asked.

"We're gonna see the magic show later." Kimberly smiled to the tigress.

"Yeah, we figure it might be interesting!" LJ added.

"Well, yes," Victoria smirked. "White tigers are the best in show after all."

"A little smug, aren't we?" Kimberly commented.

"They're very self-confident, that much is true." LJ added.

"Hm..." Kimberly said and soon went to see the lions. "You two seem nice."

"Hello, dear, I don't think we've talked to a human before," Kate smiled while her mate seemed to be lazy and asleep. "Larry... We have guests!"

"Nice to meet you." LJ waved.

"Huh? Oh, uh, hey..." Larry replied.

Kimberly and LJ smiled as they seemed to make some new friends.

"Mo, there you are, we should go now," Didi said. "We have a lot more to see."

"Uh, yeah, sounds cool, Didi, but I think I found something better than a mayonnaise museum or whatever." Mo told her.

"Yeah! Casino royale, hombrés!" Martin whooped.

Didi didn't seem to like them running off like that. Mo soon groaned with the kids as they now had to leave Vegas.

Later that night...

The kids stayed in a tent while the moms decided to stay and sleep inside the RV, and Mo was sleeping in her van.

"It's official, this trip is a bust." Tommy complained.

"Maybe for you guys," LJ shrugged. "We had a TON o' fun!"

"Oh, sure, just abandon us," Lil rolled her eyes as she continued to bounce her soccer ball. "Meanwhile, we had four hours in the Museum of Mayonnaise. When do we get to do what we wanna do?"

Phil mumbled as he looked through his backpack.

"You could've come with, but you chose not to." LJ shrugged.

"We didn't know where you were!" Tommy replied.

"Not too far off, buddy," Akito chuckled. "Oh, well. We'll make it up to ya somehow."

"Hmm..." Tommy rolled his eyes slightly.

"Sorry..." Theo replied.

"You doing okay, Theo?" Akito smiled.

"Yeah, I'm all right," Theo said. "It sure is nice to get away from my brothers for a while. I kinda miss my mom though."

"It's cool, man," LJ replied. "I miss my mom and dad too."

"Uh... What is... That?" Chrissy grimaced to Phil as he brought out his backpack.

"My collection," Phil replied. "I'm so bored I think I could become a nationalist... Or a chef..." he then took out something that looked like a reptile tail as he then dangled it in her face.

"Dude, not cool," LJ replied. "Sorry about that, Chrissy."

"It's fine... Just... Ugh..." Chrissy groaned slightly.

"What is it with moms anyway?" Tommy griped. "Why do they have to be all over us all the time?"

"Besides, what's with all these photographs?" Chuckie asked.

"And the 'don't touch anythings'." Lil added in drearily.

"I dunno, I kinda like it when Mom wipes my face with a saliva soaked tissue," Dil smiled. "It's like a warm, wet 'I love you'."

"He is strange." Theo commented about Dil.

"Pretty much, yeah," Estelle said. "He's been that way for as long as we can even remember."

"Only cuz Phil dropped him," LJ remarked. "Smooth move, butterfingers."

"Hey, it's not all my fault," Phil replied. "Lil said 'How hard can it be to carry Dil?'."

Lil glared to that as she bounced her soccer ball.

Kimi came over with a smile. "I was on my way to the bathrooms and guess who I found digging in the garbage?"

"What?" asked Dib.

A dog then barked as he came beside Kimi.

"I went to every campsite and no one knew him," Kimi said as she pet the dog. "He must've been abandoned."

"And Mom said you could keep him?" Chuckie asked.

"No way, so I figure, I'll sneak him in..." Kimi shook her head before crawling inside the tent. "Come on in, Pumpkin."

"Don't you guys already have a dog?" Vincent replied.

"Yeah, Spike and Fifi's puppies!" LJ added.

"Who says I can't have a new one?" Kimi replied.

"Your mom when she finds out." Lee said.

"Aw, but can't he at least stay for tonight?" Kimi pouted.

"Fine...but he better not mess anything up." LJ relented.

"Don't worry, you won't even know he's here." Kimi smiled.

The others looked to each other as they settled in to get some sleep.

"Well, one good thing; we're out in the fresh air and not stuck in the Crudinator." Lil commented.

The others agreed as they then decided to get some sleep.

"Well, maybe I might have something cool for the ol' dream sketchbook..." LJ remarked as he dozed off.