We started our year away with a cross country road trip! We curved our way through the country. Now that I think about it, none of our travel this year will be in a straight line!
We started by visiting family in Boise and then set off to see the Tetons, Yellowstone and the Badlands. We packed our tent and did our only summer camping along the way.
We saw quite a bit of wildlife including a black bear cub, a red fox, mountain goat, pronghorn, moose and we were stopped by buffalo taking their time to cross the road. All of it reminded us again of how beautiful and diverse and vast our country is.
Then the corn and soybeans and sunflowers started as we continued east through South Dakota and Iowa and Illinois….
And it was a different kind of beauty. We stopped in Iowa to see a friend and in Chicago where I grew up to see my brother and family and I got to see my oldest friend from childhood.
Spending time with friends and family was such a gift. We left Chicago and headed south to St Louis. What a cool city with so much history. I didn’t know the smallest national park is Gateway Arch.
We continued south to Nashville to spend time with my sister and hear some great music.
And our final leg of the trip was to Asheville, North Carolina to see my parents.
We had 5 days laughing and catching up and spending time with their friends. Jim and I unpacked our road trip things and packed for our next leg and did lots of walking…fall is in the air.
We feel refreshed and ready to go…off to Scotland. Im looking forward to see 🐏 and Jim is nervous to drive on the left side of the road. But overall we feel grateful to be able to go and we miss you already!
“One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things” — Unknown
Our Travels Abroad 
Buen Viaje! You accomplished so much in 14 days. Incredible!
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