Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Starting Our 2010 Summer Trip


Well, we’re off on our next adventure. This year our trip will take us through at least 23 states and 5 Canadian provinces and over 10,000 miles! We’re heading south and east, up thru the Maritime Provinces, to Quebec to meet some friends and to do some camping with them, then back west again to our family reunion.

Our first stop was in Brush, CO for a short visit with Jim’s Mom and sisters. As always it was great to see them. Mom is 92 years old and is doing pretty good for her age. Of course, she has her forgetful moments, but so do we!!

Then off to St. Louis to visit with Bob and Cathy Hall, long time friends whom we hadn’t seen for a long time. We had a great time with them going to wineries, driving the Great River Road along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and of course just catching up on old times. Now we’re in Nashville for just a short stop and then off to Asheville, NC.

We’ve seen some beautiful scenery so far – a lot of trees and greenery, and of course the humidity to go with it (something we’re trying to get used to). So far we’ve avoided any serious weather, although while we were in Brush there were tornado warnings one day and we got a pretty good thunderstorm. On our way though Kansas we even saw some storm chasers! But we are looking forward to our travels.