The road trip has been much more taxing of our time than expected. Time on the road has not necessarily translated into time to write, as it quickly became apparent that my roadworthiness is directly tied to my ability to look up at the road vs. down at a computer screen. (Sadly, or not, there is no more interesting story behind that sentence.) Time off the road has been spent catching up with old friends and family, eating, and sightseeing. Scarce computer time was allocated to vital tasks such as email correspondence and google-mapping our way across the country.
Excuses thus given — and blamelessness conveyed via passive voice — I offer up a few observations, in no particular order, which I might or might not write about more in depth later.
- We are so blessed with amazing friends and family. The generosity, open-heartedness, and kindness with which we have been received has blown us away. (You'll all be getting our individual thanks, but here is a big, blanket, heartfelt one in the meanwhile — THANK YOU!!!)
- Central Virginia is amazingly beautiful, even in the midst of a three-day downpour.
- Tennessee is really really long.
- Mammoth Cave is. Mammoth.
- Who knew Southern Ohio was pretty? ;)
- The Midwest feels like home.
- It is an amazing country we live in.
- and much more...
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