Yes, the title is accurate. That has been the main saying this whole trip. There is soooo much I have to write about that has happened from the moment I got in the car and till now. There wasn't a whole lot of blogging time and I have been so busy. Where should I start? I took off to CO Aug. 6th spent the night and went to church with my grandparents on Sunday. Then I made my way to Elizabeth to pick up Ainslee. When I got to her house after stopping in and picking up my winter clothes, there was only room for two people. Three people were going to OR, we had a problem and the problem was "my stuff". Ainslee whipped out the compression bags and fit my scarfs and hats into (I thought was as full as a full trunk could be.) Kudos to Ains for sure. :) , through reorganizing we did it. Off we went sitting on rolled out sleeping bags and packaged like a can of sardines. Here we go. We met with up with Ashley in Greeley with welcoming signs stuck up with bandaids. The next morning we filled up the tank and went through WY, UT, and ID. We stopped in Twin Falls ID, which was 7 miles away from the interstate. We found a treasure. It was one of the most beautiful sight I have ever seen. It was a massive canyon and a base jumper caught our attention when he was about to jump off the bridge (and of course a took a quick photo opt.) :) We would of never found this "treasure" if it hadn't been for our stomaches :) . Then the next morning Ash got in the driver seat and drove 11 hours straight! ahahaha She said she was enjoying herself so much and she really didn't know why. Then later when we were about 30 miles from our destination and she figured it out. " It is because I am not so used to driving a car that drives the way it is supposed to!" Ashley you are a trooper, I give you props. When were were about 25 miles from Portland , OR we stopped at Mutanomah falls. It was a wonderful stop to stretch out sardine packed legs. The whole trail was paved and there was a suspension bridge place in front of the waterfall. The temperature marking 74 degrees, perfect. We made it to Dallas on Tuesday the 9th around 8 pm and had supper at my aunt and uncle's very welcoming home. I am sorry to say that I have not taken any pictures of food yet!!!! Shame on me! The food has been wonderful. So far we have had a lot of food with a Mediterranean twist :) Yummmmmmmmm. I promise to be better in the future! Yesterday we got up and really slowly and wonderfully, ate breakfast under the morning rays on the deck. Then, we went to pick BLUEBERRIES at a you pick farm! We picked 18 lbs of berries in 40 mins! Soooo relaxing, loved being so close to nature and eating the fruit it brought forth for me to enjoy warmed by the sugary sun rays. Later we went to Drift Creek Falls, which also had a waterfall and a suspension bridge as well. The smell of the levitated wood brought security to the moment. We came back home after the hike with the dogs and my aunt made us amazing individual pizza's with calamata olives, cherry tomatoes, caramelized onions, garlic, sweet miniature orange and yellow bell peppers cut in long strips, basil pesto, several different kinds of cheese, and crispy flat bread. After we tainted our breath with garlic we went to go meet some of the locals in Salem for church, very friendly :) We made our acquaintances over homemade ice cream. Today is our free day... we are just sleeping in, munching on GOOD food, :) and in hope of an adventurous day looking around Dallas and Salem. We have a park and waterfront area with a picnic worked in that looks very appealing for a low key day. :)
Pictures will be posted soon :) ... stay tuned.
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