wabi sabi

a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
a beauty of things unconventional.
Showing posts with label road trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label road trip. Show all posts

Monday, April 19, 2010

5 Days 7 States (i think!)

Lilacs ready to bloom!

Sunday night we stayed in Le Clair Iowa. A very cute little place on the Mississippi River just on the border of Iowa and Illinois. I love the view of the river.I am fascinated by all the farms along the way straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. I love the red barns, the farmhouses with the front porch. The farmers on the tractors plowing the precise straight rows ready to plant. Who lives there and works so hard? Has it been in the family for generations? Do children live there? Are they happy doing this work that so benefits the rest of us?

Tonight we are in Sandusky Ohio. Tomorrow we are headed for Cooperstown New York to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame on wednesday. We are hoping to arrive on our little island some time Thursday. The closer we get the more anxious we are. My son is starting a new adventure and I am going to a place where I breathe and feel inspired. A place where we gather with family. Some are family by birth and others are family by choice, but all are family.

I have been working on My Awesome Summer List. A list of really fun things I want to do this summer. Some are goals, others just plain fun. I will share more later!

What is on you Awesome Summer List?

Friday, April 16, 2010

Self Portrait Friday (from the road)

We ended up being delayed for a day and left thursday morning. We were more than ready to get on the road!
We headed up highway 80 towards Tahoe. It is always a beautiful drive. I love to drive it in the fall. We crossed thru Nevada thursday. Nothing much exciting there...
Friday morning we crossed into Utah. I love the reflection of the mountains in the water. The salt flats are kind of fascinating. I felt a bit like we were crossing the surface of another planet.

Self Portrait friday afternoon in Wyoming. We have stopped in the very small town of Rawlins for the night. We are finding that 9-10 hours is enough. Wonderful son has done all the driving so far. We are not big chatters in the car. It has been that way since he was little. We have short conversations about things of interest and then I am back to my book or my ipod or just thinking my thoughts and watching the view. How often to we all crave time for that! I do love being out in the wide open space!

Our journey continues tomorrow. I will be back when I can.

What journey would you like to take?