The month of April was a complete blur. We moved into a new rental on April 1st. It was a fast move and I feel that we are now pretty much settled here. We also took a road trip across country to retrieve some family heirlooms that we were meaning to bring out.Our itinerary was to fly into Chicago, see my family in Illinois, visit Jon's sister and brother and pick up the furniture pieces we wanted. Drive to Kansas City where we would visit friends and then pick up another important piece of furniture and then head home with some fun stops in between. We did pack a lot of visits into that short trip, but I wish I had had time to see some of my other friends that are back in the midwest and I hope to be back soon to visit them.
Trip Highlights: Friends that we did see, Family that we saw and caught up with, the steaks at our friends place in KC, the Vapor Caves in Colorado, and the Hoover Dam. I think Jon might also like to add the Comfort Inn's free waffle breakfast to that as well.
We were able to see a friend before he went off to the Peace Corp in Africa which was nice considering it was literally right before he left and I am sure everyone was vying for his time. We spent some quality time with my parents and had a nice lunch with Jon's Aunt who drove up from Iowa.
We then drove to Jon's sister's place where we picked out the pieces of furniture that we wanted. Once the car was all packed up, we headed to KC where our friends grilled the best steaks ever and let us crash in their comfy guest room. They also had a cat that was so similar to Woody, we could almost mistake them. Mr. Grimace (Woody's twin):
The next morning we met Jon's cousin who handed over an antique table (early 1800s) that was brought from Haiti by Jon's great great grandmother. We had lunch and then hauled it across the state of Nebraska. That was the longest drive day...a total of 11 hours. We made it all the way through to Glenwood Springs where we went to the Yampah Caves and relaxed in the sulfury heat. Absolutely lovely. We then headed out to Nevada where we stayed at the Comfort Inn and went on the Dam Tour at the Hoover Dam.
We finally made it back to the West coast with no big issues, just a ton of dead bugs on the windshield. We came home to Mr. Woodrow who greeted us warmly and said he did not have too many parties while we were away.
I promise to soon write about our new nest and fill you in on the copious amounts of laundry which we are doing in our fantastic "doesn't require quarters" washer and dryer. Hope everyone is doing well.
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