I never thought we'd be going on a nearly 2.5 week road trip, grand, epic adventure but here we are packing up and getting ready to go. A trip to Montana has been on our minds for years now but never knew exactly how to pull it off. Then, last year, we bought our first trailer. I LOVE our trailer. I am so happy just to be in it, to organize it and to spend time in it and create memories with the family.
With the addition of the trailer, we just needed something to motivate us. The motivation came in the form of an email from Diane Whitmore, Jeff's birth mom. She sent us an email inviting us up for this 4th of July to go on their annual family camping trip with them. It had been something we talked about, we had the means and the trailer to make it work now and we haven't seen the Whitmores since Jeff graduated high school 25 years ago! So here we are just 5 days away from leaving on our grand adventure!
There is a lot of prep work for camping and being on the road for that length of time! It has taken a lot of planning and a lot of list making but it is starting to come together.
I'm excited and anxious about our trip. Excited to spend good quality time with my family, to visit two amazingly beautiful National parks and to make some connections with the Whitmores. I am anxious about the many, many hours we will be spending in the car. The kids are not too sure what to think about this trip quite yet. They don't like car rides and feel uncomfortable with spending several days with people we don't know. I'm hoping that at the end of the trip, they will have a new perspective and will come out of this with many great memories. Stay tuned for updates!
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