The thing about living in this city is that it doesn’t matter how vast it is, how many people it consumes, the speed it works in — it never seems to let me forget how many times I’ve loved and hurt and been broken, or where these things happened. It doesn’t matter how many new places, nooks, corners, high rises I discover, it doesn’t matter how many someones you surround yourself with — seeing that one flower shop, sitting in that park, watching that fountain flow, passing that church tower, running around like kids in the biggest known toy store in the city will never erase the memories you spent with the one you thought you’d spend something like forever with. And even if these places disappear, fall down, crash, or are rebuilt — you come to realize that the memories don’t go that easily, and they will stay, for however long they can, in the deepest corner of your heart, because at one time they meant the world and sometimes you’ll miss it, want to relive it, but someday somebody will change your mind and in time, the city will look anew again, ready for more adventures in love.
after we left kentucky, we had a killer driving day. we drove through Indiana, Illinois and Iowa in one day. it took us about 13 hours to do. we ended up passing through a time zone which was kind of discombobulating on top of the long drive! we got a motel room that night and ate at this gross diner and fell exhausted into bed.
Illinois - The Land of Lincoln
this reminded me of the car crash scene in Beetlejuice!
we stopped at this museum while passing through Illinois
this is NOT lincoln's hat
whoo hoo lincoln!
old timey piano
the best part of the museum - dress up in the children's section!!! (we were the only ones in the museum BTW)
sitting inside a teepee!
Iowa - Fields of Opportunities
sunset over Iowa
windmills we saw the next morning leaving waterloo, iowa
after saying good bye to will's dad in west virginia, we finally started our road trip into new territory! we camped in charleston, west virginia for one night but i forgot to take pictures (it was a very pretty - on top of this mountain, completed surrounded by trees but way too many noisy bugs!).
the next day, we drove through kentucky and stopped at the Natural Bridge State Park in Slade!
they have a gondola at the state park that you can ride to the top of this cliff to see the "Natural Bridge"
going up
and up...
and up...
someone sent their cooler ahead of them!
AND UP!!!
almost there!
made it to the top
thank god for self-timer cameras
the view below
the Natural Bridge - made out of limestone
another view of the bridge
the scarier part was going DOWN!
straight shot down!
the view was amazing
if you are ever in kentucky, i highly recommend going to the Natural Bridge!
our campsite is below, to the left of the road
lake near our campsite
sun going down in kentucky
will and i embarked on our journey to california on september 8th, 2009. we left hartford, connecticut and drove first to D.C. to visit will's mom. we stayed there until september 12th then headed to wardensville, west virginia to see will's dad before we traveled westward!
in front of the White House
just happened to get there at the same time as Obama!
we went up the washington monument
view from above
we visited the mexican cultural institute with will's mom
our car all packed up and ready to go - it's soo full, its ready to burst!
taking a walk with the dogs at will's dad's cabin in w.va
view of the garden from the front porch
hiking to swim at a reservoir
two minutes before this pic was taken - we saw two copperheads on the shore!!!
me & will & will's dad
i don't think we were technically allowed to swim here...
so pretty!
...stayed tuned for more pictures from our road trip - i have soooo much more!
OK molars, can you come out now? Mama can't handle this newborn sleeping schedule. *whimpers*
I made it to California okay! We got here last Tuesday but we have been so busy, I haven't been able to update! I will put up pictures of our adventures when I have more time.
I hope you all are doing well!!!!!!! XOXOXO
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