What We've Been Up To

I know it has been a long time since I have posted. We are still around and still plan on traveling.

We received some unexpected and heavy news that we are still recovering from. I received a call from Eric’s mom, saying that Tom, Eric’s dad, had passed away. “He’s gone”, she said. It was overwhelming, my brain couldn’t process it. Not only that, I had to tell Eric, who was currently on a plane to North Carolina for work. We quickly made plans to travel to Iowa to be with his family. We laughed, and cried, we reminisced, we planned the memorial service, and then we cried some more. We celebrated 4 birthdays and our anniversary. We had a great time with family. It was great seeing our nieces and nephews, and the kids had so much fun playing with cousins. It was good, but it changed our travel plans for the summer.

We love the beach! We planned on traveling to the gulf coast and hanging out at the beach for several weeks, then return to Texas the end of July for my friend’s vow renewal. Then we would take off to celebrate Perry Christmas in Iowa, finish the Midwest states, then settle back in Texas for a couple of months. We decided to take a few extra days to get home, so we could check off a couple of states.

Picture with Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, IL

Gateway Arch

Route 66 Mural Wall in Joplin, MO

We added Illinois and Missouri to our map, which was pretty exciting, and that brings our state count to 13. So we are planning to head out in September and tour the south east. We hope to see Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Depending on timing, we may try see Georgia as well. 

Even with everything going on the summer, we’ve gone and done something crazy . . .