"I'm having so much fun. I kinda don't want to get there."
Seriously, this is how much fun we are having! How lucky are WE? VERY LUCKY!. Now, I have to say, as much as I love observing the great countryside of our incredible nation, with my three favorite beings within arms reach, I cannot wait to arrive and start our new life in Boston. However, I have great and sincere appreciation for Trina's tribute to living in the moment!
Just to get you up to speed, last night we stayed in Omaha, NE and wouldn't you know it...the NCAA College Baseball World Championships were happening across the 'street' (read: multiple freeway interchange). I have NEVER before in my life seen so many beer loving, baseball adoring men wearing baseball hats gathering in any single location before....they all seemed to be staying at our 'pet friendly' hotel. Did they all bring their kitties to the big game? Did the stadium give coupons for our hotel? If so the stadium purveyors should also distributed tubes of sunscreen for these men, who sadly, seemed to have forgotten that their hats did not cover their, now, red ears and necks.
After settling into our hotel and locating salads and sandwiches for dinner we took Macy for a little walk and saw our first fire-flies. I think that these little sparks are part remarkable biological phenomena and part magic.
No matter how tired, how irritable, or how hot and humid, seeing a fire fly always fills me with awe. Will there be fire flies in Boston? Pleeeease say yes!Trina, quite on the other hand, has been filled with awe by the fields of windmills that occasionally dot the green, mid-west fields. Of course windmills have a long and productive history in the US (and elsewhere I am sure). But these historic windmills are not those that have inspired Trina to begin conceiving of a career in engineering. She has been inspired by the
modern windmills of today charged with generating alternative energy for our great (and very wide) nation. I have read mixed material about these windmills and Trina's enthusiasm for these looming and impressive feats of engineering has inspired me to learn more. Perhaps they will make an appearance in a future blog post. More pictures, taken by Trina and I, very soon.I have been most impressed by the terrain in two states (no Grandma, not Nebraska!). Wyoming was breath taking with it's wide open ranges, expansive plateaus, powerful and gusting winds and ruggedness. I took multiple (read 100's) pictures of the land as I was repeatedly impressed by the mixed and changing textures of the land (impressively boring slide show to come!). I'll post these soon (I bet you can't wait!). I have also been impressed by the lush, green beauty of Iowa. Iowa, home of the Iowa City Hawkeyes (isn't that right Meg?). Yes, there were miles of corn fields, but there was also so many trees, beautiful, rolling hills and quaint silo's and red barns nestled between rolling hills of lush foliage. I loved Iowa.
I will say that I am eating my words (again). The midwest is very much NOT flat as I have been told and have repeated without reliability. Rather, there are many, and in some places relentless, rolling hills that make me think fondly (and with some cellular memory of agony) of Madison, WI and one fabulous and challenging ride I took during my Ironman effort.
As we move across the country neither of us can resist noting the cycle-ability of the road, temperature, wind (much gusting wind), rolling hills and occasional flats. I have long, and until recently, secretly harbored a desire to cycle across the US (a confession that I imagine is inspiring eye-rolls from several of you reading now). Today we hope to end our day in Holiday City, Ohio. At this rate we expect to arrive (though too soon in Trina's estimation) in Boston mid-day on Tuesday. So, guests can begin arriving Wednesday.
Glad you are having fun! Road trips are the best!
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