Does This Road Trip Ever End?
As it turns out, we have been on the road off and on for the past six weeks. Only one more week until we arrive at our destination. The final obstacle is to acquire a home. Until then, we remain homeless. While, normally, I love the gypsy lifestyle, this never ending road trip is beginning to test my patience. We arriving at the home of The Husband's family this afternoon.
As we drove along, the Husband and I have been fantasizing about our future home. We are excited that we will be living in an area that has all four seasons. We are talking about having a little garden in our backyard. I can't wait to grow my own vegetables. I know that the reality won't be nearly as cute as my fantasy garden with a little fence around it, but still, fresh homegrown vegetables can't be beat. Now we just have to find, "the house."
We have found a few houses that are located with a bit of water front property. That would be my ideal location, because the Big Bean could swim and play in the river/creek. We aren't sure if it will work out though, as the market is rather strange right now. We will just have to see how everything works out.
The Beans are tolerating the never ending road trip quite well. The little one is having some trouble with the lack of a schedule and the crazy shifting time zones. She has a difficult time going to sleep in the evenings after sleeping all day in the car. This is particularly difficult as The Husband and I are exhausted after driving throughout the day. Hopefully, by next week, we can get into a better routine.
Here are some photos of our latest adventures. I strongly recommend visiting the Crazy Horse Memorial as it was absolutely unbelievable. It is so big, that Mt. Rushmore could fit into Crazy Horse's head. The thing is huge and super impressive even though it is not yet complete. I hope that we will be able to visit it when it finished.
I know that the Little Bean will never remember these adventures, but she will have photographs to show her how much she has traveled as a baby. I have a friend whose parents were in the Foreign Service back in the 50s when he was a kid. He has photographs of himself in front of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. The same Buddha statues that the Taliban destroyed a few years ago. Back then, it was safe to travel through Afghanistan. While the Little Bean is spending most of her first year in the U.S., we hope to travel with her and her all over the world. Hopefully, the places she gets to see as a child will be safe to visit as an adult as well.
As we drove along, the Husband and I have been fantasizing about our future home. We are excited that we will be living in an area that has all four seasons. We are talking about having a little garden in our backyard. I can't wait to grow my own vegetables. I know that the reality won't be nearly as cute as my fantasy garden with a little fence around it, but still, fresh homegrown vegetables can't be beat. Now we just have to find, "the house."
We have found a few houses that are located with a bit of water front property. That would be my ideal location, because the Big Bean could swim and play in the river/creek. We aren't sure if it will work out though, as the market is rather strange right now. We will just have to see how everything works out.
The Beans are tolerating the never ending road trip quite well. The little one is having some trouble with the lack of a schedule and the crazy shifting time zones. She has a difficult time going to sleep in the evenings after sleeping all day in the car. This is particularly difficult as The Husband and I are exhausted after driving throughout the day. Hopefully, by next week, we can get into a better routine.
Here are some photos of our latest adventures. I strongly recommend visiting the Crazy Horse Memorial as it was absolutely unbelievable. It is so big, that Mt. Rushmore could fit into Crazy Horse's head. The thing is huge and super impressive even though it is not yet complete. I hope that we will be able to visit it when it finished.
I know that the Little Bean will never remember these adventures, but she will have photographs to show her how much she has traveled as a baby. I have a friend whose parents were in the Foreign Service back in the 50s when he was a kid. He has photographs of himself in front of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. The same Buddha statues that the Taliban destroyed a few years ago. Back then, it was safe to travel through Afghanistan. While the Little Bean is spending most of her first year in the U.S., we hope to travel with her and her all over the world. Hopefully, the places she gets to see as a child will be safe to visit as an adult as well.
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