Finn's thoughts

The place I most want to go is ruby falls because of looking at pictures it looks amazing.the look of HUGE rock walls I was amazed.

Packing... T minus 15 hrs

I think I am a much better packer after last spring's trip.  We leave in the morning and we are all packed.  The car has been seen by the mechanic (thank you, Don) vacuumed, windexed and spruced.  Snacks have been bought.  While packing Sage helped out...  by putting 2 pair of underwear on (USA underwear was bought as a joke for Connor when we went to CISV - he was representing the US after all...) (and yes, he thought it was hilarious to Open his bag and see USA underwear when he got to camp.)

We still need to buy our book on tape (on Iphone -whatever...)  and after a vote Gregor the Overlander book 4 has won for the trip down.  We are also trying to find a good baseball biography that isn't crazy old or full of sex and drugs... but I think that is going to have to be a book we actually read together.  Nothing audio that I can find.

Yarn is packed, of course, I have some new babies on the way to knit for (NO, not for me).  Sketch books, soft ball to throw in car, earphones, flip flops and swim suits (looks to be 80 next week in FL - HOLLA)  and suits in case we need to go to a funeral.  I am a pretty notoriously light packer... it was tricky packing for beach and funeral/ visitation trip.

No, Curt, Sr. has not passed but he has been on a ventilator on and off this week and the Dr. is surprised at his tenaciousness.  I don't know if that means he thinks he can get better or if he is surprised at how hard he is fighting dying.  I can only imagine how trying this is for Chris emotionally.  The KM clan is going to make the best of the situation though.  We were planning on doing this trip in June and so we just pushed it up a bit and now we can spend some time being there for Carol.  Well, Chris can - his dad has CDIF and the kids and I will not be going in to see him.  This trip will be bittersweet in many ways - I just wanted to acknowledge that up front and say we will be focusing on the sweet.

Another road trip

Where is the K-M clan headed to next?
I wish it was Hawaii, alas it is Florida.  I'll take it.

Driving in trusty Vanna White, we will be leaving on Friday and. stopping in Chattanooga, TN.

The boys and I have been researching.
We want a half way (ish) point.  We thought about Graceland...  we thought about Atlanta...  then we saw the picture of Ruby Falls.  SOLD!

Home

Home with Chris.
The seed hypothesis is so far right on point.
Tap water pot has 2 flourishing baby sunflowers.
Half tap and half pacific ocean has one weak one.
Pacific ocean has no growth.

Mei Mei is slap happy now

Gregor the Overlander -! What a great audiobook ... A quick 7 hrs on the road with that. Now some dinner and a new book. This is the first day we are not just eating pb and j sandwiches on the road. I will be a- ok not eating them for a long while. We figured the last big day on the road - lets stop and eat .

Slap stick road weary

Finn and I are hanging in the lobby, playing poker and blogging silly. I am honestly shocked this silly business took this long to take effect.

Finn blogs

Winter is the most famous dolphin because he lost his fin. I was Winter and Connor was Flipper. Well, our grandma threw her flip flops and we just went to get them. While we were swimming just regularly I got my Grandmas flip flop and started throwing it. I got it to skip once and once it just slid. We just played dolphins for a while, then we went into a sauna- it was really hot. You could change up the temperature - you can go after you swim and it will dry you.

Since this is our last day I would like to say my favorite part of the trip was Mt Rushmore. This is because I was wanting to see this famous Mt- Lincoln Thomas Jefferson, George, and Roosevelt. They used dynamite to make the faces and that is cool.