26 October 2011

Pictures from our trip

Fall Travels...

Quinn and I have been pretty busy the past few months. We left Washington at the beginning of October and spent 5 days driving cross country in 2 cars to Georgia. Our main goal was to get to Georgia somewhat quickly, but still enjoy a little of our trip there. I decided that since we were moving the bulk of our stuff that I would utilize one of our coolers and pack a bunch of sandwiches and snacks to eliminate fast food stops and unnecessary spending. It worked out pretty well. We picked up a couple things here and there, but only had to eat one meal out. Thanks to La Quinta we were able to have decently priced pet friendly hotel stays as well as free breakfast every morning. That helped a lot. Montana was by far one of the two longest days of driving. I was convinced we'd never get to the state line. Even though our drive to the Mount Rushmore area was a short trip it felt long because I just wanted to get there and be done. Bubba liked the trip there and even though dogs aren't allowed in the actual monument area, we were able to get a "family" picture from the parking lot where he had to stay. He loved the hotel rooms and I think he was just happy to get out of the car like we were. We stopped at the world's only corn palace. Quinn and I saw signs for it while we were driving and kept making fun of it on our walkie talkies. Since we were a little ahead of schedule and bored we decided to stop there for a good laugh. It was actually pretty interesting, but still kind of an odd thing in Mitchell, SD. We also stopped at a casino on the border of Illinois and Kentucky. We only stayed for an hour or so, but it was nice to do something besides drag all our stuff into the hotel room and watch ESPN. One of the hardest things about the trip was that I had my wedding dress in the car with me. I was so afraid to keep it in the car overnight in case someone decided to ruin our day and break into the car and steal the dress just for the fun of it. So I had to drag it into every hotel room along with the 10 other things we didn't want left out overnight. Every morning was a project getting packed up and on the road. I don't know how people travel like this with kids because just that little bit of stuff made me nuts. We finally made it to Georgia in time to move into an apartment, unload the trailer, return it and pretty much pack up to head to New Jersey. In New Jersey I was able to dump my dress off to the seamstress, confirm our church, cake and flowers, finally see our venue, and oh yeah...visit family. It was a nice trip, but we were happy to get back to Georgia and unpack some of our stuff. It all finally started coming together. All we were waiting on was the load of large items that the Army was transporting for us. That all showed up yesterday. It would have been great except for the fact that the ceiling height and sharp corner of our kitchen and living room weren't tall enough or wide enough to get our couch into the room. SO now we're waiting a month to move into another unit in our complex that can accommodate all of our furniture. The most frustrating part is that we've already unpacked 75% of our stuff and recycled all of the boxes. I guess it doesn't always pay to be efficient. Anyway, that's the story of the past month. Quinn heads back to work on Monday and I have an interview tomorrow with a temp agency to see what kind of work is available for me for the next 18 months. Oh yeah, and we're getting married in 4 months. Whew. I'll post a few pictures in another entry.