Friday, August 20, 2010

jay and carolyn's amazing cross country adventure: homeward bound



On our way home we were able to visit with friends and family in Lincoln, Nebraska, Denver, Albuquerque, and Payson, Arizona.

5,000 miles, 12 tanks of gas, and 19 days later....home sweet home.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

jay and carolyn's amazing cross country adventure: day 8, 9, 10


The remainder of the week on the East side of Michigan consisted of multiple trips to the Cook's farm for lunch and dinner dates, a walk in the woods with Val and Gus, a potluck meal with friends from church, a all-girl Salvation Army shopping trip, and more blueberry picking. I had a chance to meet Aaron's fiance, Lauren when we had Chinese food at Pi's. Naomi, Logan and I had a yummy lunch topped off with concrete mixers at Cluver's and then a stop at TSC for farmer-type shopping. Brian, Betsy and I enjoyed the buffet at Pizza Hut and Julie and I had a private dinner date at Antonio's. No wonder I came back heavier than when we left for vacation.


I enjoyed photographing the colorful things growing in the woods as we walked the trail in Sanford with Val and Grumpy-Gus.




P.S. Thanks to my very understanding husband who allow me both time away from him and finances needed to in order to connect with my nieces and nephews.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

jay and carolyn's amazing cross country adventure: day 7

Throughout the week I scheduled lunch and dinner dates with my nieces and nephews. My camera's recent accident that left it disabled discouraged my photography during the trip but the day the Amy, Libby and I spent together did get well documented.

Of course there was lots of blueberry picking and eating while we visited the Blueberry Barn.


After having lunch at the Railside Cafe in Sanford we went exploring interesting places to photograph.



Photo credit: Libby Cook

I even got a turn with Amy's nice camera.

Knowing Amy's attraction to water we decided to visit the Sanford beach. It was a warm day and didn't take much to get Amy in the water.

Even the lack of small children to justify playing in the spray park was not a deterrent for this water lover.