Airplanes, Freeze Dried Ice Cream and Wyoming...

Today has been fun! We enjoyed a nice day of traveling today, we made it 370 miles with a fun stop on the way!
Here are some pictures from the Hill Aerospace Museum!


Doug, ready to be ejected!

Can you see me?



We even got some yummy, although a little strange, astronaut ice cream!

Astronaut Ice Cream

And, we made it to Wyoming!



It is fun to see all the different types of terrain as we travel across the country...today was beautiful!

Twin Falls...

Last night we stayed in Twin Falls, Idaho...we enjoyed a bike ride near the canyon in the evening but since it was dark, we didn't get to experience the full view. So, this morning we went out to see the sites before we headed back on the road.
I am looking a little nervous here because I was nervous...it was really far down!

This statue right at the view point is of "The Twins"...I thought it was very pretty.

An impressive bridge...

An impressive view...

After enjoying Twin Falls, Idaho we moved on and made our way into Utah...

day two on the road...

We made it into Idaho today, here is the proof:

Shout out to the Kilde's for our Next Exit book, it is the best traveling tool ever! We check it every few miles to see what is coming up and where we would like to get to each night. What a wonderful gift! Thank you!

We were excited to stop at Cracker Barrel today...all the food was good but I was especially pleased with the REAL sweet tea!

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And it's not a true visit to Cracker Barrel without sitting a bit on the rocking chairs on the porch!


This is why we decide to not camp tonight...

And just a taste of our view for most of today...

Things are going well and we hope to get some more miles behind us tomorrow...more then!

Car in the shop? Go swimming..

So today we have been waiting for our jeep to get fixed by a mechanic here in Baker City. We figured that since we were stuck here for a while, we would have some fun...
Here we are at Sumpter Junction...


And enjoying the sun and pool!!



And we are on our way! Check in with us later and we will let everyone know where were are stopping for the night!

On our way...

Today we started out on our journey to North Carolina. We started out in Longview and made it to Baker City, Oregon where we are staying the night tonight. Along the way we enjoyed some beautiful countryside and wonderfully warm weather!


We even documented our pass through the 45th Parallel halfway between the equator and the north pole...





Here is also some documentation of one of our many stops along the way to let the jeep cool down...we are having some overheating issues that we hope to see fixed easily and quickly (and cheaply) in the morning!




And some cows that seemed excited to see us...

We have been having fun on the road and remain hopeful that our technical problems with the jeep will be repaired without too many problems in the morning!

Moving and packing and changing and such...

I haven’t blogged in a while, I have a computer now so I am just going to jump right in…
As we begin this move and look forward to starting a new phase of life we are also completing a chapter in our lives. Saying goodbye isn’t always easy and although there are many who we will be missing and a home that we love that we are leaving (as well as three special dogs that we are way too attached to!) this goodbye is somewhat fun and joyful for us. We are excited to get to where we are going, to find out what new challenges we will face and begin school with a goal that marks what we have been looking towards for a couple of years now.
I have never made a move like this as a married person, we have moved across town and gone on trips far far away but we have yet to have had the opportunity to learn what it is like to move the both of us across the country. We don’t deal with change the same. I will be the first to admit that although it is a lot of work and everything, it is still fun for me. Moving brings about so many new opportunities, new friends, new cities…I love it! As excited as Doug is to go back to school, the vast amount of change happening in our lives is a bit overwhelming for him. He is adjusting but it is definitely a learning experience! As for me, the main challenge is the fact that moving is different when you are packing for two. Many of the things he thinks are necessary items I don’t think worthy of the space they will take up as I am sure there are things I am taking that he doesn’t think we need…

Things to do before we leave in ten days:

Sell the truck…this is a biggie and will pay for a big part of our trip. To get to where we are going, we need to sell that truck!

Sell a number of other small items…we are having a sale on Field Street Friday 12th and Saturday 13th to try to accomplish this task!

Finish packing…this is mostly just last minute stuff as we are only taking stuff we use all the time.

Give the dogs to their new owners…but I am not thinking about that until I have to.

to college and beyond..

Never say never, we are headed back to college! Long story and after a long day at the computer I am so not prepared to sit and write the details BUT we will be making a big move very soon!
We are excited and finding it pretty fun to sell our stuff (big furniture and things like that) in order to pay for our move to North Carolina. We will be going to Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary for us to both get our degrees and hopefully get some seminary in there too!
Look for updates whenever we can find a generous computer owner to lend us a few minutes on their laptop! (another thing we need for school!)
For now we know that we will be moving at the end of August to get there and get settled, hopefully find jobs and get some money in the bank for tuition/fees/books/etc by the time school starts in January.
Pray for us as we make this transition, some of our friends 'get it' many of them don't, so that is kind of a challenge. Pray for us as we do what we can to make and save of the money we need to make the big move across the country.