About a year ago we left on an ambitious two week road trip. We pointed the car west and took off. First stop- Amarillo, Texas where we’d made fast friends with a couple who own the cutest AirBnB. I mean, seriously, I felt like I’d met a long lost sister- except she’s about half my size and age and a beautiful Persian. We shared the same birthday, she’s an AMAZING photographer, their style is impeccable, and they love people well. Of course we booked them and were super excited to hike through the Palo Duro Canyon, eat Mexican and stay up late visiting with them.
From Texas we hit New Mexico, Nevada, California, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and headed home.
To be honest, I’ve been reluctant to compile a video of the trip because I lost the memory card of my most favorite two days of the 14. After traveling through the desert terrain and heat for 5 days, when we hit the cool, lush Sequoia National Park and Yosemite, it felt magical in every way. We meandered through the magnificent trees, hiked near the waterfalls and stood in wonder under the shadow of El Capitan. It felt wonderful taking pictures and video of my family during these two days. Even a year later, I feel grieved over the loss of that tiny SD card. I cried for 200 miles that day when I realized it had fallen from a pocket.
So all that to say, I’m excited to finally share this (incomplete) version of our epic road trip. So many memories made in that 4500 mile journey and all without an argument or complaint from the kids.
No. Seriously.
I’ll be working on more posts from our trip in the weeks ahead. Stay tuned!