So my family is taking a trip. When I was a child, my whole early-life pretty much, was filled with these trips to the north. We’re a northern family and visited our family a lot. My dad’s from Springfield and my mom’s from Columbus, so we’d hit both sides of the family during the holiday breaks. We haven’t been in a long long time, and my grandpa’s not doing so well, so we’re taking a trip back north to visit with family! At first, I didn’t really want to go, but it’s been such an adventure, and I’m really glad I did after all. Sure I miss work, but I’m sure it doesn’t miss me.
Anyway, I wanted to share my trip with you so far… here’s cell phone pictures of my experience. It’s been awesome!
As always, click the picture to get it large-sized. Holler at me! Miss you all!
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- One of my Christmas presents, an Amazon Kindle… man this thing is AWESOME!
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- Lydia playing her DS in the car. She’s actually VERY good at Cooking Mama!
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- In case you didn’t know, that’s the direction we’re heading (North).
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- Reading a little bit of the Zombie Survival Guide. Great read!
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- The weather’s pretty nice, right? Just wait. We’re headed to Ohio, remember?
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- Here past Louisville, KY is when it starts to get cold and rainy. So much for the sun.
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- Flurries!
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- Stopped for gas and treats… It’s past the flurry point and I consider it “snow” at this point. It’s about 30 degrees…
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- Oh Henry! candy bars… I just thought it was funny…
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- Notice the snow in my hair! Don’t look at me though, I look rough.
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- My treat. Only winners eat Reeses and milk instead of chips, candy, or Corn Nuts or something
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- Here stuck an hour outside of Cincy, the traffic’s at a dead stop/crawl. Notice the snow starting to accumulate.
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- Oh! So that’s why we were stopped… I feel bad. Probably ruined his day
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- We’ve arrived at my dad’s parents… 3 inches of snow fell that evening!
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- Izzy and Lydia experiencing the white goodness that is snow. They don’t get a lot of this in China or Tennessee
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- Lydia made about 50 snow angels, Izzy kept throwing snowballs!
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- We’re packing the car and loading up to head to my mom’s parents, and Lydia and Izzy have taken over the van!
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- The roads are pretty bad…
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- …and they got worse on the way to Columbus. Tennessee drivers would be in a ditch or not driving
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- It reads 28 degrees
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- Here we are, visiting with my grandpa. He’s great. We had good talks about all sorts of stuff… interracial relationships, Catholics (“They’re okay”), Lutherins (“Like small Catholics”), etc
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- My grandpa at his assisted living center in his favorite chair
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- My grandpa! How jolly is he?!
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- Biggest curb ever. Randomly at a gas station called Bubba’s Corner
