Good Wednesday morning! Mom and Dad brought the camper to the house on their way home from Colorado Springs last night and we are busy packing today (for me, that means my bed is covered in piles of clothes) before we hit the road tomorrow and head east on our mostly annual end-of-summer trip. We plan to be gone for several weeks and see things we've not seen before, including the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota somewhere. Dad has planned it all and he did send me the spreadsheet so I can see where we're going each day, but mostly, I'm along for the ride and look out the window as we travel on smaller roads through farmland and small towns. We could travel on interstate highways, but that gets boring for whoever is driving and the camper doesn't go very fast, so it's a better choice to drive the smaller roads and see all the things you miss on a bigger highway.
It feels like summer is starting to wind down, which makes me sad since I love summer so much. It's finally pushing the high 90s here in Denver and really feeling summery, even though I haven't spent any time at the pool. It wasn't warm enough for a long time and the pool needed repairs before finally opening. And because of Covid, the pool furniture is not out and you have to make a reservation and take your own chair and wear a mask unless you're in the water and that's just too much hassle, so I get my sun while walking and praying through the neighborhood (at least three miles a day lately!) or just sitting in the sunshine in the front yard. I do require a lot of sunshine since I am definitely solar powered.
In short, it's just been a strange summer and I am excited to get back to Arizona in October and for life to get back to something more normal.
Time to carry a load out to the camper but I wanted to say a quick hello. I am not taking my computer on our trip, but you can follow along on Facebook, as always.
