What a Country!!

New Mexico ..

Stopped at McDonald's in the morning to get some Sweet Tea only to be told:

"sorry, mam, we don't carry sweet tea."

Me: "really?"

Him: "yes, mam, we have a lot of diabetes here in New Mexico so we don't carry sweet tea."

Me: "really? lots of diabetes but you still have coke on the menu?" Not to mention all those other nutritious things on the McD's menu: big mac, fries, burgers.

Is New Mexico serious ... Sweet Tea?!?! Type 2 Diabetes?!?!?

I'd better alert the rest of the country.

Joy sitting as close to the brake as possible .. thinking she might be able to stop this move. The first 2 days in the car she was a bit out of sorts ...

New Mexico was amazing ...

Never saw a rain storm coming like this back in California ...

My travel partner ..

Look at these clouds!

Even Joy got into checking out the views ..

Don't think for a second they were going to lure me in .. I knew better after 2 attempts in New Mexico to buy Sweet Tea ... this stop wasn't going to have what I was looking for.

Sign should read:
"You are now leaving New Mexico, land of NO SWEET TEA"


Now we are getting there ... we drove from Gallup, NM to Oklahoma City on our 2nd full day of driving.

Shouldn't someone fix this Leaning Tower of Texas?
This looks very unsafe.
We visited the Oklahoma City Memorial.
No words to describe it -- just go to OKC & see this.

Oklahoma ... loved driving through this state.
Sad I never got to see Jet & Cord from last season's Amazing Race while I was in their home state. I am still bummed they didn't win!
And now, the birthplace of my sister, Rachel .... and the state that my parents met & got married.
And then, I saw this ... just incredible the view as the sun was going down for the day. What a great day to be alive!
Joy is wondering when our next stop will be ...
St. Louis!!! The Arch & the stadium where the Cardinals play. My parents used to go here all the time .. my dad got free tickets because he was a minister.
I know, people, I saw SuperSizeMe.
I did not eat fries the entire drive.
Just twice :-)


This is where Joy sat for more than 1/2 of the road trip.
Between me & the door.
A couple of times her paw hit the window control button & suddenly we'd be experiencing noise & lots of wind!!
Hoosiers .. we drove through the Southern part of the state after making our way through Southern Illinois. But somehow I didn't get a picture of the Illinois sign. Sorry Uncle Ed, Aunt Kathy & all the family in IL!
One of the first KY plates I saw while we were driving.
Do all KY backseat passengers hang their feet out the window?
I wonder .... I think my girls might like this place.
Yes, there it is ... Lousiville, Kentucky~!!
We made it!!!
No car accidents, No road troubles, No traffic.
It was a perfectly wonderful exhausting drive across our amazing country!
City of Louisville.
(Excuse the corrupted view, those are bugs from 8 states stuck to my windshield - souvenirs I will have removed at the nearest car wash!)
This is now "move in" week.

Installation stuff happens on Wednesday & the moving truck brings our furniture & belongings on Thursday.

The girls have been having a blast at my sister's place. I came up to Indianapolis today to see them & spend time with them before the major stuff starts going on this week in KY at the house.

Jim starts his new job tomorrow at University of Louisville ...I still cannot believe it! Just amazing how fast all of this has happened.

So thankful to the Lord for bringing our family out here & for the good plans He has for us in Kentucky!