Saturday, April 18, 2009

Day Fifteen: 3280 miles


Setting Mrs. GPS for home...

Home Sweet Home

After 12 hours in the car, we pulled into Gould Farm and our family and our puppies and our kitties and our log cabin Friday night! It was a long day but the girls were little troopers. We got a big heaping chunk of perspective on our trip and feel ready to enjoy the Spring on the Farm. The girls have shown us that we can take road trips with them and all enjoy it!

We said goodbye to Tom and Cathy and Dylan and took a nice drive through Charlottesville on our way out of town. We didn't stop until Maryland and then again for a last Chipotle lunch. We took our last stop in New York and had some ice cream while the sun set. Maddie and I decorated a pine tree with fallen pine cones (poor, confused tree) and sang Christmas carols to it.

Playing in the sunshine in Maryland

Poor baby Sonja, trying to get her Dad's ice cream cone

The dogs were excited to see us but not overly so-- they had a great time with Angie. It was so good to be home and put the girls in their own beds. They slept well and we woke up to a beautiful Berkshire morning-- breakfast at Main House and playing with cousins. What could be better?

2 comments:

Granny Fricket said...

WELCOME HOME! We enjoyed your vacation very much.

NYC-RN said...

I am so impressed with your trip, it looks like so much fun. A good old family road trip doesn't happen as often anymore, but those trips sitting in the back seat playing (and fighting) with Nathaniel are some of my best memories. I'm glad you guys did that, welcome home! (Tell Maddie and Sonja to slow down a little though, I saw them TWO weeks ago and Sonja's sitting on her own and Maddie looks more like a beautiful little girl and less like a beautiful little toddler, I need to come see them right after my thesis is turned in!)