This is one of several wrap up posts where I talk about highlights from our trip.
Below I’m going to list out some of my favorite memories from the trip. There are lots and lots of memories, many of them fantastic, but this list below is the cream of the crop.
- Frisbee on the beach of Lake Michigan in South Haven, Michigan
- Route 66 Drive-In movie theater in Carthage, Missouri
- Palo Duro Canyon State Park near Amarillo, Texas
- Hail and lightning storm near Trujillo, New Mexico
- Petrified Forest National Park, our first national park
- Exploring the city of Flagstaff, Arizona
- Full moon at the Grand Canyon
- Driving through the tunnel in Zion National Park
- Walking around Hoover Dam on the Nevada/Arizona border
- Camping at San Elijo State Beach in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California
- Muir Woods just north of San Francisco, California
- Redwood National and state parks, California
- Running back to the car to escape the rain in Oregon
- Oregon Lighthouses
- Olympic National Park, Washington
- Pike’s Market in Seattle, Washington
- Getting close (enough) to a bear in Grand Tetons National Park
- Going to the rodeo in Casper, Wyoming
- The day spent at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York
- Riding the Staten Island Ferry in New York, New York
- A trip to the new Yankee Stadium to see a baseball game – rain delay and all
- Cannoli from Mike’s Pastry in Boston with camp friends
- Fourth of July cookout with camp friends
- Fourth of July picnic of seafood and Del’s Lemonade with Carey
- Spending time with my parents in central Massachusetts
- Getting to visit with my grandparents and seeing a play at a local theater
- Afternoon tea service at the Jordan Pond House restaurant in Acadia National Park
- Lobster dinner in Bar Harbor, Maine with the sunset
- Driving the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire
- Spending time with the soon-to-be-married Craig and Maggie in Burlington, Vermont
- The longest driving day of them all – the last day of the trip where we drove nearly 700 miles in one day
