the essence

This trip has become such a blur - for the past eight nights we've stayed in eight different places! Right now we're at Eddie's & Sarah's & we were scheduled to leave early tomorrow morning to finish up our vacation driving the Blue Ridge Parkway & staying in Asheville for a couple of nights.

However, the car we're driving (we borrowed Rays' dads') has started acting up & spent the day in the shop. They won't be able to get to it until Tuesday, so it looks like we'll be spending the rest of our vacation with our friends doing fun things like this!




We drove several mountain ranges on this trip, as was Ray's wish, stopping along the way in Vermont at a little country store:



This was...somewhere. Maybe upsate New York (which was BEAUTIFUL) or Vermont again.



Looking out the window of our hotel room in Saratoga Springs, NY



Kate loves the tv & will twist & turn any possible way to see it, even if it does mean eating a little slower.



Even though it was cold out I rolled my window down for a bit - Addison loved it! She had the best time with the cold air blowing on her while we drove down the interstate.



So, that's what we've been up to for the past couple of days. I'm not too disappointed about altering the rest of our trip, I'm so exhausted driving from place to place that it will be nice to stay & I always enjoy spending time with friends!