Goodbye West: Hello Mid-west

Since Wilson last wrote three weeks ago, it has been a busy time for us, our suitcases and car as we make our way to DC. Wilson flew to CO and I drove our car from South Lake Tahoe to Denver via San Francisco, Palm Springs and Las Vegas. Not the most direct route. But seeing family and friends in San Francisco, attending a raucous bachelorette in Palm Springs, and packing our stuff in Las Vegas for the journey to the Atlantic Seaboard were worth the detours.

After I arrived in Denver, we flew to Wilson’s sister’s wedding in Madison, Wisconsin. A smashing success! Elsa and Tim really hit the high notes of a wedding with romance (sweet stories during the ceremony) and whimsy (she slid down a slide in her wedding dress to reach said ceremony).

After Wisconsin, we flew back to Colorado to meet the newest member of the climbing clan (Nick & Tanya had a healthy baby boy) and enjoy the hospitality of friends in Denver, Centennial, Boulder, Breckenridge, and Fort Collins.

Talking, playing and eating/drinking in people’s homes is my favorite way to connect and Colorado provided a lot of that with so many loved ones from different stages of our lives having settled there. As always, we are deeply grateful for the intimacy that sleeping under the same roof provides. So excited for when friends and family will soon sleep under our roof internationally.

But all good things do end so after a lot of laughter and 9 or 10 late nights. A couple of days ago we woke up at 4:30 am to drive back to the mid-west with our car packed to the gills.

15.5 hours from Fort Collins to Chicago through 4 states. Our time in the West, for now, has officially ended with the rockies receding into the distance a bit east of Cheyenne.

Goodbye loved ones there – enjoy the Rockies and the Sierras for us. Hopefully we will visit you again soon.

 

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