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Day 103 - Memphis/Jackson MS

09/04/2012 14:30

The day has finally arrived for us to make our final leg of the trip home to MS. We allowed ourselves to sleep late (7 am) and I started the process of packing up from our hotel room to the car. After everyone was ready, tummies full from breakfast and the room checked at least 3 times we were...

Day 102 - St Louis/City Museum

09/03/2012 22:16

This morning we woke up and got packed quickly so that we could get out of town by 8. Our goal today was to get to St Louis by noon so that we could spend 4-5 hours at the City Museum. We went there on our way out in June and the kids loved it so much that we added it to our trip home. As...

Day 101 - Kansas/Corn and Sunflowers

09/02/2012 21:52

This morning we awoke to the pitter patter of childrens feet and to find Christina gone again playing with the McCune children. Unbeknown to us AnnaBelle (the oldest McCune) had woken all of her siblings so that they could pair up with the Franklin kids and finish a movie they had started last...

Day 100 - Denver & The McCunes

09/01/2012 21:51

We awoke this morning to the chatter of children upstairs. Joshua and Christina were talking with Samuel and Isaac. Soon after everyone was up and outside playing with the chickens and the guinea pig. Yes living in downtown Denver our friends have these 8 chickens who rule their...

Day 99 - Little Bighorn BattleField

08/31/2012 21:48

After a good nights sleep we all got up and headed down to breakfast. Breakfast is always the kids favorite time in a hotel. We finally got out of Billings about 8:40 mt this morning. The weather is beautiful today. The drive through eastern MT is very different from...

Day 98 - Packing Up/Billings

08/30/2012 21:45

Today is our last Thursday in Helena and actually our last day. Gretchen and I got up early and went on a final date to the bagel shop. After a nice breakfast we headed over to the U-haul place and picked up our trailer. When we got home most everyone was up. I got...

Day 97 - Friends/Wipe Out

08/29/2012 21:43

This morning we awoke to our last full day in Helena. The day started with packing. This included but not limited to: 3 violins,4computers, 2tables, 6 chairs, 5 boxes of books, 2tents, 1 grill, 257 rocks, 6000 pictures, 97 brochures of things to do, 2 deer legs, 5 elk whistle, 7...

Day 96 - Hike/Photos/Friends

08/28/2012 06:41

Today was our last Tuesday (can you see a theme for the week) in MT. The closer we get to our last day the more scheduled our days become. The kids have this finite list of things they want to do for the last time before we leave and don't really understand that we can't pack an entire...

Day 95 - Hikes/Food/Packing

08/27/2012 03:40

Today is our last Monday in Montana. I got to go to work while everyone else slept in. Of course, my adventures in hiking over the weekend have me walking pretty stiffly. Naturally I would be stuck in meetings in the basement of our office building which has no elevator so I got to do lots...

Day 94 - Last Sunday and Vigilante

08/26/2012 07:35

At 7 am this morning we hear a knock on our bedroom door and it is Christina fully dressed in long sleeves and pants raring and ready to go do something. At first I had to process what day it was and be thankful that it was not 6 am. Since the rest of the house was still sleeping I took her and...

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