whit's last day at work

whitney's last day at work. a few photos with my work family! miss you guys!

helen still would not let me hug her even though i was leaving. hahaha.

finally party pictures!

ahhh finally got wifi while camping at a mountain lodge in boulder, colorado (who woulda thought). so... here are some going away party pictures!

family cookout

more to come...

we are currently splurging on pizza and frozen yogart at the loop in st. louis! there is a cafe here called meshuggah. corey took a picture for zack and stevie.

we spent the last two nights at land between the lakes adjusting to our new lifestyle... figuring out the best way to pack the car, starting fires (corey has taken on this task for the time being), and navigating the gps (yes keith, you were right... we NEED it, and thank you charles for the amazing gift).

we camped across from a family that was clearly from the south... there were five young boys and the second youngest was named brother. that was his actual name. their parents spent the majority of the trip screaming rule after rule to the kids across the entire campground. i think at one point i realized i had been staring at them for several minutes and i looked at corey and he was doing the same.

land between the lakes is actually a national forest... and it was literally a strip of land in between kentucky and barkley lake. at one point, we almost ran out of gas trying to get from one side to the other. we got to see a bison range! that was cool. the lake was kind of mucky and we did not find a place to swim. boo.

i think we are both still feeling like we are on vacation (it has only been three days) and we are so excited about everything we do. we keep getting "new city" face (btw we have been calling everything we get excited about "new ___" face thanks to stevie). missouri is actually quite beautiful... really green and nice right outside of the city.

we have to get back to the campsite for the night, and then we will be heading out to the kansas city area tomorrow! two more nights and we will be heading to colorado!!!!! i will get the party pics and more up as soon as we have time.

love all you guys... and remember we don't have text messaging so call us!!!

whit and core

Going away party pic (a little blurry)! More to come...

First Post!!

I will be making our very first (real) post later on tonight before we hit the road tomorrow! It will include pictures from our family cookout and the going away party at the apartment!

We got delayed a day making camping/sleeping arrangements... but we feel ready now and will be leaving tomorrow morning to head to our first destination! We will be staying at the Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky for two days and then headed to Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri on Sunday.

Soooo excited!

Whitney