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Back to Houston
Honestly, I hadn’t even unpacked completely from our South Dakota trip until yesterday when I packed for this trip! After getting home, we quickly made a trip to San Antonio to see the orthopedic surgeon to check Amanda’s knee out. We were 50/50 if a call would come in for us to go to Houston,…
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Long Drive Home
Last-day posts are always hard for me to do once we return home. I guess I get out of the groove, but I thought I’d catch y’all up before we head to Houston tomorrow for a check-up on the rejection. We were up early, leaving Colorado Springs, but not early enough to beat traffic. It…
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Last Look at South Dakota
Even though it was check-out day, we were still up early to see critters. I was up early to work on a post. I was behind a day, so I made coffee, lit a fire, and got my MacBook out. Amanda was tired and quiet, but I knew she wanted to see animals on the…
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Last Look Around
Amanda was a little chipper the morning on the last full day in South Dakota. She is only a morning person on vacation, not at home, though. That woman does not like to be up early! It was cold, and I had a fire going strong when she happily poked her head around the corner…
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Heartiversary in Spearfish Canyon
It was an early wake-up on the official heartiversary day, October 22. We needed to be back early to get all dolled up for the ballet in the evening. On the itinerary, I had “no showers, get up and go!” Amanda had her alarm set early. I asked why it was so early, and she…
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Badlands National Park
It was another leisurely get-up this morning, but I was still up relatively early. We planned on leaving late because we wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore after dark. A few friends suggested we go after dark. We would leave down the road we had arrived on the first day to see things now in the…
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From an Iron Mountain to a Windy Cave
After the long road trip, we slept in with no alarms set. I still got up a bit early but headed straight to my spot for my usual routine thus far: coffee, fire, post. I brought my coffee mug, which a friend gave me for Christmas. Amanda laughed at me for wanting to carry it…
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North Dakota Road Trip
It would be a long day, the longest of this trip, so I was up early. I usually get ready after Amanda; I gauge my time by where she is in her routine. Getting ready first gave her uninterrupted time to get ready, with no steaming mirror while putting on makeup! Today, I took a…
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Custer State Park
I woke up early, and I couldn’t go back to sleep, so I put on a pot of coffee. The view out of the cabin was astounding, with the A-frame tucked up in the woods on the side of a hill. Then I went upstairs to a sitting area with a nice chair and worked…
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South Dakota bound
Up by six, we meet our friend for breakfast a little after eight at his favorite spot. It was good to see him and catch up; he was mad we didn’t stay with him in his guest room. I didn’t realize his son had moved away, but I’m not much for arbitrarily asking to stay…
