The Miles Clan: Truely On The Road Now

So after our friends and family stops, we started the true road trip. Hotels, eating out, really numb butt, the works. We left Minden and headed to Oklahoma City, OK, the place of my birth. We stayed one night there and then off to Kansas the following day, staying only one night there as well. The boys got some pool time to burn off that vehicle energy.

Our next big stop was Estes Park, CO. We wanted to spend a couple of days in Rocky Mountain National Park so we got a room at a supper cool (mountainous type) hotel. The room was very cabin like, and the river than ran along the hotel itself could be heard throughout the night, so relaxing. The area reminded us a lot of our Smokey Mountain Vacation, Gatlinburg to be more specific. Small, quaint shops, people EVERYWHERE, and mountain air!

From Colorado we headed through Wyoming, the corner of Utah, into Idaho, across Oregon and into Washington where we planted ourselves. Yes, Greg is stationed in Portland, OR, on Swan Island to be specific, but we were 99% sure we wanted to live on the WA side of the Columbia River.

We began our house hunting the following day. Narrowing down areas and properties. After what FELT like forever, we landed a house but had to wait for it's vacancy. We spent a total of 1 month in the hotel, with the last week and a half or so, of Greg getting back into work. It wasn't so bad, I mean, the boys had the pool, who can complain!!

Overall, the trip went very smoothly. It wasn't really THAT long considering our time in SC, AL and LA, as well as CO. We were so excited to get here, and be able to still enjoy the beautiful summer before the rainy season, that we gave up on other stops that we'll consider on our next Cross Country Trip. Could be sooner than we expected, but for now, THIS IS HOME!!!