When You Know that You're There

We have been traveling for a week now, mostly visiting family and friends before our grand adventure begins.  It has been hot, with temperatures soaring in the high 90s in Missouri and Colorado, and above 100 degrees in Oklahoma and Kansas. 

For years, David and I have had a little game that we have played… when does the vacation become a vacation?  For David, it is quite simple… when he was working, it was when his thoughts turned from business to pleasure.  Now it involves more of a change of scenery.   (Most often, it also involves when we turn on the John Denver CD!)

For me, it takes mountains and weather cool enough for a sweatshirt.  

For Roxanne, it’s always her first swim of the trip. 

Rox and I found our happy vacation place in Idaho.  We both got our vacation wishes.  Wow!

Here’s Rox during her first swim at Winchester State Park.  What a happy girl!