On Our Way

Well, I can't believe it's finally here, our day to leave for our holiday that has been in the planning for at least 2 years. We were going to take it 2 years ago but decided to wait till we retired and we are both so happy we did. We originally were going for 2 1/2 weeks, then we both started adding more and more places on that we wanted to see and so far it's at least 4 weeks and we haven't really set a return date yet, we're playing it by ear.

We left Winnipeg about 9 this morning, Wayne came and picked up Ruby, he’s going to watch her for the first 4 days. Then we picked up coffee and met Amanda, Matt and the girls quickly to say goodbye (I was sad through both of these). It seemed like such a fast trip to get to Grand Forks today, did a bit of shopping then back on the road (they wouldn’t do the return at Walmart Sandra). We hit a good rainstorm while driving, but eventually cleared up nicely. I can’t wait till we can start to see the rolling hills, still the flat farmland. We hit the rolling hills in South Dakota, what a beautiful state, much different than North Dakota. It's so pretty, the fields look like velvet and it's so green. We're staying here for the night, then off to the Badlands and Black Hills tomorrow for a few days, so exciting. It didn't really feel like we were on our holiday until coming through South Dakota, an area we've never seen before.

Shawn told me while we were walking through Target getting some groceries, that this is going to be a restful, relaxing holiday, there’s no rush or hurrying throughout the store, we’re going to take our time. It’s funny to hear this from him, he’s trying to slow the pace down and have a more relaxed and restful  holiday. I’m glad, he deserves it!

We went for a little walk once we settled into our room to give our legs a little stretch and now we're having a little Bailey's. :)

(Sorry for blurry and dark pics, taken while driving.)

Talk to you tomorrow! :)