A new adventure

As most of you know by now, my husband Joel and I just moved to Washington state from North Carolina- and we drove. Over 3000 miles later (and a whole lot of sitting) we made it! But it was quite an adventure, from baby bears crossing the interstate, to super small towns and almost getting hit by a dear we made it safely- with all our limbs and vehicle still in tact. God was watching out for us on this trip- we couldn't have done it with out him!
While I didn't take a ton of pictures on the journey (looking out bug spotted windows and quickly moving scenery doesn't help) I took a few and thought I'd share them with you!
First off, this was the route we took. We left (a) Kernersville, NC on Saturday and headed to my sisters house in (b) TN. From there we went to visit our dear friend Rebecca in (c) Lawrence KS, next stop (d) Murdo SD then (e) Sheridan WY and then 17hours straight to (f) Bellingham WA (we were tired of driving and decided to just knock it out!).



We stayed a couple days at my sisters house and a few sword fights later we were on our way. Here's a small college of our stay in TN.





We headed out again on Monday morning and made it to Missouri- then it was on to KS... sorry, I didn't take any picture there.... I have NO idea why- so sad.


From KS we headed up to the tiny one blinky stoplight town of Murdo, SD. It was said the closest Walmart was about 70miles away and the only grocery store closed at 7pm. Nice.

When we left the small town of Murdo our next destination was the ever famous Wall Drug store, which apparently got it's start by offering free ice water to weary travelers. After driving through SD I can see why that was a big deal! It's pretty, just flat. and more flat. and oh wait, nope just a mole hill, and more flat. Even today farms are few and scattered a long ways apart. Here's some pictures of South Dakota...

I must say though the whole state was not flat, the more north we headed the more hilly it got, until we reached the Badlands and Mt. Rushmore where it got somewhat mountainous. We did stop at Mt. Rushmore to take a few pictures, mostly saying we'd been there. You climb some steps see some flags and then it's the mountain! It's pretty cool in an anti-climatic sort of way. I do like being able to say I've been there though ;)

After we left there we drove a little ways and then made it to WY... next is a collage of a couple of days, I honestly couldn't tell you which state is which so I put them all together. A little of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho for you.

And finally on Thursday, after driving for 17 hours we made it to Bellingham WA. What a long day that was, but we were so glad when it was over!!

That about sums up our journey. Now for a job... ;)

Thanks for all the prayers!
Love,
Carrie and Joel