North Bound

(this was a paved hi-way, made for a long day of driving)

We headed off Saturday morning to my mom’s family Christmas north of Mason City. We got the car and kids loaded and found out our the sliding door latch on our van had sprung so the door would not stay shut (and thus we could not shift the car into drive). After some consideration we borrowed Jared’s family Jeep and left our van at the mechanics (again, our Iowa trips are getting expensive). The roads were less-than spectacular so in the end it was good we had a vehicle with full 4WD.

We spent the next to days at my aunt Julies having a blast. We played lots of spoons and catch phrase and just caught up on old times. Sunday afternoon we drove across the state to my parents. Its was a long trip with the roads. I was really surprised how expansive Iowa’s wind turbine farm have grown since leaving five years. We saw hundreds of turbines in north central Iowa. We finally arrived in NE Iowa Sunday evening.

(A Norwegian clothes-line)

(Erin with her hand-made bear from Great Aunt Julie)