Twenty-nine states traveled in thirty-four days, staying overnight in seventeen of them. (Graphic created by Don Cowart II)
There are still a few #crosscountryadventure2015 posts left to go, but today’s means a great deal to me. For months leading up to our trip, our oldest daughter Caroline kept talking about her goal of making a video of the trip. Photo and video work are her passion, and she was really looking forward to doing this. She bought specific songs on iTunes before we left, working out the soundtrack in her mind. Throughout the trip, she took quick snip-its of video showing the changing landscape, the major landmarks we visited, and even some of the family we got to see during our trip. Clearly you can’t capture the entire five weeks’ trip in any less than, well, five weeks, but she sure did try. In eight minutes she has given an amazing, make-me-cry-every-time video of our trip. The first time she showed it to me, I only looked at the cover photo and started to cry, so she knew it was good. At that time, the video was not finished and only covered up through California. Last night she finished it, capping off weeks of compromised storage space on her phone as she accumulated video after video, and worked for many hours editing video and pictures through her phone as we traveled. I can’t thank her enough for this video. It will forever hold a spot in my heart.
The Whole bag of Chips 
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