Today we are in Boston, at Annie and Kevin's sweet apartment taking some time to regroup and catch up on things after the first 3600 miles of our adventure. We began our journey about 13 days ago, and already it feels like we've gone to so many places, and experienced so much.
The journey began as we drove to Kansas City. We had dinner with some of our beloved friends at one of our favorite veg restaurants, Eden Alley. We spent that night at Teresa's place, and then the next morning we dropped Audrey off at Michael's who took her to her first real concert, Red, White and Boom featuring Gavin Degraw, and other popular artists. We went to help set up for Teresa's big event, Stems, A Garden Soiree. She's worked on it for months and that evening we got dressed up and attended the event and it was a great success!
The next morning we were on the road again and made a stop for several hours in St. Louis, where we took Audrey up in the arch, and had lunch at a great vietnamese food restaurant. Then we got back on the road and didn't stop until we got to our campground just outside of Chicago. The next morning we took the double-decker train into Chicago, where we found a bus that took us to our favorite Chicago restaurant, The Chicago Diner and had an amazing breakfast. Audrey and I ordered the maple-pecan vegan cream-cheese filled pancakes, and Preston got the Tofu Huevos Rancheros. Then we split a peanut butter cookie dough milkshake. Mmmm! We bussed all around the city, and stopped at Millenium Park where Audrey got to see the Chicago Bean and play in the giant fountain. Then we walked down to Navy Pier where we spent some time watching the seagulls, riding the ferris wheel, (and Audrey rode the swing ride too,) and then we headed back to the train station and back to our campsite!
Early the next morning we jumped in the car and we were off to drive to Erie, PA where we thought we would camp.
When we got there and found our campground, it was beautiful, and it was beach camping right on the water. Something didn't feel quite right to me about it though, and I should have just followed my intuition right away, instead of after setting up camp, because as we were setting up a strange man came up to me and Audrey, and I knew something just wasn't right about him, and we ended up packing up and leaving. We decided to drive to Buffalo, since it was only about 2 hours away. We ended up passing Buffalo though, and finally, after driving around late into the night, we found a Holiday Inn in Grand Island, NY (very near Niagara) with a good room and we snuggled in for the night. We were happy to have the showers and a soft bed and place to charge our phones and cameras!
The next morning we went to Nigara Falls, and it was just as beautiful and stunning as the first time I saw it. There is something truly magical about just standing on the earth and grounding your roots next to something so natural and powerful. I allowed the spray and energy of the falls to refresh me as we sat in the grass nearby It was a lovely day, and inspiring as it always is (this was about my 5th time visiting the falls) If you have never experienced this great wonder of the earth, it is worth the trip. They are truly awesome.
After a morning spent at the falls, we drove to Lancaster to have dinner with my Grandpa Tschamler and his wife Hazel at their home, Greenfields Manor. They absolutely love living there. Its a retirement community and they are very involved there, and they had much to share about their love for the place they live. We spent a few hours chatting with them and then we got back on the road to drive to our campground at Watkins Glen State Park in NY. We arrived around 10 and the forest was dark and quiet. I could already tell there was an incredible energy about this place as I looked up at the stars through the tall thin trees. We felt warm and safe and slept so well upon our piece of earth.
The real magic begins....
I will continue writing as soon as I get to a computer again... thanks for reading!
The journey began as we drove to Kansas City. We had dinner with some of our beloved friends at one of our favorite veg restaurants, Eden Alley. We spent that night at Teresa's place, and then the next morning we dropped Audrey off at Michael's who took her to her first real concert, Red, White and Boom featuring Gavin Degraw, and other popular artists. We went to help set up for Teresa's big event, Stems, A Garden Soiree. She's worked on it for months and that evening we got dressed up and attended the event and it was a great success!
The next morning we were on the road again and made a stop for several hours in St. Louis, where we took Audrey up in the arch, and had lunch at a great vietnamese food restaurant. Then we got back on the road and didn't stop until we got to our campground just outside of Chicago. The next morning we took the double-decker train into Chicago, where we found a bus that took us to our favorite Chicago restaurant, The Chicago Diner and had an amazing breakfast. Audrey and I ordered the maple-pecan vegan cream-cheese filled pancakes, and Preston got the Tofu Huevos Rancheros. Then we split a peanut butter cookie dough milkshake. Mmmm! We bussed all around the city, and stopped at Millenium Park where Audrey got to see the Chicago Bean and play in the giant fountain. Then we walked down to Navy Pier where we spent some time watching the seagulls, riding the ferris wheel, (and Audrey rode the swing ride too,) and then we headed back to the train station and back to our campsite!
Early the next morning we jumped in the car and we were off to drive to Erie, PA where we thought we would camp.
When we got there and found our campground, it was beautiful, and it was beach camping right on the water. Something didn't feel quite right to me about it though, and I should have just followed my intuition right away, instead of after setting up camp, because as we were setting up a strange man came up to me and Audrey, and I knew something just wasn't right about him, and we ended up packing up and leaving. We decided to drive to Buffalo, since it was only about 2 hours away. We ended up passing Buffalo though, and finally, after driving around late into the night, we found a Holiday Inn in Grand Island, NY (very near Niagara) with a good room and we snuggled in for the night. We were happy to have the showers and a soft bed and place to charge our phones and cameras!
The next morning we went to Nigara Falls, and it was just as beautiful and stunning as the first time I saw it. There is something truly magical about just standing on the earth and grounding your roots next to something so natural and powerful. I allowed the spray and energy of the falls to refresh me as we sat in the grass nearby It was a lovely day, and inspiring as it always is (this was about my 5th time visiting the falls) If you have never experienced this great wonder of the earth, it is worth the trip. They are truly awesome.
After a morning spent at the falls, we drove to Lancaster to have dinner with my Grandpa Tschamler and his wife Hazel at their home, Greenfields Manor. They absolutely love living there. Its a retirement community and they are very involved there, and they had much to share about their love for the place they live. We spent a few hours chatting with them and then we got back on the road to drive to our campground at Watkins Glen State Park in NY. We arrived around 10 and the forest was dark and quiet. I could already tell there was an incredible energy about this place as I looked up at the stars through the tall thin trees. We felt warm and safe and slept so well upon our piece of earth.
The real magic begins....
I will continue writing as soon as I get to a computer again... thanks for reading!
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