R Scott Jones

Kim and I spent most of the day today planning out our July roadtrip. It’s our ten year anniversary, so we’re going being quite ambitious, but I think it’s really going to be a great trip. The main attraction is a visit to Glacier National Park, but we’ll also be hitting a long list of other, nearly-as-cool places:

-Battle of Little Bighorn
-Great Basin National Park
-Devil’s Tower
-Craters of the Moon
-Pompey’s Pillar
-Mt Rushmore
-Theodore Roosevelt National Park
-Badlands
-Wind and Jewel Caves
-a bunch of other cool places.

We have several different options for the last week of the trip; we’ll make the decision on the fly depending on how we feel. In all, we’ll likely be hitting a little over 30 destinations (about 25 of those National Park Service sites), between 13-17 different states, and driving anywhere from 5600-6600 miles. And, of course, creating hundreds of lasting memories.

It’s been a tough week or so for Kim. Dealing with a comatose uncle, a lung cancer diagnosis for another uncle, and the death of her grandfather, Kim’s seen better weeks. I got her some nice sunflowers, some candy, a card, and many big hugs. I hope it’s helping.

Having been with Kim for nearly a decade now (our 10-year anniversary is just a few weeks away), we’ve managed to compile a fairly long list of “memories.” Places we’ve been, things we used to do, and odd recollections. However, we’ve done a poor job of documenting many of these. Following a quick stop at the local Costco, where we used to stop for oh-so-good berry smoothies and hog dogs during lunch breaks at Staples, we decided that we should really commemorate some of those old traditions a bit better. Hence, a new set in my flickr gallery.