Greetings from Colorado!
As I sit here on our couch in our new apartment in Colorado, I
am reflecting on the whirlwind these past few months have been. After months of
preparation and help from our beloved family and friends, our house in Maryland
is ready to rent and we made the trek across the beautiful United States with
two ANGRY kitties only to arrive in the glorious (and different) state of
Colorado.
We left early in the morning on Sunday, August 23rd,
in order to make good time but also because one cat wouldn’t stop patrolling
the hotel room and crying out that he saw something (himself) in the mirrors.
We watched the sun come up in Western Maryland that morning and I spent time
thinking about the summers Petey and I have shared at Rocky Gap and now in the
gem that is Berkeley Springs. Maryland is the ultimate state and I won’t forget
that even if I take this extended vacation for awhile… J
We made our first stop in Morgantown only to find out one
kitty threw up all over himself while the other kitty had a … poopsplosion in
his crate. After a particularly hysterical low point, we ate breakfast and
cleaned the cats up. I have yet to stop snickering about this situation even
almost two weeks later… we drove a total of eight hours on day 1 and made it to
our ambitious goal of Indianapolis by evening! The cats were furious by the end
of day 1 and Sanka proceeded to hide under the only chair in the hotel room.
Petey and I had dinner at Olive Garden and then passed out in the hotel at 7
pm. We awoke thankful that Sanka did not feel the need to patrol that
particular hotel room (this could be due to the fact that we used blankets to
cover all the mirrors).
On Day 2, we drove another eight hours and made it to Kansas
City, MO. The cats cried the entire 8 hours… Petey eventually had to just put
headphones in to drown them out. We stayed next to the Kansas City Royals
stadium- and guess who was in town that night when we were? THE BALTIMORE
ORIOLES! I was so happy that MD was following me. We had dinner at a great
college dive bar called Minksy’s and then went to sleep early again.
On Day 3, we had a short journey of about 4 hours, stopping
in a teeny, tiny town called WaKeeny, Kansas- population 1,000 people. You can
drive the entire town in literally 5 minutes. It was awesome! We ate dinner at
a Pizza Hut- one of about 4 restaurants open in the town and went swimming in
the hotel pool. The next morning, we ate at a glorious little restaurant called
Two Blondes Bakery. We had cinnamon roll French toast, hashbrowns, and bacon
with the locals and talked to the ladies who owned the restaurant. We packed up
the kitties then and drove the 4 hours in to Colorado with howling meows the
entire end of the journey.
After 3 more nights in a hotel, we got our apartment keys
and the awesome moving team unloaded all of our furniture and boxes. And here
we are.
I am consumed with thankfulness and gratitude for our
families and those we are so blessed to call our friends. While saying “See you
later” to many of you in the past few weeks was not an easy task, I love you
all and think about you every day. Start planning your trips out west because
we have a guest room and bathroom that are both #killinit and ready for you.
Already, Petey and I are enjoying spending more time
together than we have ever had. His commute is 15 minutes to work and he gets
out earlier than back home. We have gone to the pool in our apartment community
(BIG DEAL because we never went to the pool the entire time we lived in our
house in MD) and taken evening drives all over Colorado to soak in the
magnificent sunsets. Each weekend, we have big plans to head to the mountains
and learn how to relax- a skill that both of us suck tremendously at.
Happy September to you and yours! J
Love,
The Wileys out West
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