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20 days since I last posted on this blog
12 days we spent on a road-trip vacation
4202.2 miles (yep 4202.2)
13 states
1 black rental car
1 transmission problem
1 white rental car
2 people who fell in love with Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
1 moose
1 round barn
1 round church
2,775,482 times we said the word “pretty!” or some variation of it
1 pesky cow messing up my idyllic Vermont farm picture
1 loving husband trying to shoo the pesky cow (Cows will not be shooed, by the way. They will look at you like you are an idiot.)
1 drive-thru worker who had trouble understanding my husband’s accent
2 old mills
4 lighthouses
8 covered bridges
1 cider mill
2 warm cider donuts (Yum!)
1 sugar house
1 jug of the best apple cider you’ve ever tasted
3 nights in a harbor-front room with a to-die-for view
1 happy man eating seafood to his heart’s content
50 (or so) antiques stores and malls
1 trunk filled with wonderful antiques
1 surprise drive straight through the Bronx (do not blindly trust your Garmin, people)
1 stolen afternoon in PA Amish country
countless country roads and beautiful leaves of yellow, red, and orange
1 jaw-dropping sunset
2 tired travelers who made a lifetime of memories and were happy to be home

And the most surprising . . .

1 – the number of times I thought of fostering, adopting, Mark, or Chris and Amy

One time. Pretty strange. And very welcomed.