Our trip home to Washington

On July 16 we left Tiverton, ON on our journey west to our home in Kennewick. It was an emotional morning for us. Our friends who live along the highway out of town were out with signs to wish a good-bye. We had a great day of travel. No wait at the boarder, thanks to our Nexus cards, and no hassle about coming back into the US with all our "goods". We went as far as St. Joesph, MI. We stayed in a KOA that had a large jumping pillow. The girls and I had a blast playing on it.



Our second day of driving was a LONG day. We went from St. Joseph, MI to Jackson, MN. It was a 13 hour day but we will did well.

Our third day we went from Jackson, MN to Rapid City, SD. We took a little time and stopped at a neat rest area that had this HUGE buffalo. Grace thought it was the coolest. And of course there was a horse for Kaitlyn.






Day four was Mt Rushmore day. I had been waiting since I was 14 to visit and I finally made it. It was everything I could have imagined and more! The best part of it was the evening program. I learned so much more about Lewis and Clark and why the sculptor picked these 4 presidents for his monument. It all ended with the lighting of the faces and all past and present veterans being called down the stage for the lowering of the flag. A boy scout troop from Minnesota lowered the flag. It was quite emotional to watch.

Our fifth day took us from Grand Rapids, SD to Butte, MT. It was another LONG day but we took some time and went to Cabelas and had a nice sit down lunch and dinner.

Day six we finally made it home to Kennwick!! It was so great to be back and there was a peace that we felt.

We have been busy unpacking and organizing. Matt heads out Monday morning to go back to Canada for a couple weeks to finish his job there. Then he will be back and start his new job at Hanford. We are so thankful for the blessings God has given us during this time and can't wait to see what He has planned for us next.