Making the Trip

Ron and I have asked the Universe to please comply with our travel plans to Iowa. In the next few days a giant snow storm will envelope the Midwest, just in time for Christmas. But aha - gotcha - we're leaving the Monday AFTER Christmas to drive 900 miles across Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa. I've checked out three audio books for the drive. These are Story Weather by Carl Hiaasen, Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs, and of course My Antonia by Willa Cather. That should get us there and back. We've reserved Cabin Two at Moon River cabins in Bellevue, part of the Mount Rest B&B but on the other end of town, about 60 feet above the Mississippi. We've arranged to meet the realtor, the contractor, the inspector, the lender, the tinker and the tailor. Just kidding about those two. The day we see Bellevue House in person will be our 11th wedding anniversary. I can't think of a more exciting, future-embracing way to spend it.