Yesterday we motored home from the mountains, trees, lakes, and rivers of Colorado. Our drive literally flew by. The license plate game started on the drive out was finished - 45/50 spotted. Unfortunately we did not see West Virginia, Alaska, North Dakota, Alabama, or Rhode Island, but did hoot and holler when Hawaii flashed by.
We brought three audio books for entertainment, but the first two were not conducive for travel. Road noise, complicated story lines and narration that failed to hold our attention were the downfall of those. Rather than start #3, we listened to a couple of episodes of Twenty Thousand Hertz. The episode about the theme music from Seinfeld was great, as was the one about the evolution of accents.
Our favorite activity though was when Chris and I alternated between picking songs from years gone by to listen to... and of course singing along. It started when I asked Chris to look up what was on the flip side of the 45 that featured "Sign Signs, Everywhere a Sign" by Five Man Electrical Band, which I have included below, in case you also want to briefly return to 1971.
We had a wonderful time at Rocky Mountain National Park, but it's amazing how quickly we settled back into the routines of home.
Getting flowers on the table, puttering in the kitchen.
Walking in the morning.
Going through the mail, watering the flower beds, doing the laundry... getting back to the usual routines of daily life, but refreshed by what we saw and hope to do again in 2021.
I hate to do this, but I am going to have to quote Dorothy and say "there's no place like home". Heel clicking optional.
Love that song!
Home is always lovely, isn't it :-)
Posted by: Susan | 08/24/2020 at 04:16 PM