End of Summer

Welp, one month later, here is the last portion of our summer cross country road trip adventure. Now that we've been back for a while it feels like we never left and the whole thing was just a super long dream...

Cacti somewhere between the deserts of southern California and  southern Utah.

St. George

We drove straight from Carlsbad to Topeka to visit the Mooney's and new baby Raelee. If some of the pics look familiar it's because I had to scavenge them off other blogs.:) One day I'll learn to remember by camera.

Awesome breakfast, we could have happily stayed here for much, much longer than we got to.

Some of the bugs we met on the road. An impressive collection from at least 12 different states.

After spending one night at home in Nashville it was back on the road again with some friends from our ward. We ventured out to Gatlinburg to spend the weekend in a cabin in the Great Smokies.

We spent most of our time eating great food and playing games at this table. Here is most of the group, minus one wife.

All the girls on a short day hike.

Sweet spiral staircase in the cabin.

The Smoky Mountains

My Smokin' Man

We had about one week between our traveling and the beginning of school. We spent it on a few good adventures, most of which I don't have pictures of. Here's one though, we finally tried the famous avacado popsicles from Nashville's popular Las Palentes.

We also paid a visit to Radnor Lake, a gorgeous area with walking, biking, and hiking trails just 20 minures from our apartment. Who knew?

 Now it's back to school and back to work. After all that partying we're almost ready for it! Bring on the Fall.