We packed up all of our belongings, threw out or donated all of our furniture, and hit the road. Although there was really no rush to get to Santa Fe, I was ready to leave and wanted to get down there as soon as possible. Look! You can see from this picture how excited I was:
Here's the car all packed - we even got spacebags so we didn't have any extra air taking up cargo room.
First rest stop - Iowa! As the song from Oklahoma goes: "The corn is as high as an elephant's eyeeeeeeeee.... and it looks like its climbing clear up to the skyyyyyy"
We stopped in Omaha, NE for the our first night. For the first time, we tried out airbnb and had a great experience. There was a slight snafu getting the key to our host's house, but once we were able to get in, they were very nice. I was particularly appreciative that they were not serial killers.
On our way the next morning, we saw this all day:
I was quite surprised by how pretty Nebraska was, but after 8 hours of driving across it, the flat flat flat landscape got a little boring.
However - we made it to Denver! My cousin Alissa and her husband Lou were our hosts. We got incredible ice cream from a place that sold weird flavors like "sour cream and chive" or "black pepper strawberry" but also delicious flavors like "cookie butter"! I panicked when I was asked to order and got vanilla - but it was a tasty choice nonetheless.
The next day, we finally got to see some mountains! The whole ride from Denver to Santa Fe was beautiful, and only took about 5 1/2 hours.
We finally arrived at our new home!
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