The Rest of the Journey

If I never have to drive across the country again… I’ll be sad. Ok, not really. It was a very, very long drive from Missoula to Waldorf. Not quite as far as it was to Jacksonville the last time, but still, a lot of time in the car. But Paul handled it like a champ. Becky, on the other hand, was a little tired of the whole car thing on the final day. I already posted a few pictures from when we stopped in Missouri, but here are a few more from along the way.


There's really not a lot of exciting places in South Dakota. Ok, there aren't any at all. But after driving hours and hours to get across that barren, desolate state, we stopped at the Corn Palace.

They redecorate it every year with new corn murals, and it was actually pretty cool. Plus it was free, which is normally an easy way to get me to stop.

Cousin Mason would have been in heaven with all this corn! We had popcorn, and it was quite awesome, if I say so myself.

After Missouri we all made the drive to Ohio, the land of Paul's ancestors (at least the Sellers family anyway). Here we had to see the Heart of Ohio, that is, Centerburg... the geographical center of the state. I lived here until I was three years older than Paul is now (so, five). But my mother and father decided to take us out west and raise us in that hardware store I mentioned a few posts ago... and so I remember very little of this place.

A few memories were brought to light during the visit, and they made it seem a lot bigger than it is today. We stopped at the old house, and took this photo opportunity by the brand new town sign. It was great to see it, if only for a couple of hours. Hopefully, since Ohio is not too far from us now, we'll get to make it back and spend a few days or something. The craziest thing was to think about what life may have been had we never moved. I'm sure the Miller kids will wonder the same thing if they ever make it back to visit Montana. And Paul? Will he ever go back to Jacksonville? Who knows? Hopefully we'll at least get back to visit... maybe go to the beach. Anyway, it was a good trip, and great to see a few things and a few people along the way. But next time... we're flying.