The Road Trip Ends
Greetings to everyone.
Our trip to Arkansas came to an end about 6:30 PM when we came rolling home, haggard and tired. Xavier's week of so many firsts came to an end at the same time, though he likely wanted it to end about nine hours earlier.
Some of his firsts:
- Xavier can cross off visiting Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas from his bucket list.
- Xavier found his first tick, enjoyed fireflies, played with very large beetles, rampaged through the Ozarks, explored his first cave.
- Xavier caught up with Grandma Penny, and met his Grandpa Dave for the first time.
- He met his two great aunts and uncles Lynn and Don, and Katherine and Johnny.
- After an extended discussion, and counting on our fingers, we determined Xavier also met several third cousins: Anna, Michael and Trista. He also caught up with his cousins Jason and Sierra.
And special Kudos to Aunt Chelle! Her riding in the back seat with Xavier during the driving legs of the trip kept Xavier entertained, sparing us all his ear-piercing screeching and cries of constrained boredom.
All in all, a fun trip, and a nice first test of how well Xavier would tolerate longer car rides. The only thing about the trip I would change is not backing into a tree with the rental car.