The first five weeks of summer brought us 6,000 miles east, then north, then back. A cross-country road trip that can be described only in pictures. What follows is a short burst of them.

Our First stop was 2,000 miles away. The Outer Banks, NC. We spent a week in solid beach-mode. Eat, Sleep, Go to beach, Repeat.

Eliot, Cora and Talon on the Beach

Grandma Linda and B-Daddy Wayne on the beach..

We stopped for a few days, and milkshakes, in the Big Apple. Tommy and Elizabeth were gracious hosts. We enjoyed many pedestrian miles, sensory stimulations, and each other.

What a Town!

The Subway was Talon's favorite part of New York. It was seriously amazing.

My Dang old Dad in Maine...

Andrew and Mason in Maine...

Talon and Eliot on the beach in Maine.

My two fabulous aunts in Maine. Lou and Jane. I absolutely love 'em.

My Gramps turned eighty this summer...just as he wanted to....on a Lobster boat in Maine...surrounded by his family...all of us enamored with him. Happy birthday Big Guy!

Talon entering the gateway to the west.

We stopped in St. Louis on the way home to visit the City Museum, an abandoned warehouse turned interactive art installation. Indescribable. If you're ever within 1000 miles from it, go visit.

As planned, we arrived safely back in Colorado for the fourth of July. There is no place like home.