the mountains.

moments:
- driving around rural texas
- hiking up on the capulin volcano national monument
- crossing the border into colorado and being surrounded by hills and mountains
- seeing the rockies
- camera dying
- aunt leslie and rick in colorado springs
- first home cooked meal in 2 weeks
- denver: grandma sara and steve, kristin
- great conversation
- being the fill-in daughter
- my meticulously folded laundry...
- aunt leslie making coffee for me the morning i left for flagstaff
- beautiful landscapes in new mexico and arizona
- total eclipse of the heart in orchestra+elevator mode
- npr
- finally making it to flagstaff (after 11 hours of driving)
- grand canyon hostel : )
- lumberyard brewery
- the piano room
- crazy austrailians watching youtube videos in the hostel lounge
- sleep...
- macy's for breakfast: meatless biscuits and gravy
- seeing joshua for lunch at an indian restaurant
- walking around downtown flagstaff during an old car cruise day
- driving along route 66 to kingman, az
- meeting gloria, my newly found grandmother, and enjoying a wonderful night of rest
- driving through miles and miles of deserts and mountains to finally arrive in CALIFORNIA

now off to explore my new home....