A practice round

We head south to my parents house for the summer on Monday the 13th--after school lets out, and we can get the girls into the car. We're gonna pack up and hit the road early for an excursion south through Pennsylvania and into Hagerstown, MD. We've got some fun stops along the way that we're going to be visiting!

Stop 1: St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, PA for a tour of the Oldest Orthodox Monastery in the US! We're hoping to get a tour of their museum and icon repository. We'll definitely be stopping in for some coffee/food/snoop around the bookstore and pay our respects to St. Alexis of Wilkes-Barre

Photo by Yates Jarvis

Stop 2: Shenandoah National Park: Skyline Drive so that Ana can see "Oh Shendoah"  and the drive will provide lots of opportunities to stop and stretch our legs! I first drove this road when I moved to Texas after graduating Gordon College and didn't take nearly the time necessary to really enjoy it! Hoping to fix that this time around.

We're plugging away, putting quite a bit of money onto Emily's student loan over the summer and trying to keep motivated about the trip. It sounds like there will be some friends joining us on the west coast portion (Mostly WA and OR) and possibly someone who will join us the whole way! Keep working at it, folks! The prize is worth the work!

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