8 States 9 Days
The past few weeks have been a blur of sorts. I moved back to Ohio from Montana and landed a job teaching 4th grade at Village Prep, a charter school in downtown Cleveland. Lookin' good, Cleveland Two of my dearest friends flew out to MT to accompany me on the drive. Since they would be discovering several new states, we organized a road-trip that hit the highlights! Whoa, that's a lot of miles! I explained the trip as sort of a "Dessert First" sort of a trip. Montana will be the sweetest and then more like "Broccoli and peas" after the Black Hills of South Dakota. Montana was the sweetest by far thanks to spending time with so many dear friends those last days. All downhill after Wall Drug Jodi flew in first and we had one of those magical Missoula mornings as we hiked the "M" and grabbed breakfast at the Catalyst . On our way to pick up Natalie in Kalispell, we swung by the Garden of 1000 Buddhas in Arlee and