Planning A Trip

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Sorry I haven't been here much, I am planning a trip with my husband and son. My son is now completely done with school and before he gets a job he has decided to take about a month off and do some traveling. He came home late last night and now we will decide where we are going. He wants to travel to both coasts. My husband and I will join him on the first couple of stops on his journey. Thankfully his bills are paid and he has enough money to travel for a bit. He has been saving and planning to do this for over a year now. So far and this is not written in stone, we are going to go to Kentucky to see the Mammoth Caves. We will probably stay there a couple of days before moving on to North or South Carolina, we haven't decided yet. My kitchen table is filled with maps and books I have on National Parks and the sights. His car needs a bit of work which we are taking care of hopefully today or tomorrow. It's a minor thing but needs to be fixed. After the Carolinas my husband and I will need to return home as I have bills to pay and we don't do the automatic pay from our checking account. My son is then planning to go down to the Florida Keys for a few days, and then he is heading west. If things turn out the way he plans he may go to Arizona to see his beloved Chicago Cubs at training camp and possibly some games. My aunt lives 20 miles from the training camp and has already told him he can stay with her for as long as he likes. That will certainly save him some money. He then plans on going to California where he wants to stop and visit my husband's brother and family. And he is dying to see the Redwooods, so he will be doing that. That's the part of the trip I would love to join him, I want to see the Redwoods as well. So maybe we could fly out there and join him on that part of his journey, that's still up in the air. Then up to Oregon to visit my husband's sister, she will be so excited. She has recently retired so she will have all the time in the world. After Oregon he will head home to Chicago for a few more days with us, and then back to Michigan to find a job. If he gets a little short on money my husband and I have told him that we will help if he needs it. He is planning on camping all the way and that will save him a ton of money on hotel rooms and food for some of his meals. He hasn't had any time off for himself in over 2 years and he is looking forward to this unstressful time he has planned. He is so happy and it's good to see my boy this way as it's been a stressful few years in grad school for him, but he has his Master's Degree now and I'm confident he will find himself a good paying job when the time comes. For now he is going to have some fun which he richly deserves. And he actually wants to spend some of his travel time with his mom and dad which brings much joy to me. This is a picture of my son in 2011 while we were out hiking one day at Buffalo State Park in Illinois.