Back to Virginia

Driving through rural upstate New York heading back to Virginia we listened to the "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack. That was also the soundtrack to the following exchange.

Leona: I'm feeling really carsick!

Tim: Is it because of the song?

I'm glad that we can keep alive the ageless tradition of parents torturing their children with their music selections.

Unfortunately, when we passed back through Virginia the cousins were all sick so the slumber party that the kids had been scheming about didn't get to happen. Fortunately, we did still get to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa Roueche. We went kayaking with them in the little lake by their house. It was beautiful weather and the water was very calm. Tim was too small to kayak so he stayed in the small motorboat that they also rented. Grandma Roueche spent most of the time holding onto the back of his shirt or life vest so that he didn't tip over into the water. Each of the girls got to go kayaking. Clara and Eliza both liked it, and were pretty good at it, having gone kayaking at YW Camp earlier this summer. Leona was not a big fan and much preferred the motorboat to the kayak. Nevertheless, she was surprisingly good at it for being so small.

After resting up, doing some laundry, and repacking one last time, we drove home stopping for the night in Memphis, Mississippi. Our official state marking map now has a lot more states marked off.  Now we just need to hit the mid-west and Florida to finish off the country.

Leona's Favorite Part of Virginia was: Hanging out with extended family and swimming.