Journeys End

My girls are almost at the end of their journey. They have traveled from Ontario, across the United States. Going through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and finally back to Ontario.
They traveled the land seeing the sites along the way, from the usual to the unusual, from Corn Palaces, to national monuments like Mount Rushmore. Yellowstone National Park with the geyser and pools to the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest and Painted Desert. From Salt Lake City to LasVegas , Santa Monica pier and beach to Disneyland, Tombstone, AZ  to a county fair and rodeo, silly monuments like the Cadillac Ranch near Amarillo, Texas with its 10 Cadillacs stuck in the ground, tail up and painted. To the serious monuments to like that of the Survivor Tree in Oklahoma City a memorial to those who died in the tragic bombing. Outdoor musical productions like Okalahoma to a historical pageant of music and dance in Nauvoo, Illinois. Hot dry weather, to smog like clouds, to thunderstorms and rain and tornado warnings and hot humid weather. Long flat roads to twisting mountain roads. Firework displays in Niagra Falls on Canada Day; to Independence Day in Big Horn, Wyoming who put on an extremely impressive fireworks show with their bursts set to music; to Disneyland in California  and the Fantasmic show that mixes light, pyrotechnics, live character, robots, and water to take you through Mickey's dreams and nightmares.
They have taken lots of pictures and posted a blog of their journey. They have visited with family along their way.
All in all they have had an incredible journey, a time to bond as sisters and make memories that will last a lifetime. They may be separated in years to come by distance, as they will in time live in different cities or towns, but they will always have the memories of this special time they spent together during their travels.
It will be good to have them home again safe, just in time for the next experiences in store for Crystal heading into Northern Quebec to teach Grade 10 English and Rebekah heading off to college in Sault Ste Marie for the Field Naturalist course.
Our family is continuing their journey in life with its varying paths.