My drive across the country

Fortunately my drive was uneventful in a bad way. And until I got to NY, I didn't really stop (while driving) to see anything. Then in NY I decided to see Niagara Falls. WOW! That is something to be seen. There is just so much water and it is so high. I'll be honest: I can see why people wanted to ride over in a barrel. I could just imagine myself doing it. Don't worry, friends, it is too far away from UMass for me to think about doing it one weekend. The pictures don't really tell the whole story, I know, but I think the best view is from Canada, and I didn't take the time to go to another country. SORRY! You'll all have to do that yourselves! :)

Then I stopped at some church history sites. I needed gas about the time I saw the sign for Palmyra and I thought, oh yes, please. So, I spent a few precious moments at the Hill Cumorah and then a few at the Smith Home. It was just what I needed to clear my head and feel motivated to keep driving to my new home.

I then made it to Eastern NY. (NY is an incredibly long state, and that is saying something coming from someone who drove across NV too many times!) And I figured I could live in NY after driving across Eastern NY; it is wooded and green and almost mountainous. Then it just stayed that way when I drove across my final state boarder: MA! Western MA was gorgeous! And then I found out that I live at the base of these great "mountains". Ok, so it isn't Utah or the Sierra, but it is hillier than I thought it would be and more "primitive" than I thought too. There are little towns all over the place and not much modern life. Nice in theory, but harder for this western girl to get used to than she thought.