Road Trip to MT, 1,704 miles

After 3 1/2 really good years in Fond du Lac, it's time for a change. A couple months ago, Ryan accepted a job with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America as Director, Organizational Development. His territory would cover all of Montana and Wyoming. We were essentially given the opportunity to live anywhere in these two states. Can you imagine? Live anywhere you want in Wyoming or Montana ... And go!

After spending time with other DODs for BGCA, getting their opinions, and studying maps of MT and WY, we decided on Bozeman. It's the center of his work territory and it's pretty much one of the most beautiful places we've seen!

We were pretty lucky with the biggest chunk of our move. Last week movers came, packed up our house and loaded it on the semi the following day. We still had to be pretty organized because while most of our stuff is going into storage, we had to separate a small portion to be moved to our apartment since we don't close on our new house until mid-August. It was like packing for Ecuador all over again. It's hard to know what you'll need for two months! Or what you can do without!!

Since our house was loaded Thursday, Emilia and I went down to Kenosha to stay with family until Ryan finished his work-week. He flew into Milwaukee and we started our journey from there.

We spent out first night in Fairmont, MN. We got in late and left early so we didn't spend much time site seeing or doing anything fun.

Then we were on the road for three more days.

First mirror we saw in days ...

 

In Cody, WY we stopped at Sierra Trading Post outlet (never knew there was such a thing!). Unfortunately E and I spent 25 minutes sitting outside trying to recoup. Nearing the end of our trip, good behavior is a distant memory.

But we made it.

 

And this is where we'll be living for the next couple of months.