As much I feel guilty about using a premade theme, I haven’t the time to make one of my own just yet. Now, I could have waited until after the move and after we unpack and everything, but the temptation was just too great. Not to mention, on top of that, there will be genealogy trips during our drive over from Connecticut to Washington, and, as I’ll be bringing my laptop with me while we’re on this trip, I thought it might be nice to keep the page up to speed, even if no one is reading quite yet. I think everyone can agree, however, that writing something while it is fresh in your mind is the best way to keep things accurate and make sure you get everything out that you want.
I’m still in the process of planning out our journey, and I must admit that there are a lot of things I’m NOT looking forward to (in addition to the super awesome things that I AM looking forward to…), such as the long periods of time in the car. The biggest thing is probably the our pets will be with us, and that limits a lot of things, such as hotels and how long we can be away from the car and out doing things, since we can’t leave them in the car, summer heat and all. Planning all of this is going to be a little tricky, and I have a feeling that the majority of the genealogy trips will be limited to copying my relative’s photo albums at the local Kinkos and snapping photos of the local cemeteries. I wish we had a motor home or that we didn’t have the kids and pets with us, would make it easier. But, since genealogy isn’t the actual point of this trip and is just an awesome bonus, I’ll have to deal with it and just make the best of it.
All that said, I’m going to go do a little research in my own notes and make up a bit of a map, so to speak, of where families in our tree lived, married, and died, so I can better decide which cemeteries and things to visit.
