The morning that we left Little Rock, just 7 days ago, we stopped at the grocery store and bought a jar of dry roasted peanuts, a can of cashew halves and pieces, and a bag of M&Ms. We poured them all into a zip loc bag that we got at Mark's house and that was our bag of gorp. We ate from it frequently. It helped Marty survive many a late lunch. We never thought about how much was left and we never worried about it eating it all up 'cuz we knew we could make some more or eat some other goody (probably a Julie gift). But that one bag lasted the entire trip. It was as great as the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. It was the Energizer Bunny of Gorp because it just kept lasting and lasting and lasting.
And now at last, the tale is told. It took longer to tell it than it took to experience it, I think. We finished the trip in 8 days but today is two weeks after we arrived and I'm finally done posting. [NOTE: I wrote this and thought I uploaded it 2 weeks ago, but it didn't "take" so I'm re-posting it now . . . so you're reading it one month after the trip is done.]
Now it's time for you to check the other blog (
http://mainiactheresa.blogspot.com/ ) because Marty and I had new adventures in Maine before it was time for her to return to Dallas, and the other blog is about life in Maine. But the actual trip from Dallas to Farmington is a fond fond memory of good times and good friends.
