I love my car. Everyone knows it's my baby. She has things that just add to her character such as her purple color, the dents from Peyton and myself, the bumper stickers, and all the scratches and dents from the college parking lot. Currently, she's in need of an oil change and tire rotation. Thankfully, I have a boyfriend who used to work in a shop and so he offered to do these for me. She also needs an AC recharge. She's needed one for a while, but after one really hot ride home from the Twin Cities followed by a week of cold weather with snow included and being away from the men at PTL, I have put it off. Lately whenever Dustin and I go somewhere farther away, we've been taking my car. Anytime I drive lately I need to roll the windows down to get cooled off. I've been rocking the windblown look just about every day.
Yesterday was no different. We hadn't even made it to Traer and we were uncomfortable. When we made it to Hudson we had been rolling the windows down for periods of time. At Cedar Falls, I showed Dustin where I lived while at UNI. I also showed him the famous Scratch Cupcakery where I spent quite a bit of time! :) As we headed towards Waterloo, we found a chunk of Hwy 63 to be closed. We were beginning to get crunched for time and I was hot and getting frustrated. We had to take some back roads and got to Olwein when we stopped for lunch. At this point, we grabbed some drive-thru McDonald's and ate on the way. We rolled up to Starmont with minutes to spare, but other people were pulling in at the same time, so we weren't the last ones!
Tums giggled as she saw us strolled in. Naturally, all the graduates were lined up and ready to go graduate. After a quick hug, we went to find a seat. I'm so stinking proud of my friend!
After getting out of that hot high school gym, Dustin and I headed to the giant strawberry! Luckily, a nice lady was walking by who took our picture for us! :)
After a quick stop for some gas and ice cream, we headed to Backbone State Park. It was a GORGEOUS day to be there! We started out hiking a little of the Devil's Backbone. It was stunning to stand and look out over so much beauty! After being a little winded from that, we sat on a bench in the shade for a while just hanging out letting the world pass by. After a while, we headed down to the spring and sit by the water. That water was cold. Plain and simple. We had a couple of contests to see who could hold their feet under the water the longest. Neither one of us lasted very long. It was so much fun to laugh and be completely silly at that spring. We still had a while to kill, so we just laid there on a blanket under the sun soaking in the beauty all around us. It was such a memorable afternoon!
Tums told us to come hungry to her party. We did. Anyone who knows me knows that I can put quite a bit down. It was so yummy! I also took a cupcake to go! :) We knew we needed to get headed back because of the impending storm. We could see it coming from a long ways off. It got scary black and started blowing and raining around Traer. I was scared. I was almost to the point of tears. And the wind was blowing. Finally, we drove out of it. I was glad to be back at Dustin's and not have to worry about the storm anymore.
Now, I'll have to wait just a little bit longer before I can get my car in to get my AC recharged. I'll blog about that reason later. :) So, for a little bit longer, I'll deal with that windblown look!
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