Iowa!

I'm here; I'm alive.

I left my laptop at home... so I've been suffering withdrawl this whole time.

There's much to say, and much to catch up on; I'll have to do some of those things later. For now, I'm alive and online (at least temporarily) and I'll be posting my logs from the trip when I can sync my handheld.

Let me just summarize:

Way too early for me Friday morning, after not getting enough sleep, Aunt-Fayoumis and I left for Iowa. We drove all day and found a campsite just outside of the Petrified Forest National Park.

We got off to a slow start that next morning, but drove for quite some time, got into Colorado, and eventually found a place to camp.

Sunday, we visited some old friends of my biological uncle's, and stayed the whole day and the night. Not much driving that day. I petted the horses and we got showers. Short ones, as there was a drought.

Monday, we pressed on, and got to Denver, where we camped at Cherry Creek State Park after much searching and agonizing.

Tuesday, we came through Kansas and found a little campsite near a reservoir. Humid. Wilting 'Ni.

Today, we made it the rest of the way through Kansas, into Nebraska and Missori, and then Iowa. Now I'm at the computer in the house of Grandma(FatherSir's mother and my only surviving grandparent)'s brother and his wife.

I miiiiissss you guys! I miss my Darkside. I called him twice while on the road; it was wonderful to hear him gently sniping at me for my chaos-camping habits.

emotions

I've been depressed lately, I've noticed.

I'm working on getting it better. We'll see.