Raleigh, NC

After 23 hrs of driving in 48 hrs, Matt and I arrived back in the land of the 60 degree winter. We drove through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and part of North Carolina to get there. and we only got lost once! As a whole, the drive was pretty bleak, but once we got into Kentucky and West Virginia, it was lovely. Despite it being the Christmas traveling season, we saw hardly another car on the road for most of the Kentucky portion. And I-46 East between Huntington and Charleston, W.Va goes through the mountains and is just gorgeous. We drove through at dusk and it made me really want to stop at WinterPlace Resort and go night-skiing. I would have taken pictures but a) I was driving and b) I thought my camera was broken. Luckily, I'm just inept with cameras and it is NOT broken! We got to my parents' house at 10:30 on Thursday night and everyone was waiting up for us, which made for a very nice homecoming. Now I'm just relaxing like a college student on break (miss those days!) and looking forward to Christmas with the family. Thanks again to the awesome Minnesotans who gave up sleeping in on Weds morning to see me and Matt off (especially Hannah)...miss you guys already!