Over the spring we thought "for sure" we would be bringing our son home sometime next winter so we decided to try to sneak in a camping trip to Montana at the end of summer to break up the wait. We made reservations, Matt got his time off work and I was planning all sorts of fun things to do. Then the "we may be getting our baby this summer" whirlwind happened and we quickly cancelled our reservations and Matt promptly told his boss he wouldn't be using those days off because he may be going to Africa instead. Now we are back where we started, but since we are not putting much weight on time estimates anymore, we have decided to keep living our lives "on hold" just as we have been for years. Basically it just means we are not planning any trips or making any other real plans until we bring our son home because we just really don't know when that might be. It gets tiresome being in this mode, but I guess we learned we can't really make any plans more than a month out. For me, this is annoying because I do love trip planning (almost as much as going on the actual trips) and other types of "life planning" (plans to buy our next car and house and to start our 2nd adoption). But all that is on hold for now. Hopefully after our family is united we will be able to start making more plans (to travel, to possibly move, etc.) and feel like we are actually living our lives again.
In order to sneak in a little fun this summer, our plan is just to do day trips and explore nearby areas we haven't visited before. This past week we took the two- hour drive out to visit Elk Creek Falls near the tiny town of Elk River. The weather and the scenery was beautiful and well- worth the travel time. Sadly, though, we did not see any elk, or much other wildlife for that matter. But we did see what we went for- the waterfalls. There is not much better than taking a hike through a quiet, cedar- scented forest to some very lovely waterfall views. It is definitely on our to- do list to bring our kids back there someday.
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