Six months have passed since that hot day in Joplin, MO when we abruptly decided that we had reached the end of ourBigtrip. I remember the heat like it was yesterday. You couldn't get way from it- unlike our current weather that is escapable using multiple layers of clothes- it's been under 32 degrees most days for several weeks in the Colorado mountains.

There hasn't been a single day that goes by that our family doesn't use the words 'bus' or 'trip' in the context of the greatest adventure o...
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