As our last vacation of the summer, Noel and I went to Oregon with my family. Seven of us piled into my parent’s Ford Windstar minivan with all of our stuff and drove to a little coastal city called Manzanita. When we visited Fort Clatsop (a fort where Lewis and Clark stayed) and Noel used our National Parks pass to get us all in the clerk said, “Seven of you, all in the same car?” and stared at us with doubt and mistrust. Noel’s response was, “I know, it’s been a long drive.” The weather was lovely, the company was wonderful, and none of us wanted to leave, but now we’re back and we have to get back to school and work 🙁