Road trip with mom!

I left Keith at home for a week and went on a road trip with my mom in Iowa where she grew up.

First, we spent three days at Nordic Fest. I'm a quarter Norwegian, and the festival celebrates our heritage. We got to see a lot of cousins and other more distant relatives, and they even got us all together for a family reunion on Saturday afternoon.

Then, my mom and I set off on our own for some statewide genealogy research. In the last three days we went to small towns and large cities. We hit some cemeteries that were five miles out on dirt roads. We saw schools where my mom attended and family homes where we visited when I was young. By the numbers, we've stopped at the following:

6 courthouses
6 cemeteries
3 schools
7 houses
1 church

We're in the airport now ready to go home. We've stayed in 5 motels in the last week, so we're ready for our own beds, bathrooms, and cooking.