The Garland family has a tradition: whenever someone graduates, we take a trip. Usually the trips are short, but sometimes we decide to go all out. Our most recent long trip was in 2001, upon Andrew’s high school graduation, when we went to Boston, through Washington DC and New York, for the 4th of July.

This year, we had graduations aplenty. In fact, we had more members of the family graduate than ones that didn’t. So, in honor of this momentous occasion, we decided to take another long trip. This time, we’re nearly repeating a trip that we took in 1988 (another graduation year–my dad got his masters). Our trek will include St. Louis, Wyoming, South Dakota, Chicago, and several other stops, but we’re leaving Andrew and Melanie in Wyoming. They’re working at Red Cliff Bible Camp for the summer before they head to Blacksburg, VA, in the fall.

Tomorrow, we hitch our wagons (a Chrysler Town & Country and a Ford Taurus) and go west.