Scraps of Life: A Memorable Trip

(The date on this layout is wrong. It should be December. It's been fixed)

I've been sharing the layouts from a 2001 trip from Indianapolis to Omaha on my DeannaScraps Facebook Page, but thought I would put them all together here.

It was fun going through the photos looking for something to scrapbook when I ran across this trip!

I had met a sweet lady, Doris Gordon, in our neighborhood at a craft fair that was going on. We struck up a conversation and a friendship began. I would help her with her groceries and things around the house, along with just popping in for a visit to chat. She'd shared that she loved road trips as we talked about our trips to see Bill's parents in Omaha, Nebraska. She hadn't been on a trip since her husband had passed away.

At some point, I thought it would be nice to take her on a road trip! We talked about it a bit and she was really excited for it. I checked with my in-laws to see if it was okay and they were pretty surprised it was going to be Doris!

Honestly, I don't remember a lot of the actual details of the trip anymore, but the pictures were a reminder of what a nice trip it was for everyone. Mary was absolutely thrilled to take her new friend on a trip with her! It was just the three of us and I'm so happy that we could share this with her.

It's about 600 miles from Indianapolis to Omaha so it's a long, long drive in a day, but we made it okay with many stops along the way, I'm sure.

It was well worth it, though. Mary was ready for Grandma and Grandpa hugs.

Mary really loved sharing her grandparents with Doris.

It's always fun to try on Grandpa's race car helmet.

Surprisingly, the December weather was nice enough for Mary to have time on the swing in the back yard.

Our trip back to Indianapolis was without troubles of any kind. Maybe the only thing was not enough play time at McDonald's. The ice cream was good, though.

We stopped in Amana, Iowa on the way home. We had seen the signs before and joked about how it would be a town with a refrigerator on every corner. Doris wanted to see it, so off we went on a small side trip. We weren't there a long time, but it was a great place to stop and stretch our legs, fill the tank and see what there was to see before dark.