The highlight of Warren, PA was a used bookstore. Then owner had made these wonderful paper sculptures of great authors. He called the collection Mount Readmore.
We left Warren, PA and headed home feeling kind of bittersweet. Collecting was over for the trip. It was all about getting home. I'd like to say it was great seeing the GWB at 8:45 last night, but truthfully, I'd be happy staying on the road, camping and collecting for a while longer. But we both have work to do in NY.
Over the next few weeks we are going to go through photos. We have a few more stories to share. And I will be going to the Cape for a while to just chill out. Daniel will be going to Maine and may blog from there. As the specimens make their way through the NYBG process of identification, mounting and storing there will be more stories to tell.
And, no doubt, Daniel and I will be back on the road this fall for some weekend collecting trips. So this is a way of saying that the blog is not over, but there won't be daily updates until our next big trip. We have had more than 1500 page views so that means that you stayed with us through the journey. Thanks for that -- it made us feel connected to something bigger than where we were at the moment.
The blog has been really fun for us so I know we will keep it going. Several of you wrote to say the photos are good. Daniel shares credit for that. He took many of them.
So the cris-cross country trip is complete. In the next few days I will make a final accounting -- miles driven, specimens collected etc. Maybe a recap on all the glam motels. Check back in once in a while.
Now I leave you with this thought,
There are no wrong turns when the journey is the destination
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