Weekend Getaway

This past weekend, Jesse and I went to visit my parents in Southern Missouri near Branson. It's so nice to get away and we had a wonderful time! The drive to Missouri is also much better than the drive to Michigan (where they used to live). Today I'm going to share a few scenery photos from the trip and Thursday I'll share some fun photos of what we did on our trip :)

Just past the Iowa border and into Missouri, we saw several wind turbines. At a distance, these look like normal windmills, but as you get closer you start to see just how huge they are! They stand 396' tall and each blade is 139' long...that's huge!

The further we got into Missouri, the curvier and hillier the roads got. Iowa is pretty darn flat, so it's a nice change in scenery. The land is also rockier. I love the rock formations along side the roads.

But the best scenery of all is out my parents' back door. They have a gorgeous view of the lake. It's so calming and relaxing to just sit and enjoy the view :)

 Have you been doing any traveling this summer?

The Beauty of Missouri

Jesse and I made it back from our vacation to Southern Missouri and had a great time :) It was so wonderful to spend time with my parents and just relax for a few days!

We spent a couple of days on the lake and a day driving around seeing the area. We drove down to my parents property and saw the area they will eventually retire to. It's so peaceful there and the scenery is beautiful :) I could do without the curvy, hilly roads, but they sure make for pretty landscape.

Here's a photo I took of the rocks along side the roads.

And this one is my Mom, Dad and Jesse at Dogwood Canyon.

I would love to go down in the fall sometime...the trees will just be gorgeous!!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend :)