I was thinking about my blog and driving out west, so I thought I'd share how it started. I was working at a factory for quite some time and my son had never had a long vacation. My mom had been wanting to go to Iowa to visit an elderly cousin for years and didn't want to go alone. I had two weeks vacation coming to me so I told her we could drive there and stay for a week to visit. She had to plan the trip and not tell me anything about it. It was like I was running away.   More to come.