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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Days 13 & 14

DateThursday, May 23, 2013 at 08:35AM

We're home!!! Spent the last two days of Project Pre-Thirteen pretty much just driving from Knoxville, TN to Kansas City, KS to home. Lots of time in the van...witnessed a truck tire blowout from just a car away...and got home with just enough light left in the day to spot our beloved mountains and for the boys to run off some steam in the front yard for a bit while I caught up on things with our lovely neighbor, who'd heard our arrival (thanks to Micah literally shouting his thanks at being home to the neighborhood at large, lol) and who'd been keeping an eye on everything for us.

Whew.

More stories and follow-ups to come but give me a few days to tackle this laundry and catch up on stuff and sort out next month's schoolwork (yes, we still have schoolwork, lol)...

AuthorAmanda | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

Thank you for posting your wonderful photos on your journey! So nice to follow along with you :)

May 23, 2013 | Unregistered CommenterBecky

So fun to "see" your trip. I'd love to know more about your route. Am planning our own "east coast" trip next summer and always love to hear what other people have done--especially what you would repeat or skip if you had to do it all again. Thanks for sharing!

May 23, 2013 | Unregistered CommentercarrieH

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