fourth of july - take three: the way home

After a very fun time camping (for the most part) and a great time with family celebrating my grandma's 80th birthday, Nic and I packed up the car and headed up to Rochester to grab drinks with my friend from college and her family.

Drinks turned into dinner and before you knew it, we had been there for quite some time.









I made a new best friend, she rocks.



We decided to meander our way home and weren't quite sure if we were going to camp again. Setting up an eight person tent for two people seemed a little ridiculous.

So we enjoyed the views:





{I totally turned into my mother-in-law on the way home and made Nic pull the car over so I could snap some photos...what is happening to me?! :) }







...made a pit stop in Decorah for a quick walk around town, and pulled into our driveway around 1:30AM.

It was a fantastic Fourth.