Out of the blue
You came into view
Dorsal aimed at the sky.
There was nothing to do
But take pictures of you
And laugh until we cried.
We knew there were more
Random things in store
Making these miles worthwhile.
So we traveled on
Long after you’d gone
‘Til we saw an Angry Bird smile.
When you drive all over the country, you are likely to see some interesting sites. Imagine coming over a hill and finding a huge shark on the side of the road. We saw that one on our sixteen states in sixteen days roadtrip. I’m not even sure which state we were in anymore, but I remember it clear as day. Then, we saw a series of angry bird boulders in the front yard of a house in Salt Lake City, Utah. I had to pull off to get those photos because they were so unexpected. We really have seen a lot.
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