Thursday, Jaunuary 1st, 2009
We woke with heavy hearts, as this is the day that we leave my sister and her family. We packed our things upstairs, and left them so as not to ruin our last morning of coffee together. We visited until about 9, when it was time to get things gathered for the truck. We had packed most everything the day before, so it wasn’t too much. Tam & Eric helped with lunch & drinks, while Bill loaded the truck, and we got the last things rounded up.
It was tearful for Shawnna & Tammy….and I must say that the gas station on hwy 96 at Moody road is a good place to get it all out! Washing windows and having a good cry is always productive. It was tough day as we traveled, as each time I thought about them, I cried. The mood was mopey for all of us the rest of the day. I’m sure the empty house syndrome was worse for the Jenkins’. Ryan cheered us up with this silly pillow(it's an around the neck travel pillow). He has a bit of his father in him!
We traveled about 850 miles on Thursday, a full 14 hours in the carz and covered GA, AL, TN, MS, AR, and mae it halfway through OK, staying in Oklahoma City. We ended up in a somewhat OK room, but the room next door ended up having a party, so needless to say, we did not sleep but a few hours. At 4am, we were debating whether to call the front desk, or just get up & go. Being the nature of the people next door, we decided best to leave.
Friday, January, 2, 2009
Being we had an early start, the kids slept in the car for another few hours, and Bill & I traded off during the day, napping and driving. We wanted to put as many miles on, so that we could make it home on Saturday, and get into either our own bed, or the trailer bed…depending on our arrival time…as we did not want to kick our house sitter out of our bed!
We “found” two more hours of Kristin’s lost hours from heading East…she was hapy that we located them. It was nice to gain two more hours of daylight as we chased the sun through the rest of OK, TX, NM, AZ and finally, we hit the CA border around 7ish. We were blessed with a beautiful sunset, safe travel and good weather…with temps around 65 today. We stopped for supper at the last Cracker Barrel on our journey, as we don’t have them at home, and debated long and hard over the double rocker we found there….deciding we had spent enough!! After supper, we headed through the Mojave Desert, and stopped around 10:30 at a very nice hotel—we had very comfy beds, a quiet hotel, and a very peaceful night. Regardless, we were still on GA time, and were awake at 4:30 (7:30 GA time), and were anxious to get home, so we woke the kids, and headed out.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
We spent most of the day in California….great weather again, and other than the wind (the kind if you take your hand off the wheel, you head in another direction! We fared fine, and crossed the Oregon border around 5. The pass had snow either last night or this morning, so we were feeling grateful that we came through in the daylight, and before the temps dropped below freezing. The rain they were calling for in CA/OR have not occurred, and we are feeing very blessed to have made the trip in 3 days.
We arrived home at 8:30—very glad to get out of the car! We are thankful for safe travel, no car issues, no weather issues, and the kids did awesome, never complaining about the long days.
It was a great trip….one we will treasure forever. It was some great family time for us, as well as the blessing to be with Tam, Eric, Erica & Nick. We haven’t been together in a long time, and not only are we family, but great friends as well. (Some of you remember that Eric & I were friends long before Tam & Bill were in the picture!). The laughter, stories and fun we shared was great. The kids did great being together for 9 full days, and a huge thanks to Nick & Erica for sharing their rooms and all their stuff…and to Tam & Eric for having us, and showing us around GA. If you haven’t read the blog for our time there…do so…we learned tons, had a blast, and can’t wait to do it again!! (Hopefully, not driving 3 days non stop!)
We want to thank all of you for your prayers for us for safe travel….God was so good to us….
Here are the pictures from our drive home. It ws 3078 miles one way!
We woke with heavy hearts, as this is the day that we leave my sister and her family. We packed our things upstairs, and left them so as not to ruin our last morning of coffee together. We visited until about 9, when it was time to get things gathered for the truck. We had packed most everything the day before, so it wasn’t too much. Tam & Eric helped with lunch & drinks, while Bill loaded the truck, and we got the last things rounded up.
It was tearful for Shawnna & Tammy….and I must say that the gas station on hwy 96 at Moody road is a good place to get it all out! Washing windows and having a good cry is always productive. It was tough day as we traveled, as each time I thought about them, I cried. The mood was mopey for all of us the rest of the day. I’m sure the empty house syndrome was worse for the Jenkins’. Ryan cheered us up with this silly pillow(it's an around the neck travel pillow). He has a bit of his father in him!
We traveled about 850 miles on Thursday, a full 14 hours in the carz and covered GA, AL, TN, MS, AR, and mae it halfway through OK, staying in Oklahoma City. We ended up in a somewhat OK room, but the room next door ended up having a party, so needless to say, we did not sleep but a few hours. At 4am, we were debating whether to call the front desk, or just get up & go. Being the nature of the people next door, we decided best to leave.
Friday, January, 2, 2009
Being we had an early start, the kids slept in the car for another few hours, and Bill & I traded off during the day, napping and driving. We wanted to put as many miles on, so that we could make it home on Saturday, and get into either our own bed, or the trailer bed…depending on our arrival time…as we did not want to kick our house sitter out of our bed!
We “found” two more hours of Kristin’s lost hours from heading East…she was hapy that we located them. It was nice to gain two more hours of daylight as we chased the sun through the rest of OK, TX, NM, AZ and finally, we hit the CA border around 7ish. We were blessed with a beautiful sunset, safe travel and good weather…with temps around 65 today. We stopped for supper at the last Cracker Barrel on our journey, as we don’t have them at home, and debated long and hard over the double rocker we found there….deciding we had spent enough!! After supper, we headed through the Mojave Desert, and stopped around 10:30 at a very nice hotel—we had very comfy beds, a quiet hotel, and a very peaceful night. Regardless, we were still on GA time, and were awake at 4:30 (7:30 GA time), and were anxious to get home, so we woke the kids, and headed out.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
We spent most of the day in California….great weather again, and other than the wind (the kind if you take your hand off the wheel, you head in another direction! We fared fine, and crossed the Oregon border around 5. The pass had snow either last night or this morning, so we were feeling grateful that we came through in the daylight, and before the temps dropped below freezing. The rain they were calling for in CA/OR have not occurred, and we are feeing very blessed to have made the trip in 3 days.
We arrived home at 8:30—very glad to get out of the car! We are thankful for safe travel, no car issues, no weather issues, and the kids did awesome, never complaining about the long days.
It was a great trip….one we will treasure forever. It was some great family time for us, as well as the blessing to be with Tam, Eric, Erica & Nick. We haven’t been together in a long time, and not only are we family, but great friends as well. (Some of you remember that Eric & I were friends long before Tam & Bill were in the picture!). The laughter, stories and fun we shared was great. The kids did great being together for 9 full days, and a huge thanks to Nick & Erica for sharing their rooms and all their stuff…and to Tam & Eric for having us, and showing us around GA. If you haven’t read the blog for our time there…do so…we learned tons, had a blast, and can’t wait to do it again!! (Hopefully, not driving 3 days non stop!)
We want to thank all of you for your prayers for us for safe travel….God was so good to us….
Here are the pictures from our drive home. It ws 3078 miles one way!
1 comment:
wow you drove almost as far as we fly to get from London to MI !!
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