CA Trip - 14 and Final Post

We left early (yes, this is a.m.) so we could get a head start on our two long days of travel! It's Saturday morning.

Last glimpses of the dear fog-laden hills...


Loading up the final things!


Golden Gate Bridge again!


We dropped Beth&Erich off at Aunt Suzanne's to catch their flight home, and continued driving, driving...


Quick stop at a fun fruit stand!





Airplane "junkyard" in the desert

What neat cloud-shadows on the mountains!





Sunday

Loading up in the morning!

Forever and ever on...

We all (except the driver) did a bit of this :)

Semi trailer, wrecked and burned...

To pass the time, we sent selfies to Beth and others... ;)



If you look close, you can see Stephen, holding up a Lego creation he'd made :)

Near Amarillo, there was more water than we'd EVER seen -- yes, that brown is water! Texas has supposedly received enough rain, just this May, to cover the whole huge state to a depth of 8 inches.



This gas station had 15-25 black 5-gallon buckets all throughout the store, catching drips! :0 Most were full of 5-10 inches of water!




Changing watches back to good old Texas time...



Pretty intense storm damage! (notice the one in the background, completely knocked down?)

Then -- about an hour & a half from home, our van suddenly died! :(

Andrew uses his mechanical genius


Deborah texts our plight to friends ;)

This kind man stopped and drove Dad and Andrew to a parts store to get what we needed!

Interesting new look, huh?

Nothing to do...  ;)

By the mercy of God, we were on the road again an hour later! We're so grateful for the mechanical skills He gave Andrew! :) :)

Then -- as dark fell -- we arrived home at last!

That's the end of our trip! Trips are always great, but it's always so nice to be home! :)

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for posting all of the pictures! I'm glad that y'all were able to make that special trip. Love, Bethany

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