We spent most of June and July in Middletown, CA. Josh worked on his dad's ranch, and we visited lots of family and friends and spoke about the Hospital in Honduras at several new churches and Bible studies. Then, the last week in July, we fired up The Dictator, our '81 Benz, and embarked on a 4,000 mile, 8-state trip around the western US. Considering we were travelling with small children (Talby got lots of lung strenghtening crying time in her car seat) and a dog (nearly got left in the ditch outside of Jordan, MT after a bout of diarhea in the car), we had a great trip and got to see lots of friends and family. Read on to get caught up on our adventures.
The Dictator is the replacement of our '95 Cadillac, which suffered an untimely demise last spring while in storage. Josh named it the Dictator because "all self respecting dictators drove a Mercedes in the early '80s." True to its name, The Dictator only has air conditioning and cruise control when it jolly well feels like it. In spite of its illogical AC and cruise, it ran great the whole trip. The only hitch in our giddy-up came at about mile 3,970 or our 4,000 mile trip, when for some mysterious reason one of the back wheels lost 3 of its lug bolts (the Germans don't use lug nuts like the rest of the world) and the wheel almost fell off. Fortunately, we got pulled off before it came completely off.
One last travel photo. The girls and I at Craters of the Moon in Idaho. Lotsa' lava.
We have about a week left in CA, then head back to Honduras Sept. 1st. We're looking forward to being back in our own house and back to our normal lives!
1 comment:
Yea! Sept 1st is finally coming! I've been waiting for you to get back to show us the lounging spot in the Lis Lis river. It's been hot during the day and cooler at night and the pool is closed so the river is a must!
Post a Comment