Well, we are more of a third of the way through our month long trip. In the past 8 days we have stayed in Ontario (OR), Denver, Dallas, Houston, and now Austin. It has been an amazing week of encouragement, reconnecting, and long, long, long drives. Prayer has carried our car safely to each of our destinations, and friends have come from far and near to see us. It is exciting, exhilarating, and exhausting.
We are hanging around Austin for this whole week. Next week we have two nights in Albuquerque, then almost a week in LA, a short stop in San Francisco, and then hopefully back to Oregon in time for Matthew's and my mother-in-law's birthdays on April 12th.
What I've discovered so far:
1. The drive between the Cascade Mountains and Dallas, Texas, is really really boring. No REALLY. Sure, you have 10 minutes of beautiful red rock formations in Utah, and maybe Colorado is pretty when it is not so rainy/foggy that you can't see anything, but other than that...desert.
2. Two and a half days is not enough time in Dallas. We should really learn our lesson one of these days. Seriously, our friends here are amazing and wonderful, and two days is not enough time to adequately see them all. Of course, a month might not be either.
3. My kids are awesome. Sure, there's been the usual if not more than usual periods of whining and meltdowns, but seriously. They are 4 and 2, and have been stuck in the car for 40+ hours in the past week. They are troupers.
One of these days I'll try and pull pictures off my camera and post a few, but for now, please continue to pray for safety and timely meetings with friends and strangers that the Father brings to our path during this time.
We are hanging around Austin for this whole week. Next week we have two nights in Albuquerque, then almost a week in LA, a short stop in San Francisco, and then hopefully back to Oregon in time for Matthew's and my mother-in-law's birthdays on April 12th.
What I've discovered so far:
1. The drive between the Cascade Mountains and Dallas, Texas, is really really boring. No REALLY. Sure, you have 10 minutes of beautiful red rock formations in Utah, and maybe Colorado is pretty when it is not so rainy/foggy that you can't see anything, but other than that...desert.
2. Two and a half days is not enough time in Dallas. We should really learn our lesson one of these days. Seriously, our friends here are amazing and wonderful, and two days is not enough time to adequately see them all. Of course, a month might not be either.
3. My kids are awesome. Sure, there's been the usual if not more than usual periods of whining and meltdowns, but seriously. They are 4 and 2, and have been stuck in the car for 40+ hours in the past week. They are troupers.
One of these days I'll try and pull pictures off my camera and post a few, but for now, please continue to pray for safety and timely meetings with friends and strangers that the Father brings to our path during this time.
2 comments:
Yes I think you need more than two days in Dallas!! You guys need to stay at our house for a day! =-) It was so good to see you guys! You guys always hold a special place in our hearts! Hope to see you soon again! Thanks for always visiting!
Praying continually for safe travels.
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