Treasuring the Moments

I feel like I’m right on the edge of boring everyone to death with my trip posts. Hopefully you’ll be able to bear about 3 more posts on the subject. 🙂 I wish I were like some who can take their trips and integrate them with sage advice or who can inspire others by their life’s experiences, but it’s just not happening for me, folks.  All you get are the facts with a little bit of photos added in to hopefully make it a bit more interesting. On with it! We only spent 2 days with Eric and Kylie but it was time to move along to Murphy & Tracy’s and…

More trip photos! I hope you’re not too tired of hearing about it just yet. 🙂 After 4 days of travelling we arrived in British Columbia, Canada which was our intended destination from the beginning. We spent the day with this couple who gave so generously of their time to us and who shared with us many wonderful stories & testimonies of God’s amazing grace & power. After our time with this delightful couple, we headed for our host’s home. We would be staying with two special families that we had met when they had visited us here in Arizona. Eric & Kylie have been to visit several times and they really wanted to…

It’s already day 3 of our trip, but it’s hard to remember that since we packed in so many things and were derailed from our original plans when our suitcases were stolen.  (Was that a run-on sentence?) After driving all night and half of the day, we decided to lodge in Newport, Oregon, a small tourist town. Down at the pier, where all the restaurants and tourist shops line the streets, there are some resident sea lions.  The shop owners really don’t like them there because they are so noisy but it’s great if you’re a tourist!   To some people, the sea lion reminds them of a giant slug. Do you see the resemblance?…

Okay, what’s your guess? Did you answer Oregon? After saying goodbye to our relatives in California we were Bound for Oregon except we had the comforts of our Suburban instead of a bumpy wagon. The old pioneers of our nation were pretty impressive, weren’t they? Men and women of grit!   I digress. Back to 2012. We decided to celebrate Justus’ birthday (that was in April) while on our trip.  After having a little fun on the way, we drove all night… Can you believe Audrey rode this?  175′ tall and you’re not in a cage! …and arrived in Oregon at daybreak.  I love this state. As we were driving up the scenic highway, we…

We are home after being away for about 2 weeks.  It has been one marathon of a vacation.  Russell planned everything and he had us on a pretty tight schedule. The first day we drove till 1a.m. Upon our arrival at Sequoia National Park in California, we set up our tent and crawled into our sleeping bags so that we could catch a few hours of rest. It was beautiful up on the mountain.   The Sequoia’s are the largest living thing on earth. They are amongst the tallest trees and their width is more than any other tree. They are simply fantastic and are located in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada’s (the…