Our driveway Saturday morning. We started to shovel and then decided it would melt over the next week.
That's how we like it.
After a very brief bathroom stop in Rawlins, the kids were anxious to get out in Grand Junction, CO at 2:30 pm.
We packed enough food for a small army. Chicken salad, lunch meat and peanut butter sandwiches, chips, cheeses, dips, fruit, and yogurts.
Chicken salad croissant sandwich - tasty!
Thanks to the Sandbergs for their giving us some leftover curry dip from small group the night before. I tried to share a little with the rest of the family.
The gorgeous view through parts of Utah.
Stunning.
Have I mentioned the Sandberg family is so cool? Todd ran out to his vehicle Friday night and came back in with this GPS device. It was WONDERFUL. I especially loved the estimated arrival time in the bottom right corner. And when we got turned around, it wasn't my fault, but Miss Garmin's!! Ha ha.
More artwork by God.
This is coming close to Arches National Park near Moab, UT.
The kids are ready to get OUT of the vehicle.
Oh where do I begin with regards to our first hotel site. One thing I will point out: Don't believe everything you read or see on the Internet hotel site!! It was extremely difficult to find a room with 3 beds in Flagstaff without having to get 2 rooms. From the website, this one looked promising.
Well....let's just say I would have paid money to be a fly in Brenda and Pete's car as Brenda realized this was in fact our home for the night. :)
They were headed to Tucson for a 2 week Spring Break and had left on Friday night. They were several hours ahead of us, but we slowly gained on them throughout the day. We had previously decided to meet in Flagstaff and go to church in the morning.
Back to the hotel story. It was by far the grossest hotel I have ever stayed in. There were broken cabinets, doors that didn't latch properly, filthy carpet and something really icky on Pete's soap!! The positive of this experience? The laughter and jokes that will never end as we reminisce.
Brenda had pizza waiting for us when we arrived about an hour after them. We ate in their "suite" (aka the king's palace) because it had the fancy china hutch.
Our room aka the queen's royal quarters.
Good thing we had cell phones.
Timothy proves that he is mighty to save us from this despicable hotel. He will conquer the bad Rodeway Inn people and throw them in bad hotel jail!!
There was a good lesson for the kids (and us). As they were complaining about the condition of the room, Phil and I reminded them that as gross as this room was to us, it was nicer that most people in Haiti had before the earthquake. Humbling for us all. Living in America, we are spoiled rotten and God forgive us for complaining, considering all that we have been blessed with. Aly S. put it well when she said the next day, "Jesus wasn't born in an inn, but a stable."
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