July 2014 – Page 4 – And Now We Are Five

Well, I clearly lost my momentum on the final days, but we were all eager to get home.

Day 13 we drove to Boise, getting to the hotel around 7:30 that night. We stayed at another La Quinta and ate at a Red Lobster for dinner. Despite both being chains, I was really impressed with the quality and level of service, and of course that the La Quinta accepts dogs is a real plus!

We visited my dad’s cousin Mary Catherine for coffee in the morning and were on the road again around 10:30 am. We rolled in to Seattle around 8 pm, making for a very long fourteenth day.

Everyone was exhausted–in fact Eddy and I still are. The kids were very happy to be reunited with their stuff again; Kate even began crying as she went into her room and found all her toys. Penelope and Stella jumped all over each other and even the cats were happy.

Here’s our trip, in its entirety. I’m already planning the next one!

After a restful night in cool and air conditioned Flagstaff (I actually had to turn the heat up during the night), we packed up the car and headed to the Grand Canyon.

When we got there and started walking to the South Rim, Owen actually wanted to keep his eyes closed until we got until where we could see it. So I held his hand as we walked closer. Then we saw this:

Yeah, impressive. Even Penelope enjoyed it.

After about an hour walking around oohing and aahing (again) we started off on our way home…well the first day of the three day journey home.

We drove through some amazing country. I feel really privileged to be able to live in and visit this amazing country, and share that experience with (most of) my family. We’ll definitely be back.