We were all excited to hit the road, and then reality hit. Conner woke up and said. “Why isn’t Dad with us?” The kids lost some of their excitement when they realized that Dad really wasn’t coming with us.
After 2 movies, 2 hours of loud crazy made up songs, and 10 guess who games we were officially in New Mexico. Our first stop was the Albuquerque Temple. Auvi went and did baptisms while the kids and I went to get supplies for a picnic. When Auvi was done we had a picnic and then prepared to take off. That is where our excitement began. We realized that our cord that runs the lights to the trailer was broken. The security guard noticed that we were having trouble so he had the engineer come and fixed us up. We were so blessed that they were there to help us. Here are some pics of the kids at the Temple.
Then we started to have car troubles. 4 hours and 2 Auto Zones later we were told that our alternator was going out. Vern was worried it would go out while we were driving so we pulled in to the Wal-Mart next door at 11:00pm and popped up camp. The kids were awesome. They had had the camper popped up in 5 minutes. We had a fun night. After we ran in to go potty we all settled down to sleep. We are now OFFICIAL RV’ERS! To be an official full timer they say you need to stay at least one night at Wal-Mart. We may not have the RV but we did have the Wal-Mart. It was a long night because the security guard said he would check on us often. That was a sweet offer until we realized that he had flashing yellow lights all night and loud music to go with it. It was still a fun experience.
The next morning we got up early to go to the car shop and we woke to a beautiful sight. It was the annual hot air balloon festival. The balloons were taking off from the parking lot next to us. The kids loved it.
We did have some great luck that morning. The kids think that it was do to the balloons. We took the car in and they tested the alternator and it was now running just fine. We hooked the trailer up again and we took off for Colorado. The kids wanted to make it to Utah in time so that we could go to church in our old ward.
The trip form Farmington to Colorado was hard on the kids. We knew that we would be going through several Indian reservations, so we talked a lot about how and why the Native Americans were placed on the reservations. The boys watched Bury My Soul At Wounded Knee with Vern and I before the trip. It was about Sitting Bull and his people. It took you through his life until he was placed and killed on a reservation. As we drove through these small towns, the kids struggled with the realization of what he Native Americans went through. They saw the poverty and the circumstances that the families now live in there. It was a solemn ride for several hours. Here is a great formation we saw on the way. We also found a great rock hot spot. We can’t wait to get the rock home into the tumbler to see how they turn out.
We made it to Colorado!!!!!!!!!! The scenery was beautiful! We loved seeing all of the colors and the land change.
In life I seem to get so busy and never seem to get enough done. I always wish that I could be in 4 places at once! So we couldn’t pass up driving to four corners. Each of the kids was excited to say that they were in all four states at the same time.
There wasn’t a welcome to Utah sign, but we still were excited when we saw the mile markers change. Zoë became quite the side kick. She can read a map and figure out where exactly we are. She loved shouting out that we were going to hit a town in 2 miles.
We stop right after the Hole in the rock and climbed some rocks. Auvi was asleep in the car. We saw the old man in the rock, and fat Buddha. The kids are so happy to be home!
This week Zoë is off to Yellow Stone. Auvi is off to friends. Conner is off to the Bunker’s and Kelby is off to the hospital. We have loved our trip so far, but we are missing Vern a lot. We can’t wait to see him in 31 Days!
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