And saw some of the most amazing places on earth. And met some amazing people. Oh, and hung out with some of the most fantastic people ever. I decided that these three weeks beat five hours on an airplane, hands down.
(I'm not awesome at chronicling everything we did in specific detail like Mama D. But I had fun summarizing things on FB. So, I'm putting in all of my descriptions and linking to Mama D, Ben and Hosanna for more pics and details, that way you can see all the fun we had!)
"And we're off, like a herd of turtles! I'm armed to the teeth with audiobooks, new music, and some great kiddos. (Thanks, friends!) Next stop, one of my favorite places in the world: CRC! Farewell, fb world, no internet until at least Monday. Let the adventure begin! :D"
Day 1: Drive farther than ever before? check. Days 1-5 take lots of naps, play games, swim in waterfalls, absorb amazing teaching and spend time with friends at one of my favorite places ever? check. California tomorrow? YES. YES. YES. Hooray for adventures!
The whole crew at Silver Falls (Ben is hiding....)
Monday: drove 500 miles and drove 1st mtn pass ever. Tuesday: Yosemite National Park. GORGEOUS BEYOND COMPARE. GO! Also met ranger Dave Crockett. No joke. Wednesday: drove 300+ miles and 2 mtn passes, Kings Canyon NP, and saw Giant Sequoias. Tomorrow: Big Fat Greek Family time with Jeremiah Diacogiannis and Ashleigh Newton. Woot Woot. This road trip stuff is pretty great... :D
General Grant Tree - 2nd Largest in the WORLD.
3 lovely days in Santa Barbara with fantastic people. bad sunburn. OUCH! 1 stinking hot night in some town in Arizona. Route 66. GRAND CANYON. Oh, so AMAZING! Now a couple days with the lovely Barbara Ellis in Phoenix. First car issues, but all is easily fixed. Thanks Jesus! :D lots of fun in the sun!
Flat Cat and I at the Grand Canyon!
My Grand Canyon shot of the day:
Hosanna! The coolest almost 14 year old I know. (we used to be roomies. It was fantastic!)
Swimming in Pastor Barb's lovely pool!
Rain storms in the desert are crazy amazing. So is the CONSTANT lightning. Things that are not so amazing: cranky children, tent trailers in New Mexico in August: muggy, hot and sticky. And water leaks in said tent trailer. oh my. thankful that each day we are given sufficient grace. (and swimming pools!)
drove by the place they tested the Atomic bomb. {sad} went through a police checkpoint {weird} got kicked out of a national monument because they were testing a missile {eerie}. got stuck behind a "snow plow" & went sledding in New Mexico {unexpected & FUN}. Ate at Chili's for the first time {yum!} I ♥ crazy, random, awesome days!
It really looks, like snow, hey?!
my shot of the day:
Today: 2 more police check points (one looking for illegals, one for DUIs), nearly making roadkill out of a tarantula, time zone change twice, downpour rainstorm, a couple hours in Texas, and a trip to Carlsbad Caverns (AMAZING ^2). :D good day.
Sunset in Carlsbad. {Photo by Hosanna}
A cool bug Elijah found at Carlsbad:
Saturday: woke up in New Mexico. drove over 600 miles (filled up with gas 3 times in 3 different states), got 32 oz slushies for $.69 in Texas, almost got hit by a 2 foot high tumbleweed blowing across the highway. Discovered how obnoxiously loud cicadas could be, and went to bed in Oklahoma. Sunday: BBQ with friends and basically the entire day spent in pools. Huzzah!
in Texas. Melting. Tomorrow is my last day with my Greek family {sad}. We'll be spending most of it in the pool {hooray!!!}. Then Wednesday morning, I finally arrive at YWAM. {Wohoo!!}
KatiRose now officially lives in Texas. weird. It's been a wonderful couple days settling in at the base and meeting awesome people. Orientation starts tomorrow! :)
me in my new homeland!
3 comments:
Yeah! GREAT post! LOVE some of your pics!
It was AWESOME FUN having you on our Road Trip. We miss that old Buick following behind. However, you would NOT have wanted to follow us on the Roller Coaster detour we took the other day, in Missouri. SUPER SCARY! (see blog post ... more details to come)
Hope y'all are having a WONDERFUL and AMAZING time in your new "home state" of TEXAS!
Look forward to seeing you in December. :)
Love you BUNCHES!
Mama D. and your CRAZY Greek family!
LOVED the three week summary, even rereading your FB updates. Lots of great photos! Glad I got to be a tourist with you for one day of this AMAZING trip.
Miss you!!!
Vicky
Kati-
Im soooo glad that i got to spend all thous loong days in the car with you!!! And have all thous crazy adventures with you!! And just hang out wit you!!
I miss you.
Your crazy Greek sister
Hosanna
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