I have a lot of catching up to do.  This trip has been so incredible!  You know we really didn't plan this trip on a day to day schedule.  We just knew that we needed to see Aunt Pat, the Grand Canyon and Norman and Carol along the way with possibly catching Kendra on the way home.  It all came together so well and we have had the most beautiful, mild weather.  We've made all the stops we wanted to and several more that we tucked in here and there.  We are ready for home and sleeping in our own bed but we are still enjoying ourselves.

Monday we left Norman and Carol with their 2 sweet little grandchildren, Ryan and Emily.  Norman and Carol get to watch them 3 to 4 days a week while Natasha teaches at the local grade school and her husband is a police officer.  We took off on I80 and went through just south of where the Oroville Dam is that has some damage and been threatening to flood out areas below it.  Some 180000 people have been evacuated when it developed a hole in it.  I guess this dam is larger than the Hoover Dam.  Anyway, we have seen a lot of flooding of rivers and streams along the way. One part of westbound 80 was stopped for several miles, like 20, for a mudslide that went across both lanes.  The day before eastbound lanes had the same problem.  We took a little loop down to Lake Tahoe so that David could see that area.  They have had several feet of snow there as well but all the roads were clear and dry.  Last night we stayed in the town of Wannamucca, Nevada at a Candlewood Suites and ate at Sid's restaurant for supper and breakfast this morning.

Today we traveled across Nevada into Utah and are staying with Kendra tonight.  She and Dan have a really nice home here in Clinton Utah.  We went out to eat and back for early bedtime.  This girl has to leave by 4:30 a..m. to go to work.  Her pups keep her busy along with work and many friends.  Dan comes home on Saturday for a 2 week visit.  They are looking forward to that.

Tomorrow we want to go to the Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base and will stop in Cheyenne before the last leg of our trip.  To bed I go...the one beside me has a head start.