We started on Saturday morning and drove, what seemed to be a thousand miles, ending in Ft. Stockton, Texas, actually 300+ miles or so. For those of you who have never been to Ft. Stockton, it is the arm pit of this huge state. It was so hot and dusty I thought I had gone back in time to the Old West movies. We even had dust on our salad plates at K-Bobs. (for someone who worked in food service for almost 15 years that was hard to swallow)
On Sunday we started the fun part of the trip. Trading dust for a quick trip through the mountains of Cloudcroft. What a refreshing glimpse of the beauty on God's green earth. The temperature dropped about twenty degrees from either the ascent or descent. We had lunch there and then continued to Alamogordo where we checked into our motel and went to see David, Stephanie and girls. I must say David and Steph were cute and sweet but they don't hold a candle to the girls. I'm sure part of the post will be pictures, you'll just have to wait to see them all. We were in Alamo through Monday night. We enjoyed grilling, playing at the park, eating pizza, shopping for the girls and a movie for the guys, playing Nerts and watching a movie at their house. We were all exhausted by midnight on Monday.
Tuesday morning we all went through Ruidoso, view of the mountains again, to Roswell where we had a fun afternoon with granny and grand daddy. Grand daddy played in the back yard with Katy and Emily while granny sat on the couch and snuggled and kissed with Lilly. We had lunch and then they had to load up and return home. It was a sad time for the adults and probably confusing for the little ones.
Wednesday through Friday morning we were with granny and grand daddy, aka Les' parents. During that time we saw Marsha, Les' sister, and her daughter Tammy (and watched "Zu" movies. Zu is Marsha's grand son, Tim's son) We saw Wayne, Les' brother, and Judy and their kids and grand kids. My how two years changes children. It shocked me to see how big all of Wayne's grand kids were. (he must be getting old...) On the way to visit at their place for a few minutes we saw several antelope on the road side. Only Jerry, Les' younger brother, and family weren't there. We never seem to all be together at the same time.
On Friday morning we left Roswell for the long, seemingly never ending journey, back to Houston. The trip back was relatively uneventful save for tornado warnings in Junction where we spent the night, and heat, heat and more heat. Saturday we finished the trip, getting home mid-afternoon. We saw Toni and Hunter at dinner, where else but Casa Ole!!! We had to come back to Houston to get good Mexican (well Tex-Mex) food. The trip is over and we are left with fun memories and some really good pictures. Enjoy...
GRAND DADDY & PAPAW LES
GRANNY & LILLY
KATY AT THE PARK
PAPAW LES & EMILY
EMILY AT THE PARK
JERRY & SANDY AND FAMILY (ISAAC'S WEDDING)
I have included a picture of Les' brother and his wife so the family is complete, sort of. Hopefully this journal thing will get better. I Love You All. Nana
I had been waiting for those pictures. I bet it was so much fun seeing those kiddos and kissing on that baby. I'm glad you made it back safely.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed seeing the family, it helps to have a face with the stories that you are sharing. And your blog has been great from the beginning, it tells your story about your family and loved ones and gives us great pictures that otherwise we would just be imagining in our minds. You keep up the writing and I will keep uf the reading. We love you and are so glad you had a good safe trip and are back home.
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