Sunday, November 18, 2007

Quick Turn Around

We left L.A. on Thursday Nov 8th with a load of fresh red peppers to go to Maryland and Massachusetts. Happily that meant driving through Denver- so we got to see the kids and Mark for a second Saturday in a row!!
Here is the happy mom and son

Mark loves his Auntie Lisa too

And dad gets in on the action


Along the way we got to travel through some of our favorite places in the opposite direction from the way we usually go. It is amazing how different things look. Here are a few of the stunning views we enjoyed along the way

Here we are parked in the Virgin River valley in extreme NW Arizona



This is the western entrance to the Virgin River canyon
This is where the highway cuts through the San Rafael Swell in Utah.



And here we are going through the Rockies just west of Denver early on Saturday morning. The ski areas had their snow making machines working since they haven't had any measurable snow yet. The mist at the bottom of this shot is one of the machines blowing man-made snow into the air.

On Monday we passed through a new state for Joanie. Now the only lower 48 states that we haven't passed through are Maine, Florida and Michigan
After delivering in Maryland we drove up I-95 and got this view of the NYC skyline in a beautiful day.

Unfortunately I-95 goes right across the top end of Manhattan- We were not so thrilled by this view of the city. The lanes are VERY tight for a big truck- it was very intense!

We took Wednesday (11/14) in New Hampshire and on Thursday we reloaded chocolate to go to Tacoma. With both of us driving we were able to really charge across the country and we were glad we did because we have been half a day a head of bad storms in the mountains. We will be in Tacoma on Monday morning. We will make a quick trip to Sequim on Tuesday and be home in Kettle Falls for Thanksgiving! Whew!

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