Friday July 24, 2009
Friday was a day full of driving for us (and sleeping for Jared!) I got the boys up and into the car at 5:45 AM so that I could start driving at 6AM. Jared slept until I couldn't drive anymore and we stopped in Winnemuca for a sit-down breakfast so we could stretch our legs (no pun intended) and have a break from fast food. John took over the driving at that point since I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore and we hit the pavement.
There was lots of construction from the Nevada state line all the say to Colfax. Needless to say, we stopped in Colfax for lunch at a McDonalds to take a break from such stressful driving. The McDonalds had good food, but was super busy and the bathrooms were so dirty it was disgusting. We watched several people walk into the bathrooms and turn around and walk right back out. Pretty gross. We went to get some gas before we got back on the road, and as we pulled into the station, there was a sign that said it was out of gas! We had to drive up the hill into the woods it seemed like to find another station that actually had gas. I guess with all the construction, people were stopping here to fuel up their bellies and their cars! Explains why the restaurants were so busy!
We pulled into Uncle Wally's (Wallace Wilson) house at 8 PM tonight with dinner waiting on the table. It was a blessed sight since we were starving! Doug and Carol King were there to greet us as they came a few days early to attend Sally Carpenter's funeral service. Doug, Carol, Jared, John and I slept in Uncle Wally's studio apartment that they have attached to their house (it used to be a garage that they remodeled into a rental unit which happened to be empty) and us 3 kids were on air mattresses on the floor while mom and dad slept on the queen bed.
All during the night we thought we heard weird noises coming from outside the windows, but we didn't think much of it. Maybe it was some possum or something. Come to find out that something has been killing Uncle Wally and Aunt Vicki (Victoria Wilson)'s chickens! I headed up to check out the chicken coupe that night and visited with the chickens for a bit (when you make noise, they make noise back, like they're talking to you!)
I couldn't figure out how to get into the chicken coupe, so I just looked in from the outside and 'talked' to the chickens. The coupe is actually right next to Uncle Wally and Aunt Vicki's garden where they grow lots of good food that we enjoyed while we were there. They also have lots of flowers in there too, and this one was my favorite.
There was lots of construction from the Nevada state line all the say to Colfax. Needless to say, we stopped in Colfax for lunch at a McDonalds to take a break from such stressful driving. The McDonalds had good food, but was super busy and the bathrooms were so dirty it was disgusting. We watched several people walk into the bathrooms and turn around and walk right back out. Pretty gross. We went to get some gas before we got back on the road, and as we pulled into the station, there was a sign that said it was out of gas! We had to drive up the hill into the woods it seemed like to find another station that actually had gas. I guess with all the construction, people were stopping here to fuel up their bellies and their cars! Explains why the restaurants were so busy!
We pulled into Uncle Wally's (Wallace Wilson) house at 8 PM tonight with dinner waiting on the table. It was a blessed sight since we were starving! Doug and Carol King were there to greet us as they came a few days early to attend Sally Carpenter's funeral service. Doug, Carol, Jared, John and I slept in Uncle Wally's studio apartment that they have attached to their house (it used to be a garage that they remodeled into a rental unit which happened to be empty) and us 3 kids were on air mattresses on the floor while mom and dad slept on the queen bed.
All during the night we thought we heard weird noises coming from outside the windows, but we didn't think much of it. Maybe it was some possum or something. Come to find out that something has been killing Uncle Wally and Aunt Vicki (Victoria Wilson)'s chickens! I headed up to check out the chicken coupe that night and visited with the chickens for a bit (when you make noise, they make noise back, like they're talking to you!)
I couldn't figure out how to get into the chicken coupe, so I just looked in from the outside and 'talked' to the chickens. The coupe is actually right next to Uncle Wally and Aunt Vicki's garden where they grow lots of good food that we enjoyed while we were there. They also have lots of flowers in there too, and this one was my favorite.
Tonight we are all crashing and getting a good night's sleep here in Aptos, California.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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