We had planned on leaving for Utah Tuesday to be with nearly the whole family for Thanksgiving, but the weather was quickly turning bad, so we packed up fast and got out of town Monday just after noon. We expected I-80 over Donner Summit to have chain at least part of the way, but we lucked out and never had to put them on at all. There were some pretty snow scenes along the way, but traffic VERY slow due to the prior chain control.
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We made a planned overnight stop in Winnemucca, hoping to get on the road again before the approaching storms from the West. No such luck. Just after we got up the next morning it started snowing heavily. But by the time we were ready to go it had let up and we decided to take our chances on the road. It wasn't too bad really - even in Mom's little KIA (the Jeep was in the shop getting a fuel line leak taken care of) and we only put chains on once, but otherwise did well. The video below pretty much describes the trip.
Chris and Lorna opened up their house to everyone and we eventually had 8 adults (yes, counting me) and 6 children, ages 6 and under (4 of them under 2). The food was great, the atmosphere lively, and the company entertaining. Below are some of the scenes we enjoyed:
The Master Chefs at Work...........................................with a little help from their friends
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Family gathered around the table doing what else?;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Lorna was fabulous at providing the food
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Some beautiful (VERY cold) scenes from a late afternoon trip to the park - preserving sanity for both young and old
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More beautiful scenes...;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;of more beautiful people
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And finally, 2 short videos of Trevor & Michelle's kids. It's not like they're not cute or anything. . . Lizzie and Jane
It was a good trip, but cut a bit short when we saw that snow was predicted all across Nevada for our planned trip home on Saturday. So we once again packed up quickly and dashed off home Friday about noon. It was good to have Saturday to recuperate, even though the weather was miserable here in YC too.
This may be the last post you see from me for a couple weeks. I have tons of work to catch up on (from being away all last week), the house Christmas lights to get up, my band's Christmas Concert Thursday night, and a whole weeks worth of meetings and interviews the week after that. Then I can get serious about preparing for and enjoying the Christmas holiday. Until then, Christmas tunes on the radio and iPod will be my only respite.
This may be the last post you see from me for a couple weeks. I have tons of work to catch up on (from being away all last week), the house Christmas lights to get up, my band's Christmas Concert Thursday night, and a whole weeks worth of meetings and interviews the week after that. Then I can get serious about preparing for and enjoying the Christmas holiday. Until then, Christmas tunes on the radio and iPod will be my only respite.
2 comments:
It was great having you guys, thanks for braving the weather to be there!
looks like you had a great thanksgiving! maybe except for the drive! Bart was on the road to coming from San Diego also, we had a good old fashioned blizzard right before Thanksgiving and its been snowing ever since! I called Bart yesterday and asked him what he was doing and he said" standing be the pool barbecuing some steaks" and I said " well I just scrapped 10 inches of snow and ice off my car so I could go home after working a 13 hr shift" I think I good the bad end of this arrangement! anyway ! love you guys p.s. those kids ARE cute!
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