This gives you an idea of our driving iteneray
We stopped in Nampa, ID and stayed with my cousins at Northwest Nazarene University. They are Resident Directors for one of the all male dorms. We got to stay in a dorm room for our overnight visit. It was during the summer, so there weren't any students, but it was pretty fun to get to relieve some college memories. Although this time we were married and sleeping in the same room, so not quite the same.
We then headed to Salt Lake City and saw the Mormon Tabernacle. Pretty amazing, but Sean wouldn't let me stop to take any pictures cause it was rush hour and we had a trailer behind us! We stayed overnight in Grand Junction, CO. The next day we had a short little drive to Pueblo, CO to stay with Sean's uncle. That was a nice little reprieve after crossing the Rockies! I thought we were going to blow up the engine! But the little Suby held up.
Wind energy is very common as we got into North Texas and Oklahoma.
After a short encounter with New Mexico, we grazed the top of Texas before heading to Oklahoma City. Our first time in Texas. Yeee Haww!
You know you have hit the Bible Belt when...... large crosses start appearing on the horizon.
We heard that the memorial for the Oklahoma City Bombing was something that we needed to see while we were in town. It was well worth the time. Beautiful and very informative.
We stayed overnight in Oklahoma City and were starting to realize that the humidity was going to be our constant companion. It was unbelievable. I don't think that the air conditioner in the hotel room turned off once that night. It was on full blast and barely keeping up.
The next morning we headed off for Dallas. We were fortunate that Sean had an old high school friend from Indiana who was now living in Dallas with her husband. The graciously offered their place for us to stay that 1st night in Dallas. We had a noon move in time the next morning and we knew that we were going to need to be well rested to move in with 100 degree heat.
This delightful little temperature was waiting for us the next day. Talk about climate shock!
All in all, great road trip. No break downs, no arguments. We couldn't have asked for more! The move in process was a little bit of a shock. I believe that I started to cry when I realized that the water from the tap was very warm (no such thing as cold tap water in Texas) and tasted like dirt. I was hot and tired, and just wanted things to be like home.
I can now look back and be thankful for the safety that God provided us during the trip and the relative ease of our move process. God continues to keep us provided for. He is good and deserves all the praise!
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