2,200 Miles Later

After about 2,200 miles of driving across the country, we are here at my parents' house in California. On Tuesday, after my last final, we drove through a snow storm to get to Jensine's parents' house in Sioux Falls. The first 25-30 miles took over two hours and the next 230 took about 3.5 hours. The next frigid morning, we drove to Aurora, CO (outside of Denver) and stayed with Jensine's sister and her family. Austin was very sick for the first couple days and was just miserable, but the boys were otherwise good during the trip.

The next day, we headed to Utah. We encountered a little bit of snow and ice in Wyoming, but the weather was mostly good. We ate dinner in Salt Lake City with Jensine's brother Bill, his fiance Jana, her son Oliver, and Jensine's brother Jared. It was nice to see them and Isaac had a lot of fun with Oliver. Not so much with Nigel, the cat. That night, we stayed with my sister Jennifer and her family (by the way, Isaac calls Mark, my brother-in-law, Marky-Mark) in Spanish Fork. I stayed up all night finishing one last paper, but Jensine drove the next day, so that worked.

Friday morning, we drove out to meet my dad and brother at Dumont Dunes (north of Baker, CA and west of Las Vegas, NV). We got there too late to ride on Friday, but were able to ride plenty on Saturday. Isaac loved the quads and even Austin had a little fun ride. We came down to San Bernardino, CA last night and are enjoying not having to drive for at least a week.

Here are some pictures:
Isaac at his maternal grandparents' house.

Isaac, Austin (deer in headlights from flash), and their soon-to-be-cousin, Oliver

Aaron at the North Pole with Dunes in background. The box is stuffed with letters to Santa.

Russell, my dad, and Brandon on quads, letting the bikes take a little rest.

Austin taking a ride on the quad.

Isaac taking one of several rides on the quad.