It’s not so hot here!
Well San Antonio has actually been nice through the summer. It did get a little hot but a breeze here or shade from a tree does the trick and makes it pleasant. One can actually do things outside, and believe me we did. There is humidity but Phoenix gets humidity sometimes too. It’s green with flowers here and I enjoy our wilderness view every morning at breakfast and lunch.
This summer we purchased a used pop up tent that hadn’t been used in years. Kirk talked the price down, hooray! So a cleanup project was in order. Vacuuming, mopping, washing, and sewing were included in my summer activities beyond the regular routine. It was actually a nice break from the noise with all the boys home. The trailer cleaned up nice and fits our family great. Roomy enough for us all and then some. Some of the popup tents we looked at just didn’t fit our family well. Nothing like trying to get Kirk on a little bed diagonally and fit me in the leftover space.
(Thomas is in the middle)
It was good to see family. We enjoyed seeing Grandma & Grandpa Hill and hanging out in their motor home. I haven’t used a microwave in months, and they had one. Here is their second home.
We enjoyed spending time with Jake, and seeing David and Angel and Katelyn, Joseph and Scott. I was glad to see cousins, and Aunts and Uncles. We hiked through a cave, which was definitely something we don’t do everyday and was memorable. Thanks to my Uncle Cleve a true “caver”. (Come to Texas, we have caves.)
We also enjoyed visits to family in Phoenix and some friends. Not a lot of time to see all.
Here is Nicholas (on the right) with his friends (Isaiah is behind near left). Nick was so happy to see them again. Hi guys! Isaiah missed seeing his friends, especially Bradley.
Of course we saw Janet, Pinky, Keri and Kaci. In fact Keri and Kaci came back with us to visit for a few weeks. That's another adventure itself.
(On our way to Williams AZ in New Mexico off the Texas border)
I have to say, what an incredibly long long drive we had from San Antonio, TX to Williams, AZ and then to Phoenix, and on back to San Antonio.
Kirk did all the driving. And it took it’s toll and made him sick when we got to Williams. I don’t have a lot of experience with towing or well any. We had some problems with it. Live and learn right? I think from now on we’ll keep the trailer for short trips around here and park it for the long drives. Did I mention the sway! That’s a whole other story.
Exhaustion!
17 hours to AZ plus 15 hours back to TX, border patrols, rain and winds, whew!
Saw Rockwell, NM too---Look! It’s an alien.
Well that's not our whole summer but another bit for now!
2 comments:
Whew! Makes me tired just reading about your trip! Looks like you guys had a fun time. For sure more adventures to be had with that fun new trailer of yours.
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