Friday March 26th - Monday March 29th
Photos are from the Santa Rosa NM to Price UT Drive.
FRIDAY MARCH 27 - Shopping and Hanging out
Our last full day in Italy TX. First we went shopping at a little place in Waxahachie that sells my size clothes. Wonderfully it was chock full of white, yellow and turquoise blues. I couldn't believe it. I love yellow and rarely find it. After shopping we went home and played games and hung out. Sydney beat all of us at a strategy game, which was the cap to the evening. Went and visited Nan & Gary's house, it's lovely with the new paint, walls, shells, and rag rugs.
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SATURDAY MARCH 28 - Departure
I talked with dad a bit in the early morning before he left for work again. Nick and I stopped by Melinda's to see what she'd done with the place, then took a tour of Tessa & Mike's menagerie. We then took to the road heading back towards Santa Rosa. We started listening to our book and realized that we didn't have that much more of it to go. I called the Barnes & Noble in Amarillo and arranged for a copy of the next book 'Blood Rites.' It was waiting for us when we arrived. It was the perfect time for a break. I then started reading that book out loud in the car. We did not finish the book and I ended up reading it aloud at home to both Nick and Shanna. This started a new tradition of reading while cleaning up after dinner. As the reader, I think I got the best part of the deal.
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SUNDAY MARCH 29 - Driving home day 2
And we drove and drove and drove and tried to take back roads and got turned around and the wrong direction and then back on track and it was stunning, the red rock and evergreen trees dusted with the power of snow. Gorgeous. We stopped again in Price for the night.
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MONDAY MARCH 30 - Home
We've aged. No longer are we willing to drive 12-20 hours in a stretch. It just wasn't happening our bodies didn't want to and neither did our minds. It just takes a long time to get to or fro Texas. We had a great trip and really enjoyed being together.
For more photos of the drive home see:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157624106927164/
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