Road Trip to SoCal

I just realized my last post was weeks ago, apparently my life is not so interesting! Well, we just returned from our SoCal road trip. We were only gone 9 days, but it felt like a month! Kerry spoke at Forest Home in Ojai Valley for a week and its about 8 hours from AZ so we attempted a night drive with Caleb. Success! He slept soundly whereas his mother drifted in and out of sleep to make sure Kerry was still awake! Luckily this year I was able to tag along since I am no longer obligated to a job per se. We shared a guest trailor and I can honestly say 1 week in a trailor is long enough, but it was very accomodating. The only downer about camp was the yellow jackets who surrounded the outdoor eating area. Kerry kept saying, "Ignore them and they will ignore you." Its kind of hard for me to "pretend" they are not there when they are sitting in my salad! I must say I am proud that the Snyder family was bee sting free! Yeah!

While in Ojai we were able to meet up with our good friends the Abbe's who are expecting their first child in December. It was so nice to spend time with them and hear about their latest adventures. They just bought a new house with 150 avocado trees on their property......yum! After Ojai we headed down to San Diego to spend the weekend with my best friend Julie and celebrate her youngest daughter's first birthday! Its always a special treat to spend QT together, something I miss terribly!

On our way home I witnessed a sting operation of a parked Minivan at the Viejas outlets and was awoken to Kerry saying "holy crap" to what appeared to be some lights that were following us in the sky. They would come and go and reappear in a different place. It did not look like aircraft, but closer to flare lights as we noticed a trail behind them. I wouldn't have given them a second glance, but Kerry's commentary along Hwy 8 about these lights got me interested too. Is it a UFO? Part of the Government's new spy plan? Perhaps someone stranded in the desert who had a couple dozen flares on hand? After stopping for gas in Gila Bend I lost interest. I was more entertained by the little girl running through the mini mart.

Caleb is an amazing traveler. I hope this carries on as the years go by. He slept in a handful of places just fine. I am glad to be home for a bit before we venture off to the East Coast for a "work free" vacation.