Wednesday last we left late in the afternoon for Albuquerque to spend time with daughter 5 and her Marine husband. I had a little work to do that afternoon just outside of Searchlight, NV. We were at the Walking Box Ranch. "The Walking Box Ranch was built in 1931 by legendary silent film stars Rex Bell and Clara Bow." More on that in another post. We left from there late and drove toward Laughlin, NV and Bullhead City, AZ (what a name) and then on to Flagstaff before we decided enough is enough. We got up early the next morning and left for Albuquerque and arrived in time to have lunch with Marine son-in-law. We went out to a little place called "Baggins", like in Bilbo (you will have to read the Hobbit). Excellent sandwiches. Be sure to put it on your go-to list in Albuquerque.
On the way into Bullhead City our air conditioner went out. Thank goodness for cool mountain weather. That is, once we got out of the Colorado River basin. We got it fixed in Albuquerque, but the car was in for a spa weekend. So we took the kid's truck to Aurora. Left on Saturday morning, had a great afternoon, evening, and Sunday morning with daughter 2, her Air Force civilian husband, their 4 kids and with daughter 1, who flew in, and her middle child.
It took me almost 2 minutes after our arrival to discover the quiet weekend was fully out the window! Daughter 2's son was receiving the Aaronic Priesthood (reason to travel, like we need a reason) and they had a party to celebrate his birthday. The noise level was off the scales. All the women were in the kitchen (I lost count) and the men were in the living room playing video games. Son-in-law's dad and I were left to fend for ourselves. I think we were both exhausted. I know I was after a 4 am get up and on the road for 8 hours.
Sunday after church we reversed the trip and headed back to Albuquerque. The Albuquerque kids have had so many family trips recently and have more planned, they couldn't take any time off. We got our car back on Monday late afternoon, and drove home on Tuesday.
Monday evening JoAnn and daughter 5 made chicken fajitas with guacamole sauce, all from scratch. We had some good meals on this trip, but this "hands down" was the best meal of the trip.
Tuesday we finished our not-so-quiet weekend with a drive home. We were exhausted and just sat in front of the tele and vegged last evening. But it was a great family-blitz weekend. We drove 2,000 miles in 4 days and still had time for fun. There are several more blogs and photos to come from this weekend.
I think next weekend is a quiet weekend, and the one after that, and the one after that, ....
2 comments:
It was a great weekend! But I sure was tired when everybody left. On Monday I decided I didn't really need to get out of bed for anything important. Then Tuesday came and more of the same, bed, bath, movie, games with friends. Great week so far!
It was a good meal and a fun weekend. Thanks for coming and taking us with you!
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