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05/31/16 – Crescent City to Fort Bragg = Tired
We will be honoring our Vets by sharing a story a day everyday we travel. They have sacrificed so much for our freedom . The first one we want to thank is CPL Zachary Nelson whom we had the pleasure of meeting and touring his new home built by Homes for Our Troops. Zachary we…
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05/30/16 – Crater Lake, Gold Beach, & Crescent City
Yesterday my mom and dad sent me a gorgeous picture of the Oregon coastline that they saw on one of their calendars. They knew I had missed my turn in ID and ended up in OR instead of UT, so they thought if we were close to Gold Beach we should go check it out….
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05/29/16 – Bend OR
We started out our morning with a good old hearty breakfast from Cracker Barrel. Thanks Mom and Dad! I was a little depressed getting up knowing we were suppose to be in San Fransisco today picking Donita up from the airport around noonish. After that it would have been off to the Golden Gate Bridge…
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05/28/16 -Wait! What, we’re still in ID?
Oh my goodness, I annoy myself sometimes!! Our day plan was to drive to Salt Lake City, UT then spend the night and head to Yosemite National Park, CA the next day. We would then spend the day enjoying its beauty and then head on to San Francisco where I would start my “revised” journey…
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05/ 26-27/16 – Grand Tetons
I’m still in shock and in complete disbelief over Donita’s accident. We have talked to Donita and her family about how she is doing and I am so thankful she is alive, alert, and healing. Her strength and determination are absolutely incredible. She has come through one of many surgeries. Thanks for your prayers.Like Yellowstone,…
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05/25-26/16 -Yellowstone National Park
Here are some of our photos from May 25th and 26th of our time in Yellowstone. It was all a blur for us both as we pretty much road in silence avoiding the topic of Donita’s uncertainties and ‘what are we going to do now?’ I was thankful we were in Yellowstone so I could…
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Changing Gears
I apologize for my silence on what my plans are, but after receiving the terrible news about Donita’s accident I went numb and have been in a state of shock and disbelief. I have had a myriad of thoughts running through my head ever since… Do I continue to do what Donita and I set out to do…
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Pray for Donita!!
I just got off the phone with Donita’s husband. He told me Donita was struck by a car a few hours ago while cycling home from school. She had been life-lined to Indianapolis. She is alert and can move her hands and feet. He didn’t have much info for me but we will get a…
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05/24/16 -Wall, SD to Cody, WY –
Kelly and I enjoy joyed our sight seeing adventures at Mt Rushmore, the BlackHills park, Crazy Horse before we headed toward Wyoming. It was really a great morning. It was on the chilly side, low 60’s when we jumped out the car to snap a few pics of the 4 presidents. They are still as…
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05/23/16 -Badlands, South Dakota
We didn’t struggle to get up early because we were both eager to get to the Badlands before sunset. It was a fun start to our trip going through the same little towns we remembered visiting back in 1983 on our first vacation as a family out West. I called my husband to find my…