Thanksgiving time reminds us that we are thankful for family, friends, food, fun, and faith. We celebrated with a road trip starting North to Reno, leaving in snow and rain, even having to stop and get warmer gear ie cute scarf in Reno. Then we traveled through the beautiful Mountains through Donner pass and into Brentwood California using the back roads following the Sacramento River
Of course Jim loved seeing the use of Solar power and even a solar field!
This drive along the river was colorful and new to us.
We loved visiting with Clark and Jill and learning how to play Golf, a card game.
Boys will be boys,
Charice and Clay are living in Clovis, which is near Fresno, near Yosemite. Addison and Abby loved doing hair and I was lucky to get a massage from Charice, so I felt really pampered!
Too bad the Thanksgiving Photos are not on my photo, We had a great feast with Clay frying the turkey. We also found some fun stores in the city and started our Christmas shopping,, shhhh! I wont give away any secrets but, we did get a big bang out of it! Next day we drove mostly west to the beach, It brought back memories of visiting Loraine and Bob and all of the "cousins"
Pismo Beach was almost 90 degrees! Heavenly! I didnt want to leave, but I was looking forward to Solvang, a cute Scandinavian town where we went on our honeymoon. Only this time, I had already been to Denmark so I wasnt as impressed! We went swimming at the local Y and walked and talked about old times and memories.
Our next drive took us to Venture where Jim had many memories with his family. My feet were starting to hurt so, off to buy new shoes in Thousand Oaks and have a great visit with the Dittmans. Saturday and Sunday we visited my old stomping grounds, Simi Valley. Memories shared with dear friends mostly after ward hopping to both Erringer an Township building. I left feeling sad and happy. Sad to leave so many good friends and happy that I can share my time with grandchildren and serve missions with Jim. The last part of our trip as we headed North was with our dear friends, the Hanks, who lived right off the I 15 and we continue North and the Warnicks in Las Vegas. When we got to the Hanks we shared Mission stories from Philadelphia and our European missions. And when we got to Las Vegas Loraine and I laughed as we shared memories of our first trip to Europe in 1973! SOOO all and all it was a memorable trip with love, fun, food and faith shared with friends and family.
