The Salazar 2009 vacation odyssey has come to an end. We traveled on Highway 70 through Kansas, Colorado, into Utah. Then we travelled Highway 80 through Utah, Nevada and California. Highway 5 north through California to southern Oregon. East on several 2 lane highways through Idaho and Wyoming. Back to Highway 80 through Wyoming, Nebraska, a little bit of Iowa, Highway 29 south back to Missouri. We visited Kathy's parents, sister and niece in Colorado Springs, we also visited with her brother Kent and his family and my sister Lori and husband Dave in the Sacramento area. We spent several days in Medford, Oregon, with our daughter Aimee, husband Jason and our granddaughters and grandson. We body surfed waves in Santa Cruz, California, watched Chinook salmon run the Rogue River in the mountains above Medford and white water rafted the Snake River just outside of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I had never seen a moose in the wild before, until last week. Wow...
We live in a beautiful country. The desert was in bloom, mountains still had fresh snow on them, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming has got to be one of the most spectacular parts of the West. I'm not so sure that our 3 teenagers totally appreciated the wonderful geographic sights. Overall, they did great with all the miles we traveled. We had occasional melt downs, but it all worked out okay. We really gave the DVD player in our van a workout.
We are so blessed to live in this country. We can travel in complete freedom, never having to show identification, or tell anyone where we are going, or why. More than once I found myself thanking God for His bountiful blessings on us. We have so much to be thankful for.
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