From Arizona to Pennsylvania and back in 7 days.

Brian, our middle son, made a life-changing decision the last part of April this year. He made a trip to New York for a wedding and while he was on a layover in Atlanta sent me a text that read, "I am moving to PA, asap."...


He had been talking about moving for quite some time, but we didn't think he would move so far away. We convinced him to wait until my sister, Pam, could come to Arizona to take care of our mom and then we would help him move by pulling his car and transporting his things in our pickup...3 drivers are better than one any day.

We left Arizona on Friday, May 8th around 6:30 a.m. The drive accross the country was uneventful for the most part. I spent the time I wasn't driving in the "small" backseat sleeping, working crossword puzzles or reading.

We drove all day and night on Friday and until about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday...we had reached Columbus, Ohio and were really glad to find a nice Hampton Inn to rest and clean up. I had one of the best omlets I have ever eaten at "Bob Evans" restuarant that evening. Brian said his salad was the best he had ever had. Yes, we are now fans of "Bob Evans".

We arrived in Palmyra, Pennsylvania around 1:30 p.m on Sunday and unloaded Brian's car and belongs, visited with Kate and Autumn. It was Mother's Day so Brian took Kate and Autumn out for "linner" (that is lunch/dinner) and Terry and I traveled to York which is about 45 minutes from Brian's to see his sister, Carmen and family (their house is pictured). We had a yummy Chinese dinner and did lots of visiting and catching up. We spent the night with them and on Monday morning, Terry, Carmen and I went to see Gettysburg. The museum is fabulous and one really needs to plan to spend a whole day there to see it all. We didn't have the time, unfortunately.

After taking Brian, Autumn and Kate to lunch, Terry and I started back across the country. We took the northern route home so we could surprise Wendy and her family with a visit. We arrived in Colorado on Wednesday in the early afternoon and stayed with the kids until Friday morning. We were so fortunate with timing... Colton's kindergarten graduation was on Thursday evening. It was such a great time to be there. We arrived home Friday evening around 8:45 and were tired but happy that we had such a good trip. Now back to the grind....