light | 08/52

"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary."

~Aaron Rose

Delay

I should be enjoying this sunset from my bedroom window, but instead I'm seeing it from my car window. We unfortunately spent 3 hrs on the side of the road somewhere between Mesquite, NV and St. George, UT changing a tire in over 100 degree heat.

Good times.

Why did it take so long you ask? Our jack broke or stopped working properly and it took us lots of creative thinking & jimmy rigging, like digging up rocks underneath the tire, to get the tire off. Oh and I can't forget once the spare was on it was flat because the air had slowly been leaking. So still just as stranded.

Grateful to the trucker who stopped & filled up the tire so we could get out of the canyon and to a place for help, and another passerbyer who let us use her cell phone--thank you Verizon, AT&T failed me.

Grateful to adam & joe for doing all the work.

Grateful for the kids great attitude. They handled this issue awesomely, better than I would have expected, considering we had been in the car for almost 8 hrs already

Grateful for my dad who called in favors to his St George friends & had three cars coming to pick us all up.

Grateful we had waters & snacks.

Grateful it was only a change of tire instead of an accident.

Check out this tire. We're all saying prayers of thanks that all we're coming home with is a few blisters on our fingers--could have been much worse.

It was quite the adventure if I do say so myself. Loads to be grateful for as we pull into town tonight.

next stop--laguna beach

We are just outside of Vegas now making our way west in a glorious 14 passenger fun bus. I'm really glad we were able to borrow the van & drive together (we are with our friends). It's made the time go by so much quicker, plus, the kids are in heaven right now, even though we have had some seating arrangement issues. Apparently the seating chart they made earlier in the week is not sticking.

But with that said it's been far easier than I expected. I thought it would be more enduring the noise from the kids, but the only loudness is coming from the rattling of the van when we get to speeds above 70 mph. It's all apart of the adventure--right?

So far so good.

away we go

We're headed to Yellowstone for the holiday weekend. I remember loving it as a kids so I'm looking forward to sharing it with Adam & the girls. Should be an adventure, especially since we've heard there have been some bear sightings. I'm actually hoping to see a moose or two, all from the safety of my vehicle of course...with a telephoto lens. :)

Have a great weekend!

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