So today was the marathon drive day – we had 770 miles to go
from Englewood to Dallas. We ate
breakfast downstairs and got on the road around 8:15. Our first stop was in Trinidad, CO where we
ate lunch at a very crappy diner called Double D’s Grill. The salads were rotten and the service was
bad. The kids barely ate their
food. We then drove 20 miles farther
into Raton, NM. The plan had been to go
to Climax Canyon Park and hike the canyon for 45 minutes (because I needed to
exercise and since it was a weekend day, I had to go for 45 minutes). We got into Raton and tried to fine the park
but it was a little scary/”Deliverancy” and we got the heck out of dodge
without exercising.
It was funny because I was trying to figure out when the
time zone line was so I kept telling Ryan to watch the time on my phone and let
me know when it switched forward by a whole hour. We figured out that the time zone changed at
the Texas border.
Our next stop was Dairy Queen in Dalhart for ice cream. Then I did leg lifts, computer lifts, twists,
water bottle curls…anything I could think of for 45 minutes in the car. And I counted it! Then dinner was in Childress (we were going
to go to a highly recommended bbq joint but it was closed to a private party so
we ate at a Subway in a gas station).
The kids were absolutely outstanding the entire time. I was so proud of them. They watched some movies and looked at videos
of the “world’s cutest dog”, Boo, who lives in San Francisco.
We continued our drive and about the time we hit Wichita
Falls, the lightening and the fireworks started. The lightening was like nothing I’d ever
seen. It was lightening in so many
places that it was very distracting and stressful to be driving. The lightening was very close. At one point Grant said, “If lightening hits
our car will we be ok?” I very
confidently said, “Absolutely. We’ll be
absolutely fine!” all-the-while thinking, “I have no idea if we’ll be ok”. Then the rain came then the wind, then the
rain, then more lightening, then more fireworks, etc., etc. We pulled into the driveway at 11:10
What a trip. I’d like
to go back to our 20th national park!!!
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