My apologies for not blogging a lot while I was home. I didn't do a whole lot of super interesting things. I painted the house, worked, and occasionally hung out with friends. Nothing really blog worthy, but it was nice to be home for a while.
But now the blogs should come back swinging, since I am currently on the way to Phoenix, Arizona!
Grandma has rented a park model for the next month or two in Phoenix to get away from all the cold weather, and I am driving out with her to start back up the adventures!
We left Illinois on Friday morning, January 11th, and are now on our 3rd day of travels; but the most exciting part is that we got to stop in Portales, NM to see my cousins Chris, Dana, and their little one Riley London Stone. She is so cute!
We got to Portales on Saturday evening and after checking into our hotel, met up with them for supper at a nice steakhouse. My steak was just fabulous, but the highlight of the meal was seeing Riley. She slept most of the meal, but when she woke up she was just adorable, not that she isn't adorable when she's sleeping.
After supper we went back to Chris and Dana's to visit and play cards. After playing with the baby and touring the house (very nice, two story with lots of room) we put the baby to sleep and had some time to play games. After a couple rounds of Scattagories, we ended up playing Monopoly Deal. It's a based off of Monopoly (well isn't that obvious... ) but unlike Monopoly you don't end up hating all your friends at the end of the game. The game only lasts fifteen or twenty minutes instead of six hours, and if you start off the game losing, you still have a chance of pulling in the victory. Pretty fun overall.
A highlight on my trip so far is that we passed through Hereford, Texas. Hereford was a highlight for me because when I'm not off traveling the country, I work for Riddell Polled Herefords (I love my job). Anyway, it was fun to see the 'Hereford Capital of the World' signs, but a lot of the cattle there are crammed in a feedlot instead of grass fed and roaming the countryside, which I just find sad.
On a side note, the driving has been nice so far. Grandma likes to drive (even though I keep offering to) so she has been driving, which gives me plenty of time to sight see and read. It's nice that we aren't on a time crunch so we can enjoy the ride and take plenty of breaks.
Sunset over the Mountains
A sign that was posted at a rest area in western New Mexico.
We should be in Phoenix in the next couple of days, more from there! :)
EDIT: Since I wrote this we have arrived in Phoenix. I wrote this on the 13th, we arrived in Phoenix on the 14th, and I forgot that I hadn't posted this.
Expect a post about the past couple of days soon!
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