winter get away

Left Norfolk aroun 9 am on Jan. 23rd. There was a little snow on the ground, but roads were clear once we got to hiway 30. Ate lunch at Dairy Queen in Lexiington. Made it to Rawlins, Wyoming for the night.

We paacked stuff for sandwiches so not need to hunt for places to eat after we check into our motel rooms.

Tuesday there was a little dusting of snow but road were ok as soon as the sun came out. Stopped at Little America for ice cream. Had lunch in Gainsville, Ut at Subway. Made it to Elko for the night.

Wednesday roads were good. We ate our sandwich lunch at a rest stom in Nevada. Made it to Reno. Had supper with David and family. What a great family.

Thursday we left Reno for Sacramento. It was rainy and foggy all the way until almost Sacramento. Had a delay when a truck hauling hay dumped part of his load on the hiway. Made it safely to Myrna's in time to mooch supper off of her.

Friday Myrna & I took a walk around downtown Sacramento. We had lunch with Paulette. Thanks for the lunch PJ. We then visited her classroom and watched a great teacher in action. Watched some silly movie and other stuff on TV. Myrna doesn't have TV, but gets Netflix through WII.

Saturday we went walking again while Jerry watched Ks & Iowa State in the rec room of Myrna's complex. We went to a bookstore and the library and purchased some cheap used books. We had supper/dinner with Paulette then went back to Myrna's and played a fun card game. Can't remember the name of it, but it was kind of like Scrabble.

Sunday am we packed up and had Breakfast with Paulette. Thanks for the breakfas, Janell. Then left for Los Vegas. Since we had a big breakfast we just ate cheese & crackers for lunch. Spent the night in LV, but didn't do any gambling.

Monday we drove to St George, Utah to see Angie's Gramma and Nels. We had lunch at Village Inn before we got there and Nels took us to the Texas Roadhouse for supper. Mary & I worked on a jigsaw puzzle and listened to Nels talk about all the places he has been. They were not happy that we only stayed one night. Jerry told them we would try to arrange to stay longer next time.

Tuesday after breakfast we took off for Arizona. Our load was a little heavier as Nels likes to give things away. He gave Jerry a golfclub and a bunch of used golf balls. As we were getting into the van he asked if I read. When I said yes he started handing me books he had read & put in the garage. All were mysteries, which is my favorite readiing. Ate in Kingman at IHOP. Made it to Wickenberg, AZ for the night.

Wednesday we made it to Peoria, Picked up groceries at Walmart and moved into our little home for the month of February. Wednesday is "pool night" at this complex. Everyone gathers around the pools for drinks & snacks. So got to meet a lot of people, but probably won't remember too many names. A lot of the people were from Canada.

Thursday we went to the golf tournament. Friday we went to A Chocolate Affaire and bought fudge. yumm. Saturday we had to go to Best Buy to get a new laptop. Now I guess I better go fix some supper.