Summer 2018 Road Trip Photo Dump

You all know we head out to the Southwest to visit my in-laws as often as we can.  Last Easter vacation we weren't able to make our usual visit due to kids' activities.  Earlier this summer the boys were in baseball, so we headed out in later July.

We drove 24-hours in two and a half days.  We did it in two on the way home.

This summer was the summer of smoke.  With all of the wildfires in California, the skies were grey and hazy.  It was also just about 100 degrees all August.

But, we made the best of it, and discovered that one of the coolest places to hang out was the pond on my mother-in-law's farm.  Reina loved it there as well!

We made a day trip up to Colorado and Bilbo got to try his hand at trout fishing.  You can see the mountains are dark.  All of those pines were burnt earlier in the summer.  So sad.

An old man was snagging the trout right and left, and he gave Bilbo his spot, as well as a few pro tips.  It was awesome!

The kids had fun in a rusted out row boat hanging around the pond.  There weren't oars anymore, so they found big logs to row with!

usual road trip photos fro the car

Getting some exercise outside of the hotel before starting out for another day on the road.

Gathering up and ready to head out of the hotel.

We got home with about a week left to organize 9 children for a new school year.  It was a bit of a scramble, but today we are finishing our first week of school.  That's a post of it's own, but this is my best shot at catching us up!!

Happy September!