Summer Vacation 2009--Part 7

The LONG Drive Home

We said "thanks" and "good-bye" to Grandpa on Friday morning.
After a few more games of Go, we started the journey back home.

We hope we can visit again soon.

The return trip was not nearly as exciting as the prior week, hence the lack of photos along the way. Our recommendation to future travelers is to not drive on Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas on a Friday! The traffic was similar to what you would experience between Salt Lake and Provo, except that it continued for hundreds of miles through a largely featureless landscape! With few places to stop and incredibly hot outside temperatures we made fairly good time and arrived in St. George by 9:00 p.m. We got some food and went to bed!

Dallin and Erin were difficult to awaken the following morning.

We know several people in St. George and wish we could visit all of them. This time through we visited another high school friend, Gordon S and his family. Gordon is a doctor who has a passion for photography (or a great photographer who sustains his hobby with a medical degree!).

They invited the children to swim in their pool and treated us to a pizza lunch. We stayed longer than planned, but it was a fun final playtime for the children. From St. George we basically headed straight home--no more fun!

We thank all our friends and family who contributed memories to this family vacation. We had a wonderful time together before the start of a new school year which will bring many changes...