After a fancy breakfast at the hotel, Jeff and I decided to check out the closest of the local waterfalls…
Oregon Trip Day 1: or, We Visited Crater Lake and I Fell
Jeff and I have needed a vacation for some time to restore our sanity and refill our reserves after the…
3rd Anniversary Trip
Jeff and I have been going pretty much nonstop with our foster placement since February 1st, and every professional we…
Nevada and Southern California, Last Day
It was another early morning since we wanted to be at the park for sunrise. We decided to go to…
Nevada and Southern California, Day 5
We got up at 5 to have breakfast so we could get to the park for sunrise. Jeff was in…
Nevada and Southern California, Day 4
Jeff and I discussed what we would do for the fourth day of our trip the night before, when we…
Nevada and Southern California, Day 3
We hoped to leave our hotel by 7 AM because we were facing a jam-packed day, but it was closer…
Nevada and Southern California, Day 2
We left the hotel by 8 AM for the long drive to Death Valley. On the way, we stopped for…
Nevada and Southern California, Day 1
Because my hysterectomy kept us from taking a summer vacation, Jeff had a week that he either had to take…
Barstow to 29 Palms
We slept in this morning. Sharon had suggested we visit the Mojave Desert Lava Tube and a Sand Dune. But both of which were difficult to get to. So we slept in until about 8AM.
The manager of the hotel was cooking breakfast including eggs and omelettes. The hotel breakfast room was small and crowded and Sharon convinced me that we should skip breakfast and eat our sweet rolls in the room. There must have been a misunderstanding with the manger who said he was waiting on me to place my egg order as we were packing up. Technically the breakfast ended at 8:45AM and I figured if we weren’t there it was a sign we weren’t coming. I said I was sorry. Later on we gave our keycard to the maid (who offered to take it) so there wouldn’t be an awkward conversation with the manager about the missed breakfast.
We drove a good two hours to 29 Palms. Along the