We're off to Canada for a couple months starting this afternoon.
This morning we're going to do all of our last-minute stuff- pay bills, finish packing- buy dogfood etc. and then head down to las pasaditas for our last tacos for two months.
From there we cross to the US- do some grocery shopping for trip food and then begin the trek through the Mojave desert. The original plan was to leave bright and early- and get to the California-Nevada state line- but that meant we'd be there at 1 or 2 in the aft- in 108F heat! I really don't know how long someone can be in 108F heat before getting heatstroke- but I'll bet you it's not long! So instead of going for a short swim and languishing in the room all day (want to avoid driving in 108F heat too) we've decided to leave this aft and arrive in the desert as the heat dissipates- thus pulling in at 9:00pm or so in Las Vegas- where it'll only be 95F instead. We'll go for a nice night swim and get rested for day two!
We'd appreciate your prayers-- it'll be a long drive! As well- I've been taking some antibiotics and they seem to have affected my normal flora and fauna and it's causing me to need to be close to a washroom. I'm hoping that it is passing this morning and we can do this voyage without the inconvenience of hourly emergency stops!
The kids are REALLY excited to go back- they will be spending a week at Silver Birch Bible Camp in Loon Lake-- it will be Jacobs first year in a cabin! Even before we knew we'd be coming back- he was talking about how it would have been his first year and how much he'd like to go. The other two as well were talking about Silver Birch lots. Last year was the first year we've not been at a camp- for at least 1 week- in almost all of their lives!
God bless and thanks for praying!
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