Colorado Visit #2: The Return to the Desert

Somewhere along the Colorado- Utah border. Nice and cool and pretty!

Last Sunday (the 12th) my MIL, Joann, SIL, Kristi and I embarked on a journey back to California. We left early in the morning with the SUV pre-packed (thank you Bob) with the plethora of baby gifts given at the baby shower. We took the I-70 to I-15 route through Utah, Arizona, and Nevada and it was quite a beautiful journey until we hit the heat in the southwest corner of Utah. BLAH! Fortunately Joann's Honda Pilot stayed very cool. It was nice having 3 drivers, and every two hours or so we would stop and all rotate seats. Surprisingly the back seat probably became the most favored as it was the coolest. Originally we were planning on stopping in St. George or Mesquite but Kristi and I convinced Joann that it would be nice to stop in Vegas leaving us with only a 3 1/2 hour drive the next day. (By the way, the high we saw for the day was 113 degrees.) We arrived at Edwards AFB around noonish to Kristi's remark, "Wow." Joann had visited us here at Edwards before, but it's always interesting hearing what people have to say when they see Edwards/the Antelope Valley/the High Desert for the first time. They finally can understand what Steve and I have been complaining about for the past 3+ years! Fortunately it was only in the 100-105 degree range while they were here.

Kristi in the "favored" seat :)

Joann on driving duty

View from my room at Treasure Island. We did not see much of Vegas while we were there other than Starbucks and California Pizza Kitchen.

On Tuesday we decided to take a little adventure to Disneyland (where else!) It was surprisingly busy for a Tuesday and it was pretty hot, so we opted for rides that had lines with shade versus the shortest line.

Joann and I at "It's a Small World" a longer and cooler ride...worth the song being stuck in our heads all day

Overall, it was a very fun road trip and a great visit with Joann and Kristi. Thank you both for taking the time off of work and from your families to help me back with all the baby gifts! Hooray for girl's road trips!

All the gifts made it to our house on base safely! Look how spoiled!