We left Colorado then headed west to Northern California.
Stopped for gas and some hot chocolate. Beth gets hot chocolate every Sunday at church so she was very happy to get some this Sunday too!
We ended up driving by the Great Salt Lake and the salt flats. We're the blue dot at the bottom of this pic. That's where we were when I took these pictures.
Chuck and I are on ancestry.com and about 15 years ago a lady named Joan emailed me and asked about her aunts picture on our page. Her aunt is my great grandmother. She was putting together a book of the history of our family and mentioned that back in 1928 my grandfather and his cousin, went with an aunt and uncle on a road trip from Massachusetts to San Diego, up to Seattle and home again. She had letters that her aunt wrote to her cousin (mom and daughter) during the trip. What she didn't know was that I had all the photos of that trip. We've been writing back and forth all these years, and finally got to meet.
We crossed Donner Pass, the same road they took on that 1928 trip.
This a post card of a snow shed up on Donner pass.
Here they are visiting the giant redwoods in northern California -
My grandpa Robert on the left, with Uncle Henry and Aunt Lou.
We met Joan and Don for lunch and talked for almost 2 hours. But we wish we'd had more time. It was so good to meet them.
We stayed overnight in Redding, then had breakfast at Black Bear Diner in the morning. The food was so good. And they're known for their biscuits.
Mount Shasta
Drove through Oregon, then into Washington, and home to Seattle.
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Right now we're going through some things at home so I may not be on here for a while. Please keep our family in your prayers.
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