Visits from California

Yesterday I was surprised with finding out my future brother-in-law, sister-in-law and nephew had made a longggggg trip the whole way from California!! What.A.Surprise!

My brother-in-law is a Marine stationed out in Twentynine Palms, California on the Marine base. We visited them end of June, beginning of July. Let me start by just saying, Twentynine Palms is located in the middle of no where in a desert. Its hot.... and it is a place all in its own. We had a great time out their visiting them after not seeing them for almost a year. Of course it was also fabulous to see my cute little nephew who had gotten so big since the last time I had seen them.

But fast forward to today. This little family had DROVE from CA... yes over 2,000 miles he put on his car to come visit his family for just a few days.Can you imagine driving that far? They drove non-stop for 2 days, only stopping twice for some extra long naps. I personally would love to take a road trip across the country and stop every where we could. Its the adventure of seeing all the different places and trying all the different food! That is one thing I  L.O.V.E  to do... try new foods. I am not one to stick to plain foods, I like to try all different cuisine.. I guess I will have to put that on my bucket list - Road Trip Across Country.

So maybe some of you are wondering as to why they drove all this way to visit family for just 3 days? My brother-in-law will be deploying to Afghanistan at some point next week (they never tell them official dates) So, as a spur of the moment decision they decided to drive the whole way home so he could visit his family before heading overseas to fight for our country.

If you haven't done so yet... thank a soldier. They give up so much leaving home to fight for our country. They give up their families, their comfort, and their safety. They give up so much. Thank them.

With that in mind.. I am heading over to see them again before they jump back in the car to make the long trip back home again.

amberlee