Driving in the Sky

WE MADE IT! Drove from one coast to the other in seven days. We left after church last Sunday and made it before church this Sunday!

Julia is minutes away from driving us to her hip, west coast church called Flood. In the meantime we're watching the Parent Trap...with Lindsay Lohan...basically we're vegging.

We drove another 6 or 7 hours today from Phoenix to San Diego. On the way we encountered tons of desert, dunes, mountain, and a lot of Mexican border.

As Erin says, Route 8 kisses the Mexican border. We kept seeing signs saying "Exit for Mexico."

Right before we got to California we passed through Yuma, Arizona. Directly off the interstate is the old Yuma prison. THE ONE WHERE RUSSELL CROWE WAS BEING SENT IN 3:10 TO YUMA.

We took tons of pictures of us in the cells and read stories about prisoners escaping to Mexico, only to be "volunteered" for the Mexican Army. It. Was. Great.

Then we drove through the sky. We started out after Yuma at sea level and within half an hour we had creeped up to 4000 feet. The clouds that had been so high up were almost eye level.

Then Julia had dinner waiting for us! She even made apple pie filling, thoughtfully, for her gluten free sister.

We're going to do fun things in San Diego tomorrow. More to come.

Random Fact: The instruments are totally fine thanks to my ever vigilant, super paranoia.