Day Two :: An Outing

 Blake looks sooooo tiny in the carseat ~ Burke enjoying Toy Story cups at K-Mart

 

Never tire of holding this sweet Blake ~ Emily drops by to meet Blake 

Countdown of our Santa Barbara Visit:: Day One

 Mama and her boys

 

 We have fun at the park with Burke

 Sweet Blake doing what he does all day ~ Burke watching "Wninie the Pooh" with rapt attention

First Photo with Blake

We left Katy Wednesday afternoon, 13 February, and pulled in to Santa Barbara early Friday afternoon, 15 February (1600 miles). We were on a mission to see our newest grandson, Blake Adams, Burke's younger brother born a week ago 6 February.

Here's what kept me busy while we were on the road.

Ahhhh, such joy at holding the little fella

Annemarie trying to get a photo of Brett's parents "Ma" and "Pa" with the boys before they left. They stayed until we got here so as to not leave them all without any help for any period of time.

Oregon, we're on your Trail...

A leisurely 300 mile drive from Woodland to Medford, Oregon, today. The worst part was the drive down the 7 mile 6% grade off the mountains into Oregon on a curvy road with more semis on the road than cars.

Not only are there a lot of mature orchards in CA, but new plantings are very evident as well

California's Mt Shasta still capped with snow ~ 14,179' elevation and the second highest volcano in the US ~ as seen from I-5

Interesting signage

In Oregon, the old and the new... awaiting tomorrow's first day of the tour

Total miles to Oregon ~ 2,234

California

94 degrees this morning in Phoenix when we walked out to the car. 72 and windy when we stopped for the night at 1830 in Woodland, CA, this evening. It was a huge shock to our TX systems.

Always amazed at the amount of produce, nuts, and fruit grown in CA. We were on Interstate 5 for over 100 miles and both sides of the road as far as the eye can see was evidence of it all.

Finally out of TX, through NM to Phoenix, AZ

A long day for Sneed behind the wheel. Just a tad over 950 miles. Sure helps with speed limits of 80 in far West TX and 75 in parts of NM and AZ. Not a lot of 'new' photos to show as we have done this trip so many times before. So, just a sampling today to keep this up to date.

Always nice to have attractive murals on the side of overpasses (TX)

The Fraggle Rock has been cleaned up since the last time we went by

and What to our Wondering (Wandering, too) Eyes Should Appear....

Day One of our cross country trip to Medford, Oregon. As Sneed went to work in the morning, we didn't get away until 1320 in the afternoon. As the day wore on, we realized that to go past Kerrville to find a place to stay was not a wise thing to do. Motels after Kerrville are few and far between, we know from prior experience having to keep driving until finding one as the trip grew longer and we more tired. As it turned out this was a wise decision as the first 3 motels we pulled into were booked. We finally snagged a room at a Comfort Inn.

Kerrville is on the far right along the blue line which is I-10. As one can see, there are few places to overnight once one gets out in the wide open spaces.

Whoa, and what is this? On our way to dinner at Fuddrucker's, we passed this marquee. On the way back we stopped to see the cars.

A bevy of (Ford) Edsels. They were only produced from 1958-1960.

A fine example of a 1958 model

NB - the push buttons in the center of the steering wheel are the gears. Directly above and behind on the dash is the circular speedometer which spins to tell the speed.

Not an original - newly bodied

This 1959 was trailered down from Michigan. Note the '59 headlights are in the grille; however the '58 headlights are in the fender.