"Well, I'm back."

Eventually it happens.  We return home, we do the laundry.  The house start to run smoothly.  We stop eating cereal and bologna for dinner.  We arrived home Tuesday night, picked up Scout and Biff on Wednesday.  Did groceries and laundry.  And laundry.

 The house smelled like home and it was good and our pillows were comfy.  Thursday we did laundry.  And put away miscellanea.  Today, Friday, was Lydia's eighth birthday.  We had tuna casserole, ice cream cake and the kids played like there's no tomorrow.  Tomorrow they will play like there's no the next day.

We drank wine with friends, laughed and prayed.  Now everything is as it should be.

Thanks for coming along for the ride.  Sharing at the Clan Donaldson.

Day Twenty-three...see you soon

A few details from yesterday's journey through Radiator Springs country will deny any previously published comments about the boringness of the I-5.  Firstly, with every passing hour, the landscape got greener, regardless of elevation.  The valleys were primarily agricultural areas, we passed such produce as unidentified nut trees, acres of tomatoes, olive trees, expansive fields of sunflowers reaching the height of bloom, garlic fields, apricot orchards and hay, tall or laying cut or baled, and some hillside wineries.  

We hit the highest elevation on the I-5 at 4,310 feet.  We passed truckloads of tomatoes.  They just cart them from field to factory in open bin-like trucks. We wondered if they ever got spilled.  Then we got to see several hundred tomatoes on the side of the road and wondered no further.  

Along with the flora and fauna and the temperature, changing at the various latitudes, so does the road kill.  Porcupines, badgers, skunks and other assorted small mammalia litter the by-ways, representing diverse eco systems of the North American west coast.  We were fortunate that no Big Horn Sheep decided to cross the highway in our travels.  

It's 2:49 pm, and we have travelled 400 miles today, with about two hours to go.  Sparky is making great time, motivation is high.