ARIZONA
Are we there yet?
How much longer?
How many more hours?
That covers the first 20 minutes of our travels.
MacGyver, Dr. Quinn, and Merlin filled the remaining 30 hours.
LeRoy is not one to stop and smell the roses so the trip to our destination is always straight through with only required potty breaks.
Pictures at 80mph are the only solution.
Hyrum called out in excitement as he found "mom's mountain with a K on it".
The rocks, caves, bridges and burning mountain were only a blurry spec on our way through.
LeRoy had meetings with Legal Shield each day from 10-4 so the boys and I spent time wandering Phoenix. With Phoenix at 112 degrees we spent most of our time in the pools at the resort or indoors with air conditioning.
One of the highlights of our wanderings was a Crepe Bar that Justin located online.
We drove the 30 minutes to find it and were not disappointed!
The small shop was overcrowded and we waited in line for 35 minutes just to order but the service and food were completely worth the wait. The boys were so satisfied with their meals that they all wrote messages on a napkin to leave with an unexpected tip for our waiter. He was shocked as Nathan handed it to him as we left.
On the way home we stopped to see the Grand Canyon.
Our brief day there did not even cover a smidgen of glory that it holds but what we did see left us breathless.
The Watch Tower at Grand Canyon
Justin did his trademark handstands and an advanced plank, "just to see the bottom."
He was pretty impressed with himself for keeping the rules and not stepping on the sundial.
EGYPT
I wish I could say that we hopped on a plane somewhere near the Grand Canyon and headed right over to Egypt but our penny banks are not that hefty. While we were in Arizona on a family trip, Vivien and her mom were having their summer family trip in Egypt.
We went on a trip to Luxor. For me it was just a bunch of old rocks. But everybody seemed to like it :D I mean I did too but its kind of hard when its 104 outside and you have a backpack and a camera, you also don't wanna drink too much cause you don't wanna be peeing in those bathrooms. Yes it was hot. Very hot. And exhausting. But I am glad we went anyway. Seen some tombs in the kings of valley and well other old rocks I don't remember the name of :D we also had a stop at a place where they made vases and little statues and stuff from rocks - alabaster. I really enjoyed that one. They showed us how is it made and its impressive what can they do just with their hands and some old tools. We also had a boat ride on Nile! Got some wind there :D
On our last day Friday we went to that missed trip. Were on a boat which had a glass bottom so you could see the fish and corals. Then we changed boats and went snorkeling. More fish and corals! Cool stuff. Our guide guy was really good! He was swimming like crazy! :D He has a diving license too. And he was playing titanic on the boat, He was standing on the railing just like that. I would have fallen into the sea just sitting on it! I have a picture of him :D then we went to a island which was nice too! The water there was so shallow you walked 100metres and it was still just u to your ankles :D then we went exhausted back to the hotel and realized we were going home! Sad sad moment.
The Flood
The rains came down
and the floods came up!
What we thought was just an exciting rain storm out in the country was actually a flash flood that hit the center of Rexburg. While Daymia, Nathan and Hyrum were playing in the rain, major damage was caused around town. BYUI had flooding in several buildings, a couple of main apartment complexes had lower levels completely under water and many basements and main levels flooded in homes around town. Roads were converted to waterways because the city drains could not handle the sudden deluge and main street businesses also dealt with water seeping under the doors. The situation left many students and families without homes but empty apartments were filled, families took in families and service became the theme of the July 15th flood.
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