The Endless Summer!

This summer has been far more fabulous than we had even dreamed it could be. It was one of those magical summers that we will remember forever. We started out here in Alaska and played tourist down in Anchorage for a few days. One word. Amazing! This is the Alaska that people fall in love with. I know we did, too. Next, we were off to my parents in Mobile, Al for a month of summer fun. Towards the end of June we made a short trek up to our beloved Rock Hill, SC and had a special time reuniting with so many friends. We were blessed to spend the 4th of July with my dad's side of the family and as usual there was much food to be had by all. The kids and I headed home for a couple of weeks in July and then were off again to California. We spent 2 weeks with Doug's parents and then began our week journey up Hwy.1 north to Washington. What an awesome-for lack of any other word- drive! We went through San Fran. and had a ball in China Town. Drove through Napa Valley. Played in the Redwood National Forest. Stayed in the adorable Ferndale. We were able to spend a night with my brother and family in Oregon and then a weekend with Doug's brothers and families in Sedro-Woolley. On our way home (space-a flights rock, by the way) we were rerouted to Hickam, Hi from Travis AFB. What a surpise!! God truly had this special detour planned just for us. We spent just 15 hours on Oahu, but we did it up right. We grabbed a rental car and drove around the island. We stopped to snorkel on the north shore, Turtle Bay and again on the windward side. Dinner was at the HardRockCafe Honolulu and we also grabbed a few goodies in Wiakiki. Thank you Lord for the gift of that day!!