Friends!!

I have fewer pictures of the last bit of our trip because it was just me taking pictures and because I was too busy talking!!

Moon Crater

After leaving the Grand Canyon, we headed towards Albuquerque, to see some dear, dear friends of ours that we hadn't seen since Caroline was about 18 months old.  On the way, we stopped to see the Moon Crater, and drove through the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.  Very cool.

We spent the night at the Kubeckas, where they fed us with local New Mexican fare (it was hatch chile season!) and sent us on our way the next morning to go to Abilene, Texas.  We did stop for breakfast in Albuquerque and met "new" family - the daughter of my biological father.  Great fun!

We were to meet some old friends in Abilene - they used to live across the street from us when I was eleven!  I hadn't seen them since Peter was little (he's 15).  What a blessing to talk and spend time with them!!

The next day we had another breakfast meeting with some dear friends that were a tremendous support when we lived in Abilene.  More blessings!!

Then we headed for Arkansas, where the plan was to go to a diamond mine where you could dig for rocks - and anything you found, you could keep.  Unfortunately, we arrived too late to actually dig for anything, so we drove on to Hot Springs KOA.  We didn't see the town or anything, but the campsite was fine and we passed an uneventful night.

To be continued....