Guess I will have to change blog name, since we are officially Texans again!   Yes, we decided to move back first of October, but only told my in-laws and parents we were moving.   So we got to surprise my siblings and all the cousins, etc.

We left Nov 5th from Juneau, after a month of packing, moving sale, shipping boxes, etc. etc., and a day of 4-5" snow.  

 We were on the ferry for 3 full days and 4 nights.   The ferry was great, we all slept like babies (even the baby), because of the gentle motion, motor and soft bunks!   It was very relaxing.    We were on the Malaspina (this is a painting of it by Terry Pyle):

 I saw several lighthouses along the way:

Morgan, Luke, Sawyer and I toured around Ketchikan on one stop:

We then had seven days of travel through Washington, where I stopped and met an online friend I had never met IRL (in real life) before.  She and her family were so sweet.  This is Katie and I:

We then went through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and into Texas.   We made a stop at the Battle of Little Big Horn monument and ate the BEST red meat in a while (Nathan had the ribeye, I  had the Crazy Woman Prime Rib) at the Bozeman Trail Steakhouse in Buffalo Wyoming.  In Denver we stayed over with a high school friend of Nathan's, Andy and his wife and fam:

Drove through Garden of the Gods:

Picking cotton between Lubbock and San Angelo:

We bought several audio cd's for the trip, so we listened to Winnie-the-Pooh, The Hobbit and Tom Sawyer along the way.   As you can see, we  had excellent weather the whole time (answered prayer) and Nathan's back didn't hurt too much the whole way (more answered prayer).   We won't discuss the cat escapades along the way.  I'll save that for another blog.

Its so nice to be back in Texas.   If any one has any ideas of what I should rename my blog, let me know.  I hope to continue blogging to keep my blogger friends and Alaska friends updated on our Texas adventures!