As most of you know by now, the Hector family has embarked on another excursion to see more of this wonderful country that God has blessed us with. For the next three weeks this blog is going to be devoted to the ins and outs of the trip, but in a little different way. I am going to be posting pictures of the trip with brief descriptions and Ben will be posting complete (or mostly complete) order of events. If you wish to read the narrative version of the trip then you can head on over to my brother Ben’s blog by clicking here. Did you click on the here?  If you did not, I will give you many more opportunities to click a here. Like here for instance. Or hear. But not there because that was not here, but hear.

To start things off I thought I would write a poem about the first two days. After this I promise I will just stick with the pictures…

The day started early in Cal

Last minute packing was done

The RV and boat equaled 63 feet

The obstacle of leaving was won

The plan was to meet friends in Reno

For an “eat till you bust” buffet

Trials and troubles of driving

Were not going to stand in our way

A broken down truck and trailer

Threatened to stop us on hwy 88

A keen dad and bro with an idea

Managed to shorten our wait

(For more on that keen idea click here)

Reno was made

Lunch was consumed

A noticed low tire

Promised nothing but doom

Costco was found

The prognosis was bleak

A hole in the sidewall

Would continue to leak

A patchwork was done

We were sent out of town

A smile on our face

Instead of a frown

Straight, flat and boring

The state of Nevada doth be

Full of dirt, sagebrush and dirt

And the speeding Lexus’ by me

This saga just might continue

Perhaps as soon as the morrow

If events of interest occur

That lead to excitement, not sorrow

So… what did you think of my attempt at making certain words in the English language rhyme? When I read it to the fam, they gave me that “oh… that’s very… um… nice!”

Here are the pictures as promised…

At the beginning of the trip at the end of the road. The camera’s on a rock…

Here is a closer version minus myself…

A frozen/snow covered lake not too far from our house…

Matt and Nic below decks. Kinda cramped…

Here is our first campsite… Actually more like a parking lot…

Yes, the windshield needs to be cleaned once in awhile…

Utah state line. Doesn’t it look like a good place to live?...

We had to get our traditional picture at the Salt Lake…

The Davis family decided to join us for our picture…

We can now say we took our boat to the Salt Lake…

Wyoming state line. A nicer place to live…

Little America in Wyoming. Kinda hokey…

Sara’s b-day at Little America…

Nathan put himself in between the two vehicles. Like a bumper…

Snowing at the gas station…

Nebraska state line. A greener place to live. The good life...

The only National Cemetery in Nebraska…

Found our relative in the cemetery. Interesting first name…

The youngin’s…

And last but not least the van on the back of the tow truck…

More to come later!