California and back in 8 days.

We had a unexpected trip to Califorina last week. We had a heirloom antique clock that had to go to on of the family members and were told by every trucking company around that if it was theirs they wouldn't put it on a semi. It was to big to ship with our regular carriers so for the right price we said we would get it there. Amazingly we had the money a day later and two days later left for California with our van, kids and the clock. It was going to the exact town where LaRon Ramsden lives so when we got there he helped us deliver it. Our trip was a little nerve wracking getting over Donner's summit between highway closures. We had to stop and by chains and had about 40 miles of road going 10-30mph with chains over the pass. The clock got there safe and the owner was not expecting it as he had just got home from a vacation. On the way home we stayed a night in Lakewood, Co where Autumn & Phil live. After a brief stop to look over our former Air Force base where we were stationed when Kent was a baby, we went to Kearney for a weekend with our friends the Jelinek's. We drove like crazy to get the clock out to California, so it was much more enjoyable to take a little more time in getting home. We were really happy to be home after 4450 miles yesterday. Life is never what we expect and this was certainly one of those occasions.