Flickr!

I've started a Flickr page! The link is on the left hand side, let me know what you think!
-Rebekah

Profile Update: email address

Everyone keeps asking for me to put my email address on my blog, so I finally got around to doing it. Look at my profile to the left. Under "contact" on the left of that page, click "Email." Hope to keep hearing from you!
-Rebekah

Day Four

This blog entry brought to you courtesy of wireless internet and the generosity of the Lawless family, and the number 16.

We drove today from Amarillo to Hulbert, OK. We used up most of the last of our cooler's stocks on lunch, but nothing much more exciting happened on the road.

We stopped in Groom, TX to see the giant cross and stations along the side of the I-40. Mom and I had seen it in spring 2006 on the way back from a campus visit to U Dallas (with Mary Joy.) but the rest of the family hadn't.

We managed to find the T&T Lawlesses without too much trouble, thanks to detailed directions from Mr. Lawless and despite rough dirt roads and a lo...ong driveway.

We'll spend tomorrow here and see the other Lawlesses, the abbey, etc. I should be able to let you know how that goes tomorrow night.

Until then, good night and God bless,
-Rebekah

Days Two and Three

You gotta love KOA and wifi!

I'm writing this from Amarillo, TX at a picnic table in the dark. Mac 'n Cheese is on the propane stove.

So, to recap... Yesterday we traversed the wide expanses of Arizona's varying terrain. We started in the deserts of Phoenix and crossed mountains and valleys, forests and plateaus, and a torrential thunder storm. I was surprised and awed by the different landscapes in one state, stereotyped by saguaro cacti. We visited Petrified Forest National Park before stopping in Gallup, NM for the night.

Today we basically just drove, listened to music, and read billboards. Stuckey's, 23 miles. And we crossed the continental divide this morning. There was a little marker off the freeway, not much to look at.

Tomorrow, we'll get to see all the people in Oklahoma, and spend the next day there. I should be able to update my blog from there, so you'll hear from me again, soon!

Until then, God bless, keep up the prayers!
-Rebekah

And... We're Off!: Day One

I'm writing this post from Grandma's house in Mesa, AZ.

This morning, we finished packing up the van and got off at about 11:00. A bit later than we had hoped, but today was a shorter distance than we're looking forward to later in the trip.

We stopped at a Walmart superstore in the early afternoon for our first shopping trip. I'd never been in one before, and it was a bit overwhelming. Parts just felt like Walmart, but parts felt like Vons, except for all the smily faces!

A little ways past Yuma, our odometer on our '95 Ford Windstar ticked over 200,000 miles!

We stopped at Uncle Steve and Aunt Trish's house to say goodbye, then came here to Grandma's. Pizza for dinner and ice cream cake for dessert, and I'm just about ready to crash!

I'll only be able to post every few days because we'll be camping, but I'll try to keep you up-to-date on our adventure. Thanks to all of you for your prayers!

And special thanks to Grandma for letting me use her computer!

God bless,
-Rebekah

EDIT: Sorry about not posting pics until Monday. Grandma's computer wouldn't let me (no offense meant to her fine machine.)