Baby Blessing and Return Home
Today we got up REALLY early in Salmon and left (5:30am) to drive down to Rexburg for the blessing of Mark and Jocelyn’s baby Paxton. Leaving that early from Salmon requires everyone to keep on the lookout for deer and elk darting out in the middle of the road. It is somewhat nerve-racking as in the pitch black, it’s like you are driving in a tunnel and can’t see off to the side very well. Fortunately for us, we didn’t see any wildlife near the road and got down to Rexburg without incident.
The blessing was very nice. It’s hard to realize that Mark, who was born after Angela and I were married, is now blessing his own little baby boy. Crazy!
After the blessing we started the long 10 or so hour drive home. Everything was uneventful until we got down to I-80 at about Rawlins. The wind really picked up and there were warning signs about 70+ mile-per-hour winds. It was blowing so hard, the van doors were whistling which we had never experienced before. It was a crazy drive and was somewhat difficult to keep the van on the road. We finally made it to Cheyenne and started south, after which the wind died down and we made it home without further issue. What a crazy evening!
We’re now home and excited to sleep in our own beds! 🙂
