2013 Bankson Road Trip
Part 1:
We left home on Wednesday, March 27th at 1pm and
drove to Farmington Utah. The drive went
well, and the kids hung in there well.
We stopped at McDonald's in Green River WY for dinner, which tastes less
like food every time we go there, but it had a nice new play area which gave
the kids a much needed play time. We
pulled our RV into the Wessmans' roomy driveway and slept great. All day Thursday Blake, Kylie, and Lily
enjoyed playing with their cousins Kaden, Landon, and Jaxon. It was a beautiful sunny day and we spent
most of it outside playing in the sand box, riding bikes, and just hanging out.
It was also a good day for Jasen to get some work in. Thursday night Paula fixed us all a wonderful
steak dinner and David Alder and Tony came over too. 
Friday morning (Good Friday) we packed up and headed down to
Murray Utah (quick 1/2hr drive) and met Ranee and Ray Larsen at Murray Park for
a KFC picnic. Again, the weather was
beautiful, high 60’s and sunny. Kids had
a great time playing and the Larsen’s brought Blake a new Lego set and Kylie and
Lily new dollies, which they love. We
are very thankful for our social kids as they have quickly warmed up to so many
people they don’t know well, talking, singing and giving hugs and kisses – so
sweet to watch and share. We didn’t get to go to church that evening but loved
our time that day with family. 
After lunch we headed down the street to Great Great Grandpa
and Grandma Houser’s house. Kylie and
Lily attempted to nap while Grandma, Blake and I worked on his Lego's and
dinner, and Jasen got some work in. It
was so good to see Grandpa and Grandma, though they are getting older they seem
to be doing well, seeking God and smiling as good as ever J. They loved the company and I encourage any
family that has the chance to head over and pay them a visit. Kylie and Grandma had an especially good time
as they played house with Kylie’s doll and Kylie wanted no one but Grandma to
take her and her dolly Grace potty We
ate a yummy chili dinner and headed out of town at about 7:30pm. I have so many great memories with them and
in their house, the visit really brought me joy. We left G&Gs house at 7:30pm and drove till 2am when we arrived in
Winnamucca, NV. The drive was long and the kids only kinda
slept, but we all slept in the next morning and got a nice slow start to the
day. After lunch we drove to Auburn, CA
(~5hrs) then stopped at a beautiful park to relax and went to El Portal Taqueria
for dinner which was pretty good.
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| Brian and Jen Rickards |
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| Eric and Melissa Rickards with Lily |
Then we finished the drive (~1/2hr) to Roseville where we
parked the trailer in front of Brian and Jen Rickards' house. The next morning, Sunday March 31st,
we went to Bayside Church for Easter (a busy, fun, CA mega-church) then back to
Brian’s house to relax and prepare Easter dinner. Eric, Melissa and Hannah (2), Brian and Jen,
Parents Jim and Wendy, and Grandma Terry came over and we had an Easter egg
hunt (200+eggs) in the backyard and a wonderful ham, pot, veg dinner with
carrot cake to top it off It was a wonderful meal and a wonderful day
celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior.
The next day we took it easy;
Jasen worked, I cleaned up and took the kids to the park. Being April 1st, the kids (with
our help) hid some Easter eggs for Jen and Brian in their houseJ. Then we went over to Eric and Melissa’s for
dinner. They had us, Brian and Jen as
well as Chad and Melanie Linnenbrink over for tri-tip. It was great to catch up and watch our kids
play together.
The next morning, Tuesday, we packed up and headed down to
the Sacramento KOA for a night to regroup and for Jasen to do to RallyZoo
meetings. We stopped for lunch at
Chick-fil-a, which is worlds better than McDonald's food but crazy busy that
day. That night the KOA had a hot-dog
campfire, which was an easy, free dinner we enjoyed. With the exception of Kylie coughing (we all
seem to be holding on to a little cold) we slept well. Wednesday morning, April 3rd, Jasen did some work and
Blake and Kylie tried out the heated pool then we headed our after lunch to
Santa Rosa. There you have it, one week
gone already! Fun, very full, lots of
driving and people.
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koa neighbors showing B&K how to rope a wooden bull PS - Check facebook for more pics! |
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| Lil loving the koa old school playground |
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