Eeeeeeee!!! Little did we know when were in Texas for the BYU vs TCU game, deciding that we wanted to live there, that within 7 months we would be! Michael was hired as a Technician for Vivint and was sent to Wichita Falls, TX in April. (The apartment was less than a mile from Sheppard Air Force Base...Only a few of you will know the significance of this.) I finished school in Vegas and went home to Provo for a little while to spend some time with Grandma and pack up all the things my oh-so-male husband didn't think to bring with him. (Sometimes I wonder how he survived for 27 years without me.) I packed my poor little Hyundai Elantra its absolute limit (there was barely even any room in the front seat) and kidnapped my Aunt Susan so she could drive me, I mean drive with me, halfway across the country. (I'll be honest, she drove about 23 of the 25 hours it took us to get from Provo to Wichita Falls.)
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| Utah |
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| My Grandpa worked for Union Pacific when he was a young man. |
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| This is what we saw for the however many hours it took us to get through Utah. |
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| The GPS on my phone was trying to kill us... |
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| A previous "accident" broke the latch connecting the bumper to the rest of the car. A massive tumbleweed knocked the bumper loose so we duct taped it to ensure it didn't rattle off during our cross country drive. |
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| Chimney Rock, CO. |
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| I had an Oregon Trail Geek moment, :) |
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| They lied. |
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| We stopped at a hospital in New Mexico after finding out that we had been exposed to Whooping Cough. |
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| One of the Indian Reservations in New Mexico. |
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| Everything was abandoned and worn down. |
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| The last 1/4 of a car graveyard. |
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| The duct tape started to lift so we applied more! |
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| Albequerque! |
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| We drove through the night and made it to Texas in time for sunrise! |
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| A Texas sunrise! |
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| Wichita Falls, TX. |
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| The exit to the apartment. |
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| The apartment complex. I was only here for a few days before we were transferred to Fort Worth. |
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| The view from our back door. |
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| Our back porch. |
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| The back wall of our apartment. Far left window is the spare bedroom, middle window is the living room, and the right window is our bedroom. |
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| Michael coming home from work. |
