Taking the Scenic Route

It began with a phone call from my twin brother asking me if I wanted to ride with him to California to deliver the rest of our mother's belongings to where she now lives near San Diego.

I could barely contain my excitement at not only traveling to places I'd never seen before, but also meeting my younger brother's wife and two-year old baby girl and spending precious time with mom.

I'll spend the next couple of days logging entries and sharing some pictures taken from the passenger seat of the U-haul we were driving. Speaking of which, I took a little "trip" two days before we left. It left me with a badly sprained right ankle and a broken left leg. Made traveling a bit uncomfortable, but you can bet it didn't stop me from going.

These pictures were snapped in Utah, where we finally stopped overnight. The scenery in that state brought tears to my eyes. The colors were absolutely breath-taking, from the lush greens in east to the arid and painted cliffs near Mt. Zion National Park. I've had a profound change of heart about the color orange. It's now one of my favorites.