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I am so excited about next week! Andy and I are going on a trip and I can't wait. It is going to be just the two of us. Even the dogs are going to stay with friends for the weekend. I bet you're wondering what we are going to be doing... Well, be patient and I will tell you! ;)

Next Thursday we are getting on a plane and heading to California. Our flight leaves Wichita a little after 8:00pm and we will get into California a little after 9:00 (their time of course). Then we will pick up a car at the airport and drive almost 2 hours to a town called Hemet, Ca. The next day we will meet with a guy we are buying our new jeep from. I am sure it will take us a few hours to get all the paperwork and small details done.

This is a picture of the new jeep.
After we finish the details of the jeep purchase we will be on our way back home, but not before we have a little adventure first!

Our first stop is Sedona, AZ and it will take us about 6 1/2 hours to get there from Hemet. Sedona is about 1 1/2 hours south of Flagstaff and is supposed to be a beautiful part of the country. I am excited about the drive to Sedona. We will take Highway 10 to Phoenix and then head north on 17. We will be driving through beautiful scenery the entire way. We will go through Joshua Tree National Park and hit the west side of Phoenix. Then, when we head north, we will pass by even more beautiful desert mountain views. Sedona is full of red rock canyons that I can't wait to see in person. I have been looking at pictures for the last several weeks, but I just know that pictures can't top the real thing.

We will get to Sedona Friday night and we will stay all day Saturday. On Saturday we will spend the day wheeling our new jeep and taking in the beauty around us. We will then check out Sunday morning and head to Tucumcari, NM. We will head north on 17 to Flagstaff, then head east on I-40, which will take us all the way to Oklahoma City. Well before we get there, though, we will go through the Petrified Forest National Park and see the black lava rock through the east part of Arizona and the west part of New Mexico. We will then pass through Albequerque, NM and then to Tucumcari. It will take us about 8 1/2 hours to get to Tucumcari from Sedona, but I think it will be the most beautiful part of our drive.

I am sure we will sleep hard Sunday night. We will wake up Monday morning and start on the boring part of the drive. The drive from the east side of Albequerque to Wichita is nothing but flat farmland and we will see another 8 1/2 hours of it. I am glad I will have my husband to entertain me.

If you are wondering why I am excited about a 23 1/2 hour drive from California to Kansas, here are few pictures to show you exactly some of the things I will see on the way.





Well, I as I said at the beginning, I can't wait for this trip. It will be just me and my husband seeing the wonders God has made in this beautiful country. I will be sure to blog after the trip and post some of the pics we take along the way.