A day trip

For awhile now David has had a dream of having a truck and trailer. He's looked at trucks and vans that could pull a good size trailer. We found a suburban that had the engine he wanted with a tow package. So now we have part of his dream. We will be making a trip out to Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and Idaho in the summer and this "truck" will make it much more roomy on the road.

Anyway, with this new "truck" we had to go for a drive. On Saturday we drove up to Adam-ondi-ahman and the areas around. We drove through Hamilton, MO(population 1,700) where the founder of JC Penney was born. There was Penney High School and a museum of JC(James Cash) Penney. I always wondered what the J and the C stood for.

After there we went onto Adam-ondi-ahman. It was really beautiful. A little gray and brown because of the season but the spirit there was awesome. I can't wait to go back in the spring or summer. We got out, ate lunch, and walked around a bit.Looking in opposite directions.


(above) Lucy enjoying a twizzler and the sunshine. (below) Carson, Callie, George, and Ginger on the valley floor.


From there we went up to Bethany(population 3,700). David had called a realtor in the Far West area and he asked if we were related to the Pettijohns in Bethany. I guess they own a Ford dealership up there. We didn't talk to anyone but we got some cool pictures of our name. After looking some around the town we took off towards home. Bethany is about an hour and a half from Independence. As always its nice to be home after being in a car.