TO - Tacoma - Turlock!

Vintage Faith church in Santa Cruz was awesome! Thanks to Kristin and Hannah who gave us their time at the coffee shop to tell us the story of people on an adventure themselves and encourage and affirm us on ours.

We arrived in Turlock, California (about 90 minutes east of San Fransisco) on Monday night! It was exciting to see family and friends and to find a semi-permanent home away from home for the next 2 months!

It was a little sad to see one part of our trip come to an end - the father and son adventure across the US. For as long as I live I will never forget these last two weeks. Once in a lifetime do you get the chance to have some time with your son like that. The memories are so rich and I would do it all again in a heartbeat. We learned about Trav's favourite movies, favourite actor, favourite sports team, favourite chocolate bar, favourite thing to do when there's nothing else to do, favourite place to eat (although we learned that too much of Taco Bell is not a good thing!), what he wants to be when he grows up, we found out what Dad's favourite everything and anything was (twice, in fact) we learned that Dr Pepper beats anything else hands down, and we forged a bond and a memory as we tamed the roads from Illinois to Washington. Although the roads in Santa Cruz did get the best of us near the end! We celebrated Father's Day at the best burger place on the planet (IN-N-OUT) and we watched the sun go down on a beach beside the Pacific ocean. These last two weeks have been dreams come true. Thanks to all who've shared the adventure thus far.

Now for some time to relax and begin reading (a long list of books I've wanted to get to for a time - including "The Shaping of Things to Come" and thinking about the story God is telling in our lives and where the past two weeks will lead us in the chapters ahead!

... the adventure continues ...