Letters to my Children

Saturday we drove from Anaheim to our place near Sequoia and Kings Canyon National park. Bramhall reunion! We stopped at the Costco about an hour away to pick up groceries and had to be very judicious about what we bought so we could fit it all in the car! We just happened to run into Nana and Grandpa which was funny. It was BLAZING hot outside, so everyone came in to Costco for a pit stop and food while I shopped. Dad gassed up, and it was actually pretty efficient stop.   We arrived at the house and it was …interesting. Actually, it was kind of a weird place with add-ons, and a lot of bunk beds. There was some speculation that it might have been a Christian meeting place, but who knows. There were a lot of bedrooms and bathrooms which was fantastic for the group, but the place was pretty filthy. We were not allowed to flush toilet paper because of the septic system, and we saw our first mouse and huge spider the first night. Luckily Jett didn’t freak out too bad about the mouse like