A memorable way to end spring break

Me and shirlyn ended our trip in Utah and decided our best try and getting a military hop back was to drive to california to travis afb. It is outside of fair field California and by Sacramento sort of it is like 40 minutes away from Sacramento. Shirlyn was awesome at finding a car rental that would do a one way from utah to california. She picked up the van for us and we were off for the long drive back to california. The kids did great in the car. we were doing really well on time so we decided in Reno to let the kdis get out at chuck e cheese and play around. Thank goodness we did because as we started up donnors pass it started snowing and they told us there was a big crash at the top and they were only letting locals through. So we turned around went back to the town of Reno and found a hotel. We were both so glad that we let the kids get out at chuck e cheese or we would have been in the snowy mess in the mountains.

LOVE TO BED JUMP

When I checked into a hotel there was a couple on front of me who said that they were on the mountain and were forced to turn around because of the snow. They were making cars turn around and have chains put on if you had them. They said that a semi in front of them was Jack knifing. Crazy stuff. So Tuesday we woke up with a new outlook there was a flight from Travis to hickam Hawaii that had 73 seats. We were sure we would get on so we made our way to the store to get hains since all the highway reports said that f you were going into Donner pass you needed chains. We set out and of course since we had bought chains and listened to reports it was sunny skies in the mountains. We did see alot of snow though. It was taller then the car and some road signs.

one more long ride in the car

donnors pass

so much snow

We made it to Travis and thought we were for sure gettinng on the flight. Well needless to say we didnt. There was a delay from a few days ago so there were a lot of people trying to get out so we headed to the hotel were he already had a two night reservation. The next day we were trying to decide what to do. Travis didn't have anything good out for a few days and the hotel didn't have any rooms available for the weekend. There was a lady we meet at travis that told us about a military fare site for tickets so we got some for the next day out of Sacramento. We decided to make the most of it we took the kids to the jelly belly factory and hit up some outlet malls. The jelly belly was fun to go and see. The kids had fun sampling flavors like booger,bark and canned dog food. My personal favorite were the chocolate dip ones. The chocolate orange ones were delicious.

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Thanks shilryn for asking me to do the mac flights with you. It was a great spring break and it was a great week spent with you getting back. It was a great "girls trip with kids."