The Big Move

We relocated!  Murphy and I made the big move to California and our family is complete again, reunited with Craig who had already relocated.

A 16 hour drive became a 20 hour excursion due to a horrible tractor-trailer collision near Mesquite, NV which closed the highway for 4 hours.  Mangled, twisted metal was everywhere, a semi-truck went into the ravine, and 300 gallons of diesel fuel spilled.  It was so strange to be parked on a highway stranded with tons of other strangers at 1 AM, not fully knowing what was going on.  The only light came from other truckers’ illuminated red brake lights.  There was no way to escape or detour for most of us because of a ravine on one side and rocky terrain on the other.  So we all just waited, pacing the dotted line, staring up at the stars like campers.  At 5 AM we got going again and drove past an eerie sight of large cranes rescuing the semi.  I was relieved to read later that everyone made it out safely.

So, here we are!  Already my skin is soaking up the new environment with hopes that sea level, humidity, and a thicker atmosphere with less winter UV preserve the unbroken cells I have left.  Thanks California, for pimpin’ my DNA!