Utah August 2025 -- Jourdan Family Reunion
A family reunion with Jourdan’s family has been about 2 years in the making, and finally arrived. We are planning to spend time in Zion National Park in Utah with Jourdan’s uncle David and aunt Gayle and their grandkids Halle and Kohen; his brother Todd (and his family: Christie and Xander); his cousin Katie (and her family: Cory, Luke, Victoria, and Grace); and our niece Sydney (and her family: Steve and Charlotte). Monday, August 4 Jourdan, Owen, and Julia left in the camper van on Saturday to take the drive in a couple of days — Russell had to go to drivers ed this morning so he and I stayed behind and flew down today. The camper van folks stayed outside Salt Lake Saturday night and then at a place in the Utah desert Sunday night that was done up to look like Tatooine (a planet in Star Wars). They said it was pretty cool, although the van — both outside and inside — accumulated a layer (or two or three) of dust from driving through the sand. Drivin...