We have arrived safely home in Minnesota.

The trip home was quite an adventure. First there were car problems at night, in the middle of the desert. It was dark on the freeway and out of range of all our cell phones. Fortunately, we were still in Texas and it wasn't too cold! We ended up waving down a couple semi trucks that accompanied us safely (one in front, one in back) to the next town, 40 miles away, as we drove without lights to save battery power.

By the next day the van had been fixed and we were on our way again. We took a side trip to New Mexico so Egla and William could visit family. We stayed their two nights. We were eager to head back to MN but glad we didn't arrive any earlier! There had been a terrible storm in Iowa the day before we drove through. We saw 100 abandoned vehicles that had slid off the road or been in accidents. Very eerie. We were suddenly grateful to have been slowed down a couple days!