Thanksgiving Vacation - Day 1: Driving to Auburn, CA

We got up early on Tuesday morning to start our drive to Auburn, CA.  It was a cold morning, and we were all excited to be going somewhere warmer.  I was still using my knee scooter, so we had to bring it with us.  That was annoying to try to fit it in the back, but Tony and the boys were good to help me get it and put it back.

We also only stopped two times on our way there.  We stopped in Battle Mountain for gas and picked up some gas station breakfast food.  That food helped us hold off for lunch until we got to Reno.  We decided to go to Costco to walk around and get some lunch at their food court.  Their gas station was way too busy, so we got gas a few blocks away.

We then drove the rest of the way to Auburn.  Julie and Wendy weren't home yet, so we went to my parents' house first.  Their house was easy to get into with my scooter, just two steps to get into their house.  We got to hang out with them and play at their house.  Teagan had flown in the night before, so we got to chat with her too.  

We then went over to Julie's house for dinner.  Her house has a lot of steps and proved to be a lot harder to get into.  But I just climbed up and down the stairs and made it work.  Totally worth it to be with family.  Dinner was good and it was fun to hang out with our family.  After dinner, we went to Wendy's house and got the van all unpacked.  Wendy's house also has a lot of stairs, but they are separated with landings after each step, so that helped.  But I did end up mostly going through the garage and crawling up the stairs.  I am sure it was funny to see, but we all made it work.  After getting all unpacked, we all went to bed.  It was a good, long day.