12/25/15 Savannah GA, Park City UT and Pullman WA

Storing the truck and RV in San Diego, we're off on a 6 week odyssey flying to Savannah, Georgia for a two week visit with Deb's family over Thanksgiving, a week skiing with Zoe and Jack in Park City, Utah, then Christmas at Zoe's place in Pullman, and New Year's with John's cousin Meghan in Salem, Oregon.  Really feeling like gypsies again.

Dee and Sherrie in Savannah

Flying to Savannah on Thanksgiving Day was a great idea, lower fares and the airports were empty.  The gathering of Deb's brother and sisters was a fun event as usual but highlighted by Dennis proposing to Linda....YAHOO another YAYA added to the sisterhood!  Spent lots of time helping Dee and Stan downsize their house, had a great boat ride pulling crab traps, and ate Stan's delicious pizza made with cauliflower crust.  Two lovely warm, sunny weeks went by fast.

We meet up with Jack at the Salt Lake City, Utah airport where he presents Mom with a most beautiful, fragrant plumeria and orchid lei from Hawaii!  Having our priorities straight, we take a shuttle to the nearest hotel lounge to watch the NAVY football team beat up ARMY.   So cool to see Jack's ship pictured on the helmets of the Navy linebackers.  Unfortunately, Zoe didn't make it due to the stresses of her apartment flooding and preparing for the Africa trip. 

John and Jack Park City

Jack's Sled Park City Olympic Track

Our Park City condo has a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains, and there is just enough snow for really good skiing. We were one of the first skiers to ride the new gondola connecting Park City Resort to Canyons Resort.  Park City hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics and Jack gets an early Christmas present of a bobsled ride down the Olympic track, driven by Valerie Fleming, the 2006 Winter Games Silver Medalist.  IT WAS AWESOME, he says, feeling 3 G's of pressure as the sled goes up the sides of the ice as it speeds 66 mph down the track.  Ask to see the video :)

A most beautiful site when Zoe picks us up in Spokane and Jack gives her a lei as snow falls all around them! Oh yes, life is so so very good to us.  Air BnB sets us up in a great 2 bedroom apartment in Pullman.  Have lots of fun baking cookies and playing in the snow with Zoe's boyfriend, Gabe, and his two little girls who also join us for Christmas dinner along with Zoe's roommates Joy and Camille.  

Christmas Snowperson in Pullman

It snows a little every day in Pullman, but snows lots in the Cascades where an avalanche closes Snoqualmie Pass preventing our mail and 500 Amazon Prime packages from getting delivered by Christmas day.  This reminds John of Christmas in Malta when he was 8 years old (his father, Navy Civil Engineer Corp., was stationed at NATO Headquarters) when "Santa's plane" carrying mail/presents was diverted to a search and rescue mission, arriving the day after Christmas.