{"id":11049,"date":"2014-12-09T11:14:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T18:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=11049"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:20:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T04:20:23","slug":"thanksgiving-at-the-ranch-2014-mega-photo-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=11049","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving at the Ranch – 2014 (Mega-Photo Post!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though we were down one member<\/a><\/strong>, the family trip to the ranch this Thanksgiving still required two vehicles. Hard to believe we used to take our little family of six\u00a0and two dogs in one van…. crazy! But our minivan is much smaller indeed, and even with only eight\u00a0of us and one\u00a0dog, we would be seriously squished even in a regular\u00a0van.<\/p>\n

This trip we left early in\u00a0the morning on Friday, which made for a much nicer drive for Nettie (I have extremely poor night vision, so driving through canyons and up and down mountains\u00a0after\u00a0dark is not healthy for anyone).<\/p>\n

The first little sight-seeing stop on the way was at the bottom of Salt River Canyon. For more than a year, the rest area at the bottom of the canyon has been closed for renovation. Imagine our surprise to discover that it is finally open again! Naturally,\u00a0we took a little break and Paul hiked the kids and Gwinnie down to the river. I stayed in the car and closed my eyes for 15 minutes while they played around, and Laurent brought these pics back.<\/p>\n

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