Trip to Payson, AZ

Craig and I took a quick trip to Payson, AZ in April for his National Guard reunion. We lived in Payson for about 2 years, although it seems much longer than that. Right after we moved to Roosevelt, UT, his unit was activated to go to Desert Storm. His paperwork had been stalled, so he had to go with them. They were in Saudi Arabia for 6 months. He hadn't seen any of them for 18 years! We could hardly believe it had been that long. We were a little nervous to go, but thoroughly enjoyed ourselves once we got there. All the guys had a great time remembering their time together, and all the wives learned things we never knew. We went to Flagstaff on Friday night, then on to Payson Saturday morning. We explored the town and found all 3 of the places we lived in. It was a little strange. For some reason I remembered everything being bigger than it actually was. After the reunion we left for home. So...our whole trip was about 30 hours! It was really fun and we took lots of pictures, so beware!

This is the bridge being built near Hoover Dam. It was so amazing to see something like that up close!



This is the newspaper office Craig worked for.


This is our first apartment. We were upstairs on the right.

This was our second place. We lived in Ruby's basement.

And this was the third place. We lived in a pre-fab home on the spot where I'm standing. Below is "the meadow" out our front door.

This is the hospital where Tara was born. She was the only baby in the hospital that day.



A giant Saguaro cactus.

Craig and his army buddies.

All of the guys at the reunion.

The guys in Craig's platoon.

This was just an unlucky turn that ended up being a lucky, awesome find in Kingman. It looks like the sheriff in Cars!