After the sudden death of our dear friend, Tom<\/a>, we decided to return to Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Below are a bunch of pics from the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But first, some background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our youngest three kids haven’t been back since we moved away in 2016 and they not only wanted to attend Tom’s memorial, but connect with old friends and sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So less than a week ago, Jennifer baked up a mess of bread and prepared tons of snacks to cut down on road trip expense and we loaded up the van, leaving on a Wednesday, arriving in Colorado Thursday night, and departing for home Sunday after Mass and arriving — road weary — on Monday night. So we were only gone 5 nights and traveled over 3000 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We recorded two full-length podcasts during the trek home, recounting all of the blessings and amazing experiences including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And while you’ll hear all this on upcoming shows (next week we have the interview scheduled with Bishop Strickland<\/a>, so these will launch after that), consider the photos below a preview of coming attractions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The two road-casts (where we talk about many of the things you’ll see in these photos) will launch on August 2 and August 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to all of our co-producers who support our work either through Patreon<\/a> or PayPal<\/a> or simply by purchasing something from our store<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We got on the road just after 5AM and worked our way to Kansas City where we stayed the night with our friends, Paul and Karen.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDays One and Two <\/strong>– Wednesday and Thursday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n