HISTORY

A Little History:
Our story begins in Pocatello, Idaho, circa 1972, when the lovely Debby Christensen agreed to a first, though fateful date with admirer, David Croshaw. Long story-short, he bade her follow him, and they went arm-in-arm to the Logan, Utah temple for establishment of an eternal family unit, Generation 1, on May 23 1973.

From their first blissful summer in Salt Lake City, educational pursuits took them to Provo/Orem, Utah, birthplace of Leslie and Rebecca, and to San Francisco/Oakland California, birthplace of Colin and Matt. Then, for establishment of livelihood, expansion of the tribe with Abby and Dana, and for raising/unifying of Generation 2, it was back to the roots in Pocatello for a rewarding sojourn.

In time, driven by a raging, but commonly shared sense of adventure and independence, one-by-one, Generation 2 escaped the homeland to distant regions of the country and the world, each ultimately developing their own tribal expansions by pairing with worthy mates and initiating Generation 3.

Now sensing fulfillment of their purpose in Pocatello, Generation 1 has also left those roots and transplanted to Cascade Idaho, from which base, they anticipate more abundant contact with The Posterity, Generations 2 and 3, in the future. That contact however, awaits fulfillment of a call to LDS missionary service in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, wherein they hope to help the state of the world by sharing the love of Jesus Christ.

So now, including Generation 0 (Grandma and Grandpa Christensen) home base includes Yuma, Arizona, Pocatello, Idaho, Cascade, Idaho, Vancouver, BC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Spokane, Washington, Boise, Idaho, Los Angeles, California, back to Boise, Idaho, and on and on (Generation 3+) to infinity.

Our Mission Statement:
This is the blog of our eternal family unit. Initiated years ago, it served well as a journal, but even more so, as an archive of our personal interaction. It was a gathering place, a confabulation instrument, a unifying force for four generations of widely dispersed and progressively prolific posterity, and their valued associates. Though it served these purposes well for many years, it eventually took a back seat to new-kids-on-the-block, Facebook, and Instagram, and was sadly forgotten.

We now move to resurrect this blog with an added functional purpose of archiving the missionary experiences of Generation 1, of their movements and activities as they participate with The Gathering of Israel in the land northward. In so doing, we hope that via their own comments and posts, this blog will again serve to gather and unify the posterity and their friends.

As in the past, that the young and vibrant may know the old and tired, that enduring bonds may be fostered and maintained, that experience and encouragement may be openly shared, that posterity may embrace truth, and that hearts may be knit together, we must resist detachment despite our geographic divergence. We shall do so here.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Leslie & Tracy's Big Adventure



Our adventure started at 6am Friday morning. We left San Francisco, destination: the ALAMO! My friend, Tracy, was nice enough to take Friday off work and come with me. You'll all meet her in Monterrey, if you haven't met her already. (She's also the talented clothing designer making my dress.) We drove across the Bay Bridge and down I-5 all the way to L.A. (Photos are: classic L.A. traffic and windmills near Palm Springs)



We also saw this awesome bright red hearse somewhere in California.



A little north of L.A., we turned left and the rest of the trip was spent on I-10. (Did you know it goes all the way from Santa Monica, CA to Jacksonville, FL?) We drove through Redlands, CA (Hi, Knapps!), Palm Springs, Phoenix and Tucson, AZ.

The first night Tracy and I made it to the Arizona/New Mexico border. We stayed in a little town called Lordsburg, NM. The amount of bugs we drove through and saw in Southern Arizona/New Mexico was beyond all belief. This, we believe, was only one of many bugs in our hotel room. Ray, I now understand why they needed you in New Mexico.



The next day we spent about a total of 1 1/2 hours driving through New Mexico. We passed through the pretty town of Las Cruces, NM. Then we entered Texas and there was a welcome sign, but when we saw this truck we knew we were REALLY in Texas. On the front it said "Tonka".


We drove through El Paso and then drove for about 7 hours through the vast expanse of nothingness known as Western Texas.



We arrived in San Antonio at 7pm CDT, 35 hours after we'd left SF. The stars and stripes are big and bright....deep in the heart of Texas!



The Alamo!!

San Antonio's a very beautiful place. I highly recommend visiting downtown and the River walk...just maybe not in July. It's a little warm.

Sadly, this is where we stopped taking pictures. Y'all know how I am. I had all of the best intentions...I really did want to take a picture at the border. If I didn't have Tracy, none of it would be documented.

Late Saturday night Alex met up with us. We went to a small, newly-split ward on Sunday, and dropped Tracy off at SAT so she could fly home to SFO. We then dropped my car off (which included a 3 hour detour), and made it to Monterrey at about 12:30am on Sunday night. Alex was a true sport, especially considering the fact that he had to work at 8:30am on Monday. We're VERY happy and relieved to finally be together. Can't wait to see you all in about 2 1/2 weeks!

Besos,
Les

4 comments:

David and Debby said...

Les,

What a great trip. Sorry I missed the beauties of Texas. I'll see some of them in 11 days. Thanks, Alex for following her all over Texax (and the U.S. for that matter). :) mom

David and Debby said...

Very interesting documentary of that monumental trip. I wonder if anyone (besides Leslie, and now me) has contemplated how monumental and pivotal that trip was. A major tipping point in Leslie's life - a river of no return. It's been a long time coming, anxiously awaited and deeply contemplated, but there's no looking back now. That may seem sad, but life must go on, and the future will be immensely brighter than the past. Can't wait to see it unfold.
Dad

RebeccaV said...

I don't think it seems sad at all, I think it seems exciting!! This is a brand new adventure for Leslie and she deserves it more than anyone I know!

David and Debby said...

I guess I should qualify my commet. I didn't mean that Leslie's future is a sad turn of events. "sad" was meant to refer to the fact that all the excitement and mobility that Leslie had in single life would now be left behind. But the security, love, and fulfillment of married life will be immensely brighter.
Dad