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Not sure if you all heard yet or not, so here goes.  :)
Yesterday I was just minding my business, pulling weeds, when BAM, I was hit by a racing dog. 
Okay, here's the scoop.  I was standing up, pulling weeds, right by Brinley's run (she races alongside cars all day about 12 feet from the road).  A car was approaching, and she took off from the goat pen toward the house.  She smucked me, as I was in her way, obviously... naw, she was looking at the car, I was looking at the ground... She hit the side of my leg right by my knee, knocking me on the ground, with excruciating pain in my left knee.  I heard a "pop", and Andrew who was in the shop heard a "pop" too.  He actually thought the car hit me b/c the "pop" was so loud.
Andrew and the girls loaded me in the van, and after we dropped the girls off, we went to ER.  No broken bones, but the MCL, ACL, and meniscus all seem to be damaged.  I go to the specialist on Wed, and will know more.  Surgery was mentioned, but I will know more after the appointment.  For now I am in a leg brace, and have a crutch to help get around. 

funny side note: the nurse told the brace fitter guy, and prescription lady that I was chasing cars, and got hit by a dog.... Oh, and meth users are gross. 
That's all, have a good weekend!

Western States Trip- DeMooy Fam Jam

Finally got around to posting about our trip.  Sorry, it's a long one!  Was a ton of fun. 

Some of the red woods in Cali

Driving through the "natural" hole in the tree.  There are other trees to drive through too, but they carved the hole through them.  This one is a natural hole... looks like they had to carve a bit though... maybe t get some vehicles free again?

The road as crazy.  So many switch backs, and no straight part for 2 hrs.  Cali

Avenue of the giants.  One on the large fallen redwoods. Cali

Driving to Yosemite

In Cali

Look Mom, we still have the mosquito net, and someone else is using it!  Camping in Cali just outside of Yosemite

Mirror lake in Yosemite.... such a big lake, we passed it an walked for another 1/2 hour or so.  It isn't actually a lake, it is part of a river where is pools... nice swim though!

Foot wash anyone?  Yosemite camping spot.

Driving through Nevada, ir was 117 degrees (46 Celsius) No AC.  The girls asked for us to put their shirts in the cooler water.  This is them putting them back on. :)

Wishing she could fit IN the cooler.  In Las Vegas.

mmmmm

Check out the back wall... Look at all those colors...

Massive limo in Vegas

At Hoover Dam Nevada/Arizona

Andrew was pointing out a person way down there.  This lady handles heights like you Jen, she basically crawled to the edge, and then peaked her head over, trying to keep her body as far away as she could... I had to take a pic of the hilarious sight. 

Shopping in Arizona

Mmm it was good.  Arizona

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Peek a boo!   (Kenzie had a hard time with the sun.) 

On top of the world!  Grand Canyon

Pictures can't do it justice!

A wild west show... witnessing a "shooting"  Williams Arizona

Williama Arizona was the last town to be bypassed on Route 66.  This is very near where the movie "cars" was based.  Really neat to see! 

Making popcorn!  Arizona

A tower on the edge of the grand Canyon

Setting up camp in Utah

View from the other side

In Zion National park

Hiking the Narrows.  The hike is the river.  So cool being way down in the canyon, seeing a sliver of sky in most parts.

The narrows- Zion Ntnal park

All tuckered out

Bryce Canyon Utah

Some of the hoodoos

Following the path through the hoodoos

This was a super cool part of the trail

Slushies... lifesaver for the hot weather

Uh oh.

Mikenzie roasting her mellow.

A bison in Yellowstone park

On of the geysers

Waiting for Old Faithful to blow

There she goes! 

He came to the middle of the road, took a leak, turned around and walked back to where he came from.  Men!  Such show offs! 

Yellowstone

Mommoth Springs, Yellowstone

Some of the many elk we saw

Roosevelt tower... which was under construction. 

This mama was gone across the street grazing.  When she crossed the street to where her baby was sleeping, her baby leapt up, and started to drink.  Crazy how they know who Mom is! 

Yellowstone

We got to wake up to these nice faces every morning.  :)

Horse back riding in Montana

A bison herd by the road, Yellowstone

Yelowstone

 

The geysers goes right to Yellowstone Lake

 

There is even a geyser IN the lake! 

Taking a nap by a "paint pot", Yellowstone

Tubing at the campground we stayed at by Yellowstone

By Canyon Ferry lake, Montana,

We had lots of visitors! 

Making a fort

There was a major wind storm that night.  We had to quick gather everything up at 1:00 am.  We missed some shoes, and this one was blow this far. 

During the windstorm the next day still

For Jen: Our last night of the trip.  At Wenachee Confluence State park