Bonny was able to come visit us out in Rota again over the 4th of July holiday weekend and Owen's birthday. Damon had leave for the weekend so her and I were able to go on a grand tour of southern Spain with Damon and Owen holding down the home fort back in Rota. First we drove up to Madrid, then Granada and lastly Cordoba. In Madrid we went to the Madrid Temple for an endowment session and were able to do the ordinances for some of our own family names. We also visited the Prado museum and had the pleasure of being present while there was an enormous gay pride parade going on. We also made it to see the Royal Palace of Madrid which I had not been able to visit before. Next was Granada for our Alhambra tour. The tour company we purchased our tickets from months in advance decided to move our tour forward an entire hour with only giving notice via email (which I did not see due to poor wifi). They called me that morning with only 5 minutes to spare. Thankfully we were staying at the hotel next door so ran over to make the tour just in time to begin. Driving through the countryside between the major cities was an adventure in itself seeing all the stunning olive groves and farm fields speckled with small towns. Our last stop was Cordoba to visit the main mosque. Even though I had been to all of these places before, it was so much fun to be able to take my mom to visit them again. Our time in Rota was spent going down to the beach and in general walking around the town. We also did a day trip to Gibraltar, Portugal, and a few of the small towns nearby. Owen was in heaven having another person to play and read to him. We were sad to see her go, but it would only be a small parting with the upcoming big move back to Bethesda.
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