We made it to Utah safe and sound. Our car ran great and we had no complications. The 1300 mile, 2 day trip was pretty long and mostly boring but it is great to be here with family.
On day 1 of our trip we left Minnesota around 9 a.m. and made it to Mount Rushmore in keystone, South Dakota around 6 that night. We did stop along the way at the apparently "World Famous" Wall drug for some free ice water and an amazing homemade doughnut. We stayed at Mt. Rushmore for about 2 hours and then headed to our hotel in Custer, SD for the night.
The next morning we awoke and drove and drove some more. We stopped at Martins cove for a little bit and took in some church history, and finally pulled into the Salt Lake valley around 10 that night. We were welcomed by my Grandparents with a plate of cookies, a gallon of milk for our fridge, and to Justin's delight, baseball on our big flat screen t.v. in our basement apartment.
Our best decision made the entire trip was to download podcasts and listen to them on the way. We downloaded most of them from "The Onion" and "Stuff you should know". It saved our sanity and we really learned a lot of interesting things like why orange juice tastes bad after you brush your teeth, bizarre ways to die, theories on deja vu, interesting facts about Thomas Jefferson, the vikings, when people think the world is going to end, etc.... It was very entertaining and I highly suggest to anyone that is going to be in the car for a long period of time to find a great podcast and download like crazy!
We are currently in Logan at Justin's parents house relaxing with family and seeing some movies. We saw Star Trek last night and it was better then I thought it would be, but there were some pretty nerdy moments. I have no interest in anything Star Trek related but it really did exceed my expectations. I think the super attractive people and awesome special effects may have had something to do with it.
I also went with my sister in law Brittany to see 17 again today. It was SO good. I LOVED it. I think it is one of the cutest movies I have seen in a long time.
We took a ton of pictures and I am going to post them in a little bit. Time is short but I just wanted to post quick to say that we made it to Utah and are happy to be here!
2 comments:
glad you guys made it safe!! i'll let you know when i'm in utah this summer - maybe we can get together and do something!
What a drive!! We know you guys are busy, but if you get a free night, let us know and we will plan a BBQ or something fun with some of the people from the ward! glad you guys made it safe!
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