Road Trip 2008

On July 18th we started our road trip. The fifth wheel was stocked with food and hooked up to the trailer. We pulled out of the driveway and hoped the kids would be good during the drive. They had no idea how much driving we were going to do. They just knew where we were going. We spent our first night in Ashton, ID where Dalan decided he needed to order a 7 lb burger. Bun and all, it was actually 10 lbs. When they brought it, I could hardly stand to look at the thing. It was disgusting! He went there saying he wasn't going to eat anything and then order a monstrosity of a burger. He ended up eating about 4 lbs of it. They took his picture and said they were going to put it up on the wall. So, if you are ever in Ashton, ID, stop by Big Jud's and let us know if his picture is up there.

From there we headed to Yellowstone. We stayed there for four days. We had a lot of fun there and did a crap load of walking. Oh the walking was crazy. I think this is what got my butt ready for co ed. We saw a lot of animals and I came away saying, "I don't want to see another buffalo ever! I have seen them perform every action they can possibly perform." Okay, well, not every. I didn't see one give birth, but I sure saw everything else. We didn't see a bear or moose, which was pretty disappointing. We missed seeing two bears by about three minutes. We pulled up, they were gone. Go figure! That's just our luck.

After Yellowstone, we went to Cody, WY....not much to tell about this place. We ate...we bought a few souveniers.....we left.

From there we made a quick stop at Devils Tower and then off to Rapid City, SD we went. While there, we went to Mt. Rushmore, which was amazing! We also drove by Crazy Horse...which hasn't changed since I saw it 15 years ago. Dalan has his theories as to why, but we won't go into that. We visited Sturgis, SD, which wasn't what I expected it to be. We bought shirts from there and left. The rally is this week. We also did a few small things like go to a water park, went black light mini golfing and went through a maze. The maze was crazy! I never finished. It took Dalan 30 minutes and my mom 22 minutes. It took me an hour and I gave up. I was hot, hungry, thirsty and tired. I was done! I partly blame it on me having two kids in tow as I went through the maze. We also went to a place called Roo Ranch where the kids were able to interact with a baby kangaroo. They loved that!

From South Dakota we headed back to Utah. We stayed in Vernal for a day hoping we could go to the dinosaur thing. Well, the main quarry was closed, go figure. So, the next day we rafting on the Green River. That was fun, but I was hoping the rapids would be a little rougher.

Anyway, it was a good trip and the kids had fun. I thought they would be bored to death, but they really showed interest in a lot of the things we did. Trent is very into Teddy Roosevelt, so it helped that we learned a little about him on our trip.