It was so nice waking up in beautiful Idaho. Billy and his sister made us a breakfast of
scones, strawberries, scrambled eggs and bacon. It was hard to say goodbye but
we had another long day ahead of us. As
we were heading south out of Idaho, we stopped in Bellevue to get gas. As we
were about to get back into the car to start driving, we noticed that the front
left wheel was flat. After looking at
the tire more closely, we discovered a nail or screw in the tire so we called
AAA and they were more than happy to help.
Unfortunately, small town Idaho tire shops were all closed on Sundays so
we had to make it until the next day to get the tire fixed so we just drove on
the spare for the rest of the day.
After we got the tire fixed, I volunteered to drive for the
day, making me a champion driver as well!
We reached Utah in no time although our whole day was delayed anyway
from getting the tire fixed. We stopped
at Willard Day State Park where we got to eat a picnic lunch of salami, cheese,
crackers, and nectarines on the shores of the Great Salt Lake! After we dipped our toes in the lake, it felt
so warm and it was so hot out so we decided to put our swimsuits on and try
going for a swim! We didn’t go in very deep but it was a fun adventure to
splash around for a little.
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| Utah scenery |
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| The Great Salt Lake |
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| About to eat our picnic on the shore |
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| Matthew taking a swim, while I ran out to take a picture of him |
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| My turn! |
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| Post swim |
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| More Utah scenery |
Wyoming was our next stop!
We stopped in Evanston to get gas and then another stop in Little
America because we had read that Little America was home to the World’s Largest
Gas Station. Unfortunately, the gas
station was a truck stop so we didn’t really get to see the largest gas
station. But we were able to go into
Little America’s gift shop and get 50 cent ice cream cones. As we were in line to get our ice cream, a
guy around our age, asked me where I got my flip flops from. Turns out, he recognized the Rainbow brand
flip flops because he lives in Ventura, near the San Clemente Rainbow shoe
store! It was so cool meeting someone who was from the same place as us, so far
from home.
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| Lots of wind machines in Wyoming |
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| Wyoming scenery |
We finally got to Cheyenne, Wyoming, our final stopping
place for the night around 10:30 pm. We
stayed in The Historic Plains Hotel, which was old, dirty, and full of drunk
men from the hotel’s bar. We just
labeled it an adventure and rested up before the next day of driving!
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| Wyoming scenery |
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| The Great Plains Hotel in Cheyenne, Nebraska |
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| The streets of Cheyenne |
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