Back on the Road Again … Saturday October 28

Up at 5:00 am and gone by 5:30. Ron stuffed the car (or as I would like to call it, the big red traveling suitcase) completely full of stuff. This stuff included: a wall hanging, serving platters, 4^th of July decorations, the family ravioli platter, a down filled vest for Nick, salami, and bunches of french, sourdough and grissini bread. Over the mountain and across the plains we drove. For the first time since the trip began, we finally felt, talked out and put in one of the books on tape. We chose Guns Germs and Steel, a book Melinda had to read for a class and that we had talked about off and on through the trip. Listening to it required one to really pay attention. It was interesting, but the guy reading it had the most soporific voice. Melinda got a couple hours of sleep and missed some of the reading and then we switched and I got to doze for a couple hours and miss other parts. Overall though, we got a sense of the book, though it was just a review for Min.

We drove into SLC around 7:00 California time. We decided not to move our watches forward to 8:00 Mountain time, since Daylight savings time was upon us and we’d just have to reset our clocks the next morning. I called Rebecca to let her know we were in town and were probably just going to drive on home to our respective houses. She was out with her roller derby friends, and told us to just go ahead and grab our stuff. So we did.

I got back to my home in Pocatello around 9:30/10:00 pm (still on California time). I had to call and talk to friends and family most of the way home to help with the sleepiness. After all driving for 16 hours can be quite draining.

The trip was FABULOUS. Melinda is always fun to hang out with. Then you add birds, whales, family, good food, and a great hotel bed and it’s a perfect vacation.

After Later
Jenny