yesterday, we dropped hailey off in ogden with sara and anna for efy! she was excited...i hope it turns out to be a great week! there is no air conditioning and everyone shares to same bathroom. she thinks she is really roughing it. :)
then we got on the road. we take i-80 almost all the way to santa rosa.
i got to see the great salt lake up close for the first time. we were passing towns i had heard about all of my life! wendover (not very pretty), wells, battle mountain, elko, winnemucca , and fernley, to name just a few. the drive was actually quite pretty once we left utah. a lot of space that is uninhabited! a lot of sagebrush and mountains.
in case you don't know, i have never been north of alamo/hiko/caliente, nevada. every summer i threaten my family that i am going to reno and lake tahoe. yesterday i finally made it! we stopped for dinner in reno and figured we had about a 3 1/2 hour drive left to santa rosa. we decided to call president stoddard to see if we could sneak in early and get a head start in unpacking. as it turned out, they were still living in the house, so we decided to go let me see lake tahoe and head to santa rosa this morning.
the drive was absolutely gorgeous! this was my first peak at the lake!
this was from a scenic outlook! jon is good at spotting each and every golf course we pass! making mental notes for the future :).
this was as close as we could get! it was so pretty!
we spent the night in truckee, california. we have had a gorgeous drive this morning through donner pass, by donner lake...i really feel like i have had a little taste of wyoming beauty these past couple of days driving. dead skunk aroma, millions of pine trees, blue water of lakes and rivers...it has all taken my breathe away.
we just crossed the boundary of our mission! YIKES!!! We have passed davis (of uc davis), woodland, and now dixon. at first i started to feel a little sick to my stomach...but now just wonder. we meet the stoddard's at 2:00 (2 1/2 hours from now), and then i believe we will be in charge. holy cow, what have we gotten ourselves into? :)
8 comments:
holy cow? please, you people are soooooo ready to be bossy. love you!
Oooh. My stomach got a few butterflys for you. Until I read Sadies comment. Then I felt the same.
Boss away!
we went to tahoe for our honeymoon... i love it there.
have a GREAT first day!
i agree with sadie. i bet dad's ready to lay down the law "you will not leave the table until you eat your cantaloup..even if it means you sit here for hours" style.
I love your girls comments!
I am so glad you got to see Tahoe! It's so pretty!! John and I went there once when are kids were little...
Good luck!! You will be great!!
You go girl! You two are ready and rearing to go. Those missionaries are in for a real treat. I read a talk I want to send you so post your new address so you can start getting fan mail. Dave and Lara made it to the ranch today the rest of the family comes Thursday. Love ya tons and tons.
I check your blog everynight for an update! I love hearing from you. I read a comment from Molly on Sadie's blog and now considerate my favorite comment of all time. To quote Molly, "cowboy up!" LOVE IT!
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