Road Trip

We started out the day with plans to hit up Craters of the Moon National Park, but due to the cold wind and it being in the opposite direction and all of us feeling quite exhausted from several late nights in a row, we turned south with plans to catch it later.  Besides the cold wind it was a rather beautiful day.  We enjoyed the mountains, Utah’s beautiful Capitol building,  and other the gorgeous rock formations.  We retired early for the day in Moab UT which brings us almost three hrs from our first assignment and right next to Arches National Park.

Lots of love from Utah
-Sarah

With only a three hour drive and visit to the Capitol building on the agenda we took advantage of the down time to allow for a slow start to the morning.  After several very late nights in a row the kids were ready for a recovery day. We were also able to take advantage of the scenery in the middle with out feeling rushed.  We stopped in Twin Falls Idaho at the scenic overlook and spent some time hiking around Shoshone falls. And spent the evening with friends. We should make it to Salt Lake City tomorrow.

We also tried an Idaho spud (the candy).
-Sarah

I grew up in Idaho and Chad and I both attended NNU so driving through town with out seeing our loved ones was out of the question; especially since Chad had been back only one time since Graduation 10 years ago.  As we ran through the list of people we would like to see and who would be available in the middle of the day on a week day for unannounced visitors.  I got to see almost all of my Aunts and Uncles (we missed Aunt Peggy we will catch her on the next swing through Nampa).  And we also saw a handful of friends.  By the end of the day we made it a whopping 26 miles from our previous nights destination, and had a very fun day.

-Sarah

Yesterday we finally took off for our first assignment.  Heading down to Farmington new Mexico.  We made it all the way to Emmett ID.  Got to see some beautiful views and observe the changing scenery.  Hope to have a lot more fun as we continue our travels.

~Chad