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Week one is in the books, and so far (knock on wood) so good. The rig has run reliably; we have managed to sleep very well and cozily every night. We have had the opportunity to visit with friends and family, and we have seen some of the sights along
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Day 10 was a big big day of driving. We had a nice, slow, and lazy breakfast with Mom, Sue, and Peter (Sophie is a sleeper) and did some visiting before saying good buys and hitting the road for destinations to the east. We decided that we wanted to do
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Sunday, and what a nice way to spend the day - we spent most of the day just hanging out and bullshitting with Mom, Sue, Peter, and Sophie. It was nice to catch up and share our stories without pressure to be anywhere or do anything special. Peter is doing well.
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Yesterday was an absolutely brilliant day - we woke up in our campsite on the north side of the Colorado River to a glorious sunrise. We made ourselves some coffee and then headed out. With the ultimate destination being Jack and Jays' place in Flagstaff. On the way out, we
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Our sixth day on the trip was visiting Zion National Park. We got out of bed early and hit the road from our campsite on the North Creek outside of Pocketvill UT, and headed towards Zion. The previous day, while we were visiting Kolob Canyon, the manager mentioned that by
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We spent Wednesday driving from the Vernon Reservoir to Kolob Canyon, which is part of Zion National Park The drive was uneventful. We stopped in Delta to fuel up and wash all of the mud off of the rig, before continuing to head south. The drive was fantastic, with wide-
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Day 4 of our road trip saw us traveling from the City of Rocks National Reserve and then over to Garland, Utah to see my Uncle Dan and Aunt Linda weatbrook - where we had a very pleasant visit. The weather on the way there was very gray, stormy, and rainy.
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Today was a good day. Catherine wanted to finish some work today, so Patrick and I headed into Boise and he gave me a wonderful tour of the town. We started at the old Union Pacific depot, which has been lovingly restored. The docent that tended to us was full
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Well, Day 2 is in the books! We Drove from the Horn School Safety rest area down to Lewiston, where we got Fuel, and ended the day at our friend Patrick's place in Boise. Patrick worked at Expedia with me. "Back in the day," where we
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Well, Day One of this adventure is in the books! And so far so good! The weather is working in our favor since we are enjoying ourselves, and with the gray clouds, every day from here on out has the opportunity to have better weather, that is for sure! The
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Well, things are just about ready - tomorrow is the big day! We have spent the last couple of weeks maintaining a shared reminder list of things we wanted to ensure we packed for the trip. We have spent this week gathering all of those things into little piles. I went
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Good Day! I hope that you are doing well and enjoying the coming spring. Catherine and I are just a week away from starting our big road trip down to Texas to see the eclipse on the 8th of April. This week has been about getting ready for the trip.