Road Trip Days 1-3

We left early Monday morning on our road trip to Southern California to visit my dad.

DAY 1:

6:30 am (PST): Wake up, load up the car, feed the kids breakfast

7:20 am: Gas up and depart

9:00 am: Ada throws up (motion sickness).

9:05 am: Ada falls asleep so we decided not to bother her and leave her in her smelly clothes. We enjoy the lovely aroma permeating our nostrils for hours.

1:30 pm (MDT): We stop to refill the gas tank, take a potty break, stretch our legs, and clean up Ada and her car seat.

2:30 pm: We get stopped in traffic because of a bad accident that completely shut down the freeway. Luckily our GPS quickly navigates around the accident and we are back on the open road in no time.

3:00 pm: We pass by a Penske moving truck that rolled over in a ditch. The top of the truck was completely ripped off and the contents were strewn about.

7:15 pm: We arrive at the time-share my dad lined up for us in Eden, Utah--just up the canyon from Ogden. It was a beautiful place--we wished we could have stayed longer and enjoyed the ammenities. We unload our backpacks.

8:00 pm: We eat fried chicken, potato salad, and fresh melon from the grocery store for dinner.

10:00 pm: Everyone is finally asleep!

DAY 2:

7:30 am (MDT): We wake up, eat breakfast, reload the car, and check out of the time-share.

8:30 am: California or bust! We gas up and start driving.

2:30 pm: We stop in St. George, UT to fill up the gas tank, stretch legs and take a potty break.

3:00 pm (PST): We pass through Las Vegas and mom was relieved that the kids were too enthralled in their movies to notice some racey billboards alond the side of the road.

4:00 pm: We stop in a little place called Baker, CA, where Death Valley begins, to get a little more gas and to experience the 110 degree weather. Hans was wearing a long sleeve shirt--crazy kid! Also, Baker, CA claims to have the best greek gyros in the USA. Gyros are one of my favorite foods and I was tempted to give it a try, but I wasn't hungry (because of my incessant snacking) and didn't want to push it. Maybe on the way home.

6:15 pm: We arrive at Grandpa Davey's house in Southern, CA and Grandma Davey feeds us a yummy dinner.

9:00 pm: We get everybody to bed and go to sleep.

DAY 3:

7:00 am: Everbody wakes up and eats breakfast. We hang out around the house all morning, take baths, showers, etc.

11:30 am: Eat lunch and leave for the March Air-Force base Air Museum in Riverside. I did not know how incredibly huge the B-52 bombers were until seeing one in person. The kids did some things that were probably against the rules but they sure had fun doing it!

3:30 pm: Arrive home and run in the sprinkler in Grandpa's back yard.

4:00 pm: We hear the ice cream man's music in the neighborhood and run into the street to buy some ice cream from the ice cream truck. Childhood memories of the ice cream man came flooding back! Lauren and LeAnn, notice Jenny got a Bugs Bunny icecream with gumball eyes. I always wanted one of those and mom would never let me choose it. I guess you could say I was reliving my childhood dream through my child.

6:00 pm: Grilled some burgers and hotdogs for dinner and relaxed after dinner.

7:30 pm: Joe took the kids to a nearby park and was approached by several vagrants.

9:00 pm: Kids all go to bed!