Road Trip to Texas

Drumroll please.....Katie has started a blog!  I have thought about starting one many times, but find other things to fill my time, and to be honest, I don't know if I'm the blogging type.  I love taking pictures, but I'm not much of a writer so we'll see how it goes. I decided a blog is probably the best way to show you what we are up to this summer in Texas. And who knows, maybe I'll love blogging and I'll keep this going once we return to Utah. :)

Our Road Trip to Texas

Day 1- Provo, UT to Monticello, UT

We left Provo in our honda and mini-van rental about 3 pm Friday May 24th. We got Janelle in Mapleton and headed to Monticello for the night. She was our extra driver and Dallin entertainer for our 19 hour road trip over 2 1/2 days. So lucky to have her!


Gas Station Break-Dallin loved pushing the hazards on and off !
 

We had terrible traffic on Highway-6 into Moab, UT because EVERYONE goes to southern Utah on Memorial Day weekend! We stayed at the Monticello Inn which was nice and clean and they had homeade cinnamon rolls for breakfast so we couldn't complain! We enjoyed walking around the Monticello temple Friday evening. Probably the last time in 3 months that we'll wear jackets! 



Monticello Inn-Dallin was glad to be out of the car!

Monticello, UT Temple

Day 2- Monticello, UT to Tucumcari, NM



Albuquerque, NM Temple

Dallin helped us get an early start Saturday morning. He woke up at 5:45 and we were on the road by 7 am!  It was actually nice, because we made it a lot further than we planned.  We made a stop in Albuquerque for lunch and a walk around the temple.  We've always made it a habit to stop and see the LDS temples we pass in our travels.

We enjoyed seeing little towns through Colorado and New Mexico though they were few and far between. We also loved having our 2 way car radios to keep each other awake. Thank you Craig for letting us borrow them! Most of the time, Justin was in the Honda and Janelle drove the van with me navigating, putting in cds, and taking care of Dallin. We took extra long food breaks and walked Dallin around as much as possible to get the wiggles out.

Historic Route 66

Across New Mexico we had a ton of wind and got in a crazy rain storm.  It was one of the strongest we've ever been in and it started to hail at the end! Luckily we made it through safely.  We checked into our hotel and had dinner on the Historic Route 66.

Swimming

After dinner, we went swimming in the hotel pool. Dallin was timid at 1st, but enjoyed it after watching other kids and mom & dad splash around.











Day 3-Tucamcari, NM to Plano, TX

We made it the whole way today!  Our original plan was to finish driving 2 hours on Monday, but we made it Sunday night. Driving today went well besides always steering against the wind.  We were surprised at how much wind there was! Trees along the highway look permanently bent from the wind that obviously always blows in the same direction. :) At our lunch break the temperature hit 100 degrees! Welcome to the heat! We are excited to be in Texas. Dallin was a FANTASTIC traveler and we hope the trip home in August goes as smoothly as this one!