Bev, Mom and Deb
We switch vehicles from Laurie to Cheyenne at Evanston WY WELL I CAN HONESTLY SAY I HAVE NEVER HAD A DAY LIKE THIS ONE IN MY LIFE!! You think you have seen and done about everything you are going to and then suddenly there is something new and different.
We were loaded and ready to leave Debbie's by 7 a.m. We drove over to Beverly's because we were taking her car. Unloaded all the luggage and stuff I shopped for from Debbie's SUV to Beverly's little Camry ..... and it all fit! Bonnie didn't shop like I had, but I was so glad for the chance to get things that had been on my list for a long time - and no where to buy them anywhere near us.
We were to meet Laurie about St. George. She lives between Salt Lake and Provo and she started driving down through Utah on I-15 about 7 a.m. We ended up getting as far as the Hurricane/Zion off ramp. Cell phones are wonderful for this kind of experience, as Bonnie could really keep track and coordinate with Laurie where we each were. Both cars pulled into the service station there at almost the same time. We got a photo of Bev, Deb and me with the 70 degree desert and the red sandstone bluffs in the background before we took off. Speedily unloaded all the "stuff" from Beverly's car into Laurie's, said goodbye, and headed north. - Found out later Bev and Deb got back home by 1 p.m. including stopping for lunch.
Laurie moved right along and it was an enjoyable drive ..... As Joe and I had for the many years we went back and forth from Las Vegas to Wyoming, we went from spring back into winter as we drove North. I got some photos, and especially liked the snow covered mountains before we got into Salt Lake. We stopped at a Wendy's for lunch, and then back on the road. Bonnie and Laurie had talked at first about getting as far as Laurie's house and Bonnie and I would take her car on home, but revised that plan and she continued to drive us on to Evanston. We tried the 800 north off ramp to Orem and Provo canyon instead of the University exit at Provo and that was also interesting. A little less congested, a little further on the freeway.
By the time we got to Provo Canyon there was snow covering the ground. We took a short side trip at Midway where Bonnie and Laurie had lived years ago, and which I had not seen before and really enjoyed it. Saw where Robert Duncan has his studio there. It had begun to gradually get more overcast, breezy and spitting snow every once in a while. Not too much longer and we were nearing Evanston where we would meet Bonnie's son Cheyenne. He was going to take us on the next leg of the journey. About that time Bonnie's brother Marc called her on her cell and said he could have the plane pick us up on Saturday when his wife was going back home to Spanish Fork from Mesa. Too bad, but it was too late for that.
As we crossed the Utah Wyoming line Mother Nature welcomed us home by flinging icy hail and it tap danced on the windshield for a ways. From then on the weather took a turn for the worse, off and on. Again Good Son Cheyenne's truck and Laurie Darlin's SUV pulled up at the Pilot station at about the same time. There we got Laurie, Cheyenne and Bonnie against a Wyoming snow bank - and I will post those pictures - this one and the one in St. George - as soon as I learn how to get them out of the new camera. We got everything from the SUV to the truck, and sped off into the gathering dusk. I just have to say that Laurie Darlin' went far beyond the call of duty, driving down to St. George and clear back through the length of Utah and then back to her home in one day. THANK YOU LAURIE!
As we drove night soon fell and the further north we went we began to run into flurries and short blizzards. By the time we got to LaBarge and Big Piney it was snowing and blowing, but Cheyenne drove us carefully on toward home. The wind was really blowing a blizzard as we got into Pinedale, but we were back home by about 8 p.m. One more time unloading all my stuff into the house. Joe was waiting for us and it was good to be home. THANKS, CHEYENNE! YOU GUYS TOOK GOOD CARE OF US. "The Boys" were glad to see me and stuck to me like glue for the next several days, and sleeping as close to my bed as they could. I had a can of chicken noodle soup for dinner and went to bed.
It was a wonderful trip. Everything went well, and it looks like I can travel like that just fine with no problems. THANKS BEVERLY AND DEBBIE FOR HAVING US AND TAKING US ON SO MANY NICE OUTINGS. It was a wonderful trip, and I sure enjoyed traveling with Bonnie - in fact, she made much of it possible - getting there and back. SO THANK YOU TOO BONNIE! AND THANK YOU BROTHER MARC!
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