Our 2000 mile drive

We started our 2000 mile drive to Utah on Saturday, June 28, 2008. Mom, Dad, Dallin, Landon, and Easton headed out of Suwanee, Georgia at around 11:30 am, a little later than planned. It always takes us longer to actually leave the house than we plan. We always say we are going to load the car the night before but that just never happens. Oh well. We spent our first night about an hour west of St. Louis.

Our first dinner was at a lovely Bob Evan restaurant. Nice and air conditioned. The boys enjoyed breakfast for their dinners!

Don't you love this freaky looking cloud? The picture doesn't do it justice--it looked electrifying!
A picture of the arch as we drove by. The Mississippi river which runs by the arch was overflowing and the tops of trees were just peaking above the river.
Another very freaky cloud. We debated about stopping before we ran through this storm or trying to outrun it and continue through it. We decided to press on, thinking that it would be better to get through it and possibly beat it, than hang around and see what damage it could do.Sunday morning we took a detour off Interstate 70 to visit Liberty Jail in Liberty, Missouri. We took a wonderful tour and learned about Joseph Smith and the others that were held captive for months. We felt the spirit there and gained an appreciation for what went on there and the suffering that these courageous men went through.A replica of the Liberty jail. Stephen and Landon looking inside.We loved seeing these really huge windmills throughout Kansas and Wyoming. They are definitely larger in person! Wyoming found us at the Lincoln Memorial at a cool rest stop. I used to stop here every summer with my family when I was little and have our lunch. By the time we reached this reststop after leaving Rock Springs, Wyoming where my grandparents lived it would be lunchtime. We never talked to mom from Rock Springs until we reached this stop because she would be crying and sad after leaving her family. It was an annual thing for her. She would cheer up after eating lunch and sitting at the picnic table for awhile. She was always fine after this stop in the trip.

We reached Bountiful, Utah around 7:00 pm Monday, June 30 after a nice drive. The kids were great. They played a lot of ps2 games and watched a lot of movies. We were all glad to get out of the car and see Grandma and Grandpa and all the Aunts, Uncles, and COUSINS!!! We will add more posts about our vacation so keep checking back.