Well we had a rather eventful day!
We woke up at 5am planning to leave the hotel at 6am. Well that didn't techinally happen, we didn't really get on the road till about 7:15. The reason for this is becasue we stopped off at Starbucks right after leaving the Hotel. The Starbuck was inside a City Market so apparently they don't know how to make Coffee so no one like what they got. We then went to McDonald's and got breakfast and then we were off.
The first stop was about 2 1/2 hours after we left and it was a t a rest stop with a fantastic iew of the Colorado River, which I actually got to walk in! I was sooooo cold I couldn't feel my toes!!! But it was beautiful.
So we had a near death experince on the freeway, we were turning a corner and right as we turn that corner there is a STOPPED Semi-Truck. We got so cloe to hitting hat truck, Beth said we were less than a fot away from it. Papa very calmy edged his way passed the truck, good thing he didn't slam on his brakes or else we would have been rear ended and sandwiched between the semi and the car. So that pretty much freaked Grandma out completely, but nothing happened so we are all good :)
Around lunch time we stopped at a Park and ate lunch that Beth prepared. I had Chicken Salad on top of Baby Spinach with a yummy side of Applesauce. (I Love Applesauce)
Here comes the next crazy experince. So Papa finally decided to let someone else drive, so Bryan took over. Within about 30 minutes Beth was finally about to fall asleep, Grandma was listening to Meeting, and the rest of us were in our own little worlds. Then BOOM!!!!!!! The tire blew!!! The tred completly came off and it was crazy! Good thing Grandma had Noise Canceling Head Phones on otherwise she would have flipped. So we pulled off the next exit and the Guys changed the tire, pretty quickly actually. Then we were back on the road as if nothing happened.
For dinner we had DQ and I finally got my Blizzard that I have been wanting since I saw the fisrt DQ on the long drives.
Well now here we are :) Lincolin Nebraska :) Safe and Sound and well ... TIRED!!!! Good thing though we dont have to wake up early in the morning becasue Papa and Bryan are going to get all the Tires on the van replaced around 9am (which is like 7am Cali time). Sleeping in is so fantastic :)
Here are the pictures for today :)
Colorado River
Mountains above the River
In this picture if you look really closely
you can see Papa, he is so tiny compared to the Mountains
Sign for Colorado at the Rest Stop
Having Fun whle trying to balance on rocks
I have no clue what we were looking at
I am sooooo SHORT!!!!!
My toes were so cold!!!
Here is the Gang (except Beth, she insisted on taking
the picture). We now call the Van our Ghetto Party Bus or The Blue Bomb!
There is the Crazy tire!!!
There it is :) Hope you are enjoying the blog ... Please leave your coments :)
Roadtrip 2012,
Myranda May <3
