Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Good byes and Hellos - August 4, 2015

We were able to get a mini-van as a rental for the next leg of our trip. The girls said they were actually happy the truck broke down because it's so comfy. Each has a bucket seat in the back that reclines and each has a shade that pulls up on the window to block out the sun. Spoiled doesn't begin to describe them!

When we got in it, the first thing that popped up on the menu was an error message "Maintenance Required". All I could think was "par for the course!" We had to go back to the rental place to get Aunt Maxine's car, so while we were there, we asked about the error message. They said it was due to the oil change that was required and completed before we got it. The error message just hadn't been reset. We googled it, but just haven't reset it as yet ourselves. Fortunately there are other menus you can scroll through to take it off. It does however still have a yellow warning light on it. We'll just ignore that for now!

It was hard to say goodbye to the Aunts and Uncles today. But knowing we'll see them again in about 10 days makes it more tolerable. They're just the sweetest. They took such good care of us while in Denver, and did a great job of keeping us positive while we rode out the bumpy ride of the truck. It's never easy leaving them.

We headed out for Park City UT for Jen to see one of her good friends over night. We traveled through Wyoming the majority of the way. It is gorgeous country for sure. The flat plains are amazing. You can see forever. It then transitions into rocky plateaus and buttes. It then further changes into what looks like the formations we saw in the Badlands. Simply breath taking.

We had a huge challenge finding a place to stay tonight. There is some sort of bicycle event this weekend that they are preparing for. I'm sure if we had googled Park City, we'd have read about it. We weren't really planning on Park City, but more Salt Lake which is just up the road. Oh well, we have a place to stay. But true to our black cloud form, Cass asked for a double room and we were told we got the last room they had. When we opened the door, it's a single double bed. When I went back up front to ask, they said "Oh no, we're sorry. The handicap rooms only have a single double bed, and that's all we have." Needless to say, she's sleeping on a roll away tonight.

Tomorrow we climb in the car to head for Crater Lake. As soon as we get on the road, we'll be trying to coordinate a place to sleep. It's somewhat out in the boonies, so I'm not really sure what we'll find. It's a 12 hour trip from where we are now, so it's going to be another long day in the car.

We're meeting Jen's friend and eating breakfast with her in the morning. They had a short hello/goodbye exchange, but a little bit of friendship time is better than none! They had met when Jen worked out here as a wilderness counselor. Oh the stories that job inspired. The best one was when the camper decided the best way to get to go home was to injure a staffer. One guess on which staffer she chose to injure?? Yup, you guessed it - Jennifer! She threw a baseball sized rock at Jen's head on her very first trip out on her new job. Fortunately she wasn't injured, but that's a story we NEVER told Eleanor about until after she came home from Utah. She'd have insisted that we go get Jen and bring her home ASAP. Just one of Jen's black could events. There are numerous to tell, but that's another blog/book!

Since tomorrow is a long day, I'll close here. We had an interesting day of arguing in the car over silly things, farting/burping contests, and picture taking at 85 mph. We made good memories vs. broken down car horror stories. Here's to hoping tomorrow holds the same!

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