The kids in the packed and ready car.
The hail/snow that kept us from our original route.
Grant in flight
Karate Kid, anyone?
The beautiful Nebraska skyline (from the rest stop, soooo.)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Cross country trip: Day One
What do camels, over a foot of hail, a detour and the Virgin Mary all have in common? If you were us , it would describe yesterday. We got off to a great start and were on the road by 6:15 am. All went smoothly until we hit Laramie. The sign over the highway said to turn back to Laramie, I-80 is closed. What??? We tuned in to our local am station 1610 to get more info. Not much help. So Officer Friendly that was directing the turnabout said that there was over a foot of hail at the summit pass between here & Cheyenne, many crashes, of would be at least a couple of hours to open up again. So we turned to our good friend, Gina the GPS. Between her & the atlas, we charted a new route that only took us an hour put of our way down into Fort Collins, CO. The weather stayed non-hail-y and we got down, flipped around and back on our route. As we crossed the CO/WY borders, there was this interesting little establishment on the side of the road. Among other oddities they offered, camel rides were included. Thanks, but no thanks. We've had our fill. As we moseyed on over tbe border of NE, we spotted an unusual sign directing us to a shrine. Even though we were beyond curious, we had to keep going. Little did we know that we didn't miss out, by a looong shot. On the right side of the interstate was a huge two story tall Virgin Mary. Wow, what can one say. Have we seen it all? You'll just have to stay tuned for more events. We pushed on to North Platte, NE and arrived 14 1/2 hours after leaving Rexburg.
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Have you ever read Neil Gaiman's American Gods? It is dark and twisted, but very good modern mythology (I love Gaiman!) The thing I truly loved about this book was one character explained that roadside tourist attractions, these amazing and unbelievable things and structures and who knows what else is the middle of nowhere.. are built upon places of power. People felt the mysteriousness of the site and were drawn to construct, or gather twine, or bury cadilacs, or whatever. Now, anytime we pass one of these things... you know, one of the really strange ones that, if you think of the WHY too much, it boggles the mind and gives you chills... well, now you know... (makes sense to me ;) !)
Have fun!! I'm jealous of this adventure!!
I agree with Connie, this def sounds like quiet the adventure. And you thought you left the craziness behind in Egypt! LOL
Did you know that Fort Collins is only 30 minute away from us? And if this was Saturday we were in Fort Collins!!! Or if it was Thursday we drove through a big storm here too only no hail delays. We hope you can stop in on your way back out because we think you all are great. So its too bad that we have to wait for our Lydia hopefully next time around!
After having made that drive with half as many children, you have my sympathies. It's long. Very long. And I never want to make it again. Ever.
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