We made it. A bit hot, dirty and disgruntled (after all, we were traveling with a four and a half year old), but we made it. The journey overall was a good one. Some complaining from the small one, but nothing too bad. He filled his time with thumb-sucking, doing mazes, listening to Roald Dahl audio books and Raffi (I brought other options but that was always his choice) and looking out the windows.
Fraser and I decided that camping while moving is not as much fun as camping on its own. Nor are sleeping pads as comfortable as they once were, although I must say my deluxe version was much better than Fraser's ultralight (aka super thin) version. Our three person tent was super cozy, though, and I am glad we spent a few nights camping. Our route took us out through eastern Oregon, down to southern Idaho, across the northeast corner of Utah and into Colorado. We did not camp in the hottest of places, Utah, at 95 degrees and no shade. Every time I got out of the car, it felt like my skin was melting off. No thanks. Even if it is dry heat.
I'll try to keep the pictures to the highlights.
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| Malad Gorge in southern Idaho |
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| sage head - the boy loves it, just like his mama |
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| a loon |
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| great white pelican |
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| Lake Walcott at the Minidoka Wildlife Refuge |
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| Dinosaur National Monument, UT |
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| dinosaur fossils! |
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| allosaurus |
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| most complete allosaurus skull excavated |
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| cave paintings from early peoples |
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| Green River |
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| notice all the colours...... |
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| Glenwood Canyon |
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| the tunnels here (vastly different from Portland's) |
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| Lake Sylvan |
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| ahh, aspen |
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| lupine |
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| our cozy tent |
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| way easier to get a silly face out of the boy than a smile |
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| but we bribed him with gum |
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| coming into Boulder.... |
Somewhat surreal returning.... I remember so vividly when we left, tears in our eyes, all of us a few years younger. Strange. Definitely glad to be done driving. We'll take it from here one day at a time.
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