October 5, 2018: Recovery and Reflection
Day 28 | 30 Days of Writing
Today we have surpassed 3,900 total trip miles and crossed into our 10th and final state of Wyoming. It was a solid ten hours on the road with only one driver behind the wheel for every logged mile. Garrett is our driver. Larry, Zeke, and I are the passengers.
Zeke was pretty much wiped from spending the past few days with his energetic doggy cousins. He snuggled in with Grandpa Larry for most of the ten hours on the road. A book or other obstruction on a lap gives him no pause, Zeke just lays right on top of it all.
Our overnight stay is in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Over dinner (at Old Chicago, of course), I asked the guys what I should name this blog to describe our day. Garrett immediately said "recovery". When I asked for clarification he added "and a lot of reflection". Larry nodded his head in agreement. We had a long drive to get to our next major destination and that gave us a lot of time to reflect on our trip to date.
We have officially been on the road together for two weeks. Amazingly we are still getting along, looking forward to our next adventure instead of longing for being home in our own beds with our own space. I am pretty sure these thoughts will start to cross our minds as we drive across Nebraska on Sunday. But for now I am greatly looking forward to touring the Flaming Gorge in the morning and then being reunited with Lane boys #1 and #3 by mid-afternoon.
Today we drove across the states of Nevada and Utah to get to our last leg of road trip adventure. The combination of spending time with people we love while seeing spectacular sites, many never experienced before and definitely not by our trio + pup as a group, is what makes for our best road trip memories.
Although today was mainly spent in the car, with a few stops for gas and Larry's McDonald's (senior coffee + two apple pies), the skies were a beaming blue with many mountain ranges providing visual entertainment for us along the way. We have no complaints. Our hotel is new with a hot tub that provided me great relaxation tonight and with a fitness facility and breakfast. A perfect morning combo.
Recovery will be over and we will be reenergized for our big day. The reflection part will just keep continuing. That is the sweetest part.
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| A little recovery and reflection going on in the back seat |
Today we have surpassed 3,900 total trip miles and crossed into our 10th and final state of Wyoming. It was a solid ten hours on the road with only one driver behind the wheel for every logged mile. Garrett is our driver. Larry, Zeke, and I are the passengers.
Zeke was pretty much wiped from spending the past few days with his energetic doggy cousins. He snuggled in with Grandpa Larry for most of the ten hours on the road. A book or other obstruction on a lap gives him no pause, Zeke just lays right on top of it all.
Our overnight stay is in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Over dinner (at Old Chicago, of course), I asked the guys what I should name this blog to describe our day. Garrett immediately said "recovery". When I asked for clarification he added "and a lot of reflection". Larry nodded his head in agreement. We had a long drive to get to our next major destination and that gave us a lot of time to reflect on our trip to date.
We have officially been on the road together for two weeks. Amazingly we are still getting along, looking forward to our next adventure instead of longing for being home in our own beds with our own space. I am pretty sure these thoughts will start to cross our minds as we drive across Nebraska on Sunday. But for now I am greatly looking forward to touring the Flaming Gorge in the morning and then being reunited with Lane boys #1 and #3 by mid-afternoon.
Today we drove across the states of Nevada and Utah to get to our last leg of road trip adventure. The combination of spending time with people we love while seeing spectacular sites, many never experienced before and definitely not by our trio + pup as a group, is what makes for our best road trip memories.
Although today was mainly spent in the car, with a few stops for gas and Larry's McDonald's (senior coffee + two apple pies), the skies were a beaming blue with many mountain ranges providing visual entertainment for us along the way. We have no complaints. Our hotel is new with a hot tub that provided me great relaxation tonight and with a fitness facility and breakfast. A perfect morning combo.
Recovery will be over and we will be reenergized for our big day. The reflection part will just keep continuing. That is the sweetest part.
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