Road Tripping

At the end of September we went on a week long pleasure/business trip. We had just planned to go down to St. George with Lynn's parents for the weekend, but then last minute they asked Lynn to go to a meeting for work up in Oregon the following Monday. Well why not just make a long road trip out of it and go? Because naturally, the shortest way to get to Oregon from Willard UT, is south through St. George. Ha

Now if you know me at all, you know that I really do not love long drives and being confined in a vehicle for hours on end. But I really tried hard to enjoy it. We did over 2,000 miles this trip, whew!

We spent a couple days down in St. George enjoying the perfect weather. We just relaxed, did some shopping, and Lynn took his dad out for a mountain biking adventure. I'd have to say my favorite thing was going to see Mary Popping at Tuachan! I have actually danced on the Tuachan stage before but never gotten to see a production there, it was awesome! Thanks Jorgensens!

Next we drove, drove, drove. Driving across Nevada is serious death. I do not recommend it. And yet Lynn has made me suffer through it twice now.  We spent the night in Susanville, CA and the next day got Lynn to his meeting in Keno, OR. He was checking out a project to replace the fish screens at a big plant for Pacificorp.  (He ended up getting the job by the way :) Next stop for the night, Klamath Falls, OR. We are not fans of that place. When we got up the next morning, Lynn's mountain bikes that we had chained into the truck had been stolen. UGH. Seriously the worst feeling ever. We had Brian's bike with us too, which made it extra crappy. After filing a police report and watching surveillance videos, there pretty much was nothing else we could do. So we called our insurance and headed back on the road. (Our insurance turns out to be wonderful and we got the bikes covered. Thank heavens!)

We decided to take an extra day and go visit Crater Lake National Park. We've heard its a really beautiful place and decided to go check it out. Have I mentioned that we suck at visiting National Park places? Remember these awesome pictures of us visiting Mt. Rushmore?

Well here we are at Crater Lake.....

 

Ha ha, you seriously just have to laugh about the whole thing. The roads were all closed around the lake and it was super foggy so you couldn't even see the lake at all. We went to the visitor center and watched a little movie about the lake, and that was about it.

Here is what we missed out on.... No big  deal :(

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We eventually made our way back home to Utah. I never wanted to get in the truck again. Ha. All in all we had a good time being together despite the craziness that went on, and look forward to many more adventures in our future!