Day Four

July 12, 2008

On the Road Again

Another day driving to Jackson, WY. Again our day started out at 5am, we had a lot of road to cover and wanted to get to our next camp site at a descent time. We were rolling along the two lane road, we came to an area of the road that was "chipped sealed" for those don't know what that means (as I didn't) they put tar down and then put rock chip on top. We had rocks flying all around us and David kept saying I hope no one passes us and flips a rock on to our window, how ever he didn't think to say I hope that we don't flip a rock on us either. Yes, as you are already thinking, we flipped a rock and hit the passenger side mirror, you can see the mess that it made. Lorraine, my mother-in-law said, "that if you look at it, it looks like the route we took out west and the route we took back home." David had said other things to say about it...

A funny thing about this day, and for those with little kids you can relate. Sydnie had to use the restroom and it seemed the further West we headed the few and farther the rest areas seemed to be. David was flustered with the road, and Sydnie kept saying, "but daddy I really have to go." David hoping to surpass her for another few miles, said, "I will find a potty just for you, hold on a few more minutes", knowing that we had about 10 more miles to go before we even got off the chip sealed road. To our amazement around the next corner just for Sydnie, there was a port a potty. As always, David was quick to say, "look Sydnie, Daddy said that I would find one just for you!" As you can see from the picture, Sydnie thought that this potty was just for her. Once again dad came to the rescue.

Grand Teton
The sights coming down to Jackson, WY were just breath taking, to see the Grand Teton from this view and with all the wild flowers... oh, words just can not describe them.

We made it into Jackson, WY around 4:30pm that night, and had time to visit with David's parents and his brother Matthew. What a great visit and Lorraine brought up a cake with her, she always knows the right things to bring with her.