Day 1 (June 18) - Driving!

We pulled out of our driveway at 4:41 am, and headed East on I-80. If any of you have done this drive before, you know that, well, after Reno, uh, it's pretty boring. Actually, the dessert and salt plains have their own beauty - especially riding in an air-conditioned van!

After a few brief stops for coffee, gas, and "liquid off-loading procedures", we stopped for a picnic lunch at a park in the thriving metropolis of Wells, NV. Lunch was great and we had a chance to stretch our legs and throw the baseball. We also met 4 young high school kids who were hanging out at the park (lots to do there in Wells!). I enjoyed getting to know these 4 a bit, and left them with one of my cards and a copy of the booklet "Ultimate Questions". Planting seeds!

We arrived at our hotel in Park City, UT in the late afternoon. Got settled in the room, then had dinner at Taco Bell (we're trying to eat real healthy). A couple of young men there asked about our American Flag t-shirts (its become a tradition for us to wear these "Old Navy" annual tees on the first day of our vacation), and then let us know they were in the Army and kind of had a thing for the flag. Nick (from Woodland), and Dustin were their names. They've both seen time in Iraq, and Nick is scheduled to go back soon.

Among other things while on the road, we listened to some of John Bunyan's "Pilgrims Progress" (which can be downloaded for free this month from Christian Audio.com.) We also listened to some music, read, watched some dvd's, slept, reviewed some memory verses, listened to some Bill Cosby monologues that the Nevins lent us (when they came by to wish us well last night), and played with the new GPS that the kids and Laurie gave me for Father's Day.

Now we are off to bed, and more road tomorrow!

Miles Today: 681
Total Trip Miles: 681

Quote of the Day: from Lindsay (impatiently), when we located the closest Starbucks on our handy-dandy GPS early this morning: "What...it's 20 MILES to Starbucks?!?!?!?!"

Blessings, Greg