I think that the blog will say that it's Wednesday already, because it's past midnight, but I'll still write as if it is Tuesday--because I haven't gone to bed yet, so it still feels like Tuesday night to me :-) Mom and I made it home last night!!!! We had a fun road trip, but it's always great to arrive at your destination--especially when your destination is your house. We put almost 1,600 miles on the car! I have a bit of catching up to do since I wasn't able to write anything for a few days. On Saturday night Mom and I stayed at the cool Hotel Ottumwa in Ottumwa, Iowa. We were interested in staying there because we had heard about the hotel on the news a few weeks ago when Billy Clinton hosted a campaign rally for Hitlery there, then failed to pay the $9,500.00 bill. The hotel people were understandably upset with the Billary crowd, and Mom and I are upset with them all the time, so we thought we'd stay there. It is a really neat old building!
On Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hotel, then we struck out across Iowa and Nebraska. We took I-80 which, much to my delight, basically follows the Pony Express trail (and kind of the Mormon Trail)! At Camp Floyd this summer, I'll be telling people all about the Pony Express, so Mom was nice enough to stop at all of the forts and Pony Express stations we passed as we made our way west. Our first such stop was Fort Kearny, Nebraska. This place is especially significant because it was from here that Johnston's Army left to head out to the Utah Territory where they set up shop at Camp Floyd. After visiting Fort Kearny we drove to Sidney, Nebraska where we spent the night. Sidney is famous for being the site of Cabela's World Headquarters.
On Monday morning we had breakfast there at the hotel, then we ventured out on the last leg of our journey. Just when you thought I'd left Abraham Lincoln behind for the summer, along comes a mammoth Abe Lincoln statue just outside of Laramie, Wyoming! Random to the max. Of course Mom and I had to stop and take our picture with the very tall Abe Lincoln (though he's not as tall as the one in Charleston!), which was built to commemorate the Lincoln Highway. After taking pictures with the random Lincoln statue, we noticed something hanging down underneath Stryder's bumper. We had hit quite a bump on Saturday going into Ottumwa, so we realized that said hanging piece of bumper must be a result of the nasty bump. We were relatively concerned, so we went to a car place there in Laramie and they took care of it. Luckily it wasn't anything crucial to the functioning of the car, so the car people were able to just saw it off from where it was broken, and we were good to go.
Our next stop was Fort Bridger, Wyoming, near the town of Lyman. It is my new favorite historic site! It is such a neat place. Fort Bridger was built to protect settlers moving west, and the Mormon Church even purchased the fort at one time (but they burned it when Johnston's Army was coming, thus forcing the army to camp in burned-out cabins for the winter--right on!).
The only surviving remnant of the Mormon occupation of the fort is part of the stone wall that they built. We didn't arrive at Fort Bridger until after the park facilities were closed, so we were the only people there--except for some employees who had the hilarious job of riding around on a tractor, shooting prairie dogs. It was kind of nice to have the whole place to ourselves. We then ate dinner at Chick's Cafe in Heber City, and we arrived home last night at about 9:30. It felt great to be home, to see everyone, and to sleep in my own bed again.
This morning when I woke up I got to play and play with little Miss Eliza. We had so much fun! Then, this evening we got to go to Riley's Preschool Graduation program. She did a great job performing all of the songs they had learned. Big Sister Camden even got to participate in the program too! Sidney was a little scared of me at first, but by the end of the evening she was giving me kisses. It's so great to be home to see my adorable nieces again!!
I think that the blog will say that it's Wednesday already, because it's past midnight, but I'll still write as if it is Tuesday--because I haven't gone to bed yet, so it still feels like Tuesday night to me :-) Mom and I made it home last night!!!! We had a fun road trip, but it's always great to arrive at your destination--especially when your destination is your house. We put almost 1,600 miles on the car! I have a bit of catching up to do since I wasn't able to write anything for a few days. On Saturday night Mom and I stayed at the cool Hotel Ottumwa in Ottumwa, Iowa. We were interested in staying there because we had heard about the hotel on the news a few weeks ago when Billy Clinton hosted a campaign rally for Hitlery there, then failed to pay the $9,500.00 bill. The hotel people were understandably upset with the Billary crowd, and Mom and I are upset with them all the time, so we thought we'd stay there. It is a really neat old building!
On Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hotel, then we struck out across Iowa and Nebraska. We took I-80 which, much to my delight, basically follows the Pony Express trail (and kind of the Mormon Trail)! At Camp Floyd this summer, I'll be telling people all about the Pony Express, so Mom was nice enough to stop at all of the forts and Pony Express stations we passed as we made our way west. Our first such stop was Fort Kearny, Nebraska. This place is especially significant because it was from here that Johnston's Army left to head out to the Utah Territory where they set up shop at Camp Floyd. After visiting Fort Kearny we drove to Sidney, Nebraska where we spent the night. Sidney is famous for being the site of Cabela's World Headquarters.
On Monday morning we had breakfast there at the hotel, then we ventured out on the last leg of our journey. Just when you thought I'd left Abraham Lincoln behind for the summer, along comes a mammoth Abe Lincoln statue just outside of Laramie, Wyoming! Random to the max. Of course Mom and I had to stop and take our picture with the very tall Abe Lincoln (though he's not as tall as the one in Charleston!), which was built to commemorate the Lincoln Highway. After taking pictures with the random Lincoln statue, we noticed something hanging down underneath Stryder's bumper. We had hit quite a bump on Saturday going into Ottumwa, so we realized that said hanging piece of bumper must be a result of the nasty bump. We were relatively concerned, so we went to a car place there in Laramie and they took care of it. Luckily it wasn't anything crucial to the functioning of the car, so the car people were able to just saw it off from where it was broken, and we were good to go.
Our next stop was Fort Bridger, Wyoming, near the town of Lyman. It is my new favorite historic site! It is such a neat place. Fort Bridger was built to protect settlers moving west, and the Mormon Church even purchased the fort at one time (but they burned it when Johnston's Army was coming, thus forcing the army to camp in burned-out cabins for the winter--right on!).
The only surviving remnant of the Mormon occupation of the fort is part of the stone wall that they built. We didn't arrive at Fort Bridger until after the park facilities were closed, so we were the only people there--except for some employees who had the hilarious job of riding around on a tractor, shooting prairie dogs. It was kind of nice to have the whole place to ourselves. We then ate dinner at Chick's Cafe in Heber City, and we arrived home last night at about 9:30. It felt great to be home, to see everyone, and to sleep in my own bed again.
This morning when I woke up I got to play and play with little Miss Eliza. We had so much fun! Then, this evening we got to go to Riley's Preschool Graduation program. She did a great job performing all of the songs they had learned. Big Sister Camden even got to participate in the program too! Sidney was a little scared of me at first, but by the end of the evening she was giving me kisses. It's so great to be home to see my adorable nieces again!!
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Hooray! We are so excited to have Aunt Tiffy home!
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