A couple of weekends ago Jeff had a football game in Spanish Fork Utah. We thought that this would be another great opportunity to go for a quick and easy family trip. We got to Provo Friday night had some dinner and a museum with some close friends...the Hatch's. Saturday morning took a tour of the Conference Center...Amazing! Then hit up the Visitor's Center to see the Christus, again dragging the Hatch's with us. Next on the to do list...the Hogle Zoo, well since it was the first nice day for a few months every one was at the zoo. So we made our way to the This Is The Place Monument instead, where we took a stroll and again enjoyed the company of the Hatch's, whom I want to thank for letting Annabelle hang all over them. Thanks again!
Now off to the big game. Well, that didn't go so well for our beloved Matadors, weird game, bummer ending, they got their first loss of the season! Insert Debbie Downer noise now! Well at least us girls had a great time. And after the game we got to go swimming!
So Sunday morning, we got all packed, got some good breakfast and headed out to hit the zoo, thinking all of those darn Mormons would be in church and not at the zoo, I know we are terrible for vacationing on the Sabbath! So the fun begins, a little noise coming from the car, we think naaa just tire noise, well it is now pouring rain, and we pass the Cabelas exit near Lehi, CLANK CLANK GRIND GRIND RATTLE RATTLE! Panic! Thank heaven's for smart phones, and wireless internet, and ipods, and the DVD player in the car.
We got the joyful experience of riding in a tow truck and finding out the hard way that NOTHING is open on Sundays in Utah!!! The pictures are exactly how everyone was dealing with the wait in the garage's parking lot! A nice lady in the Texaco down the street gave Annabelle a sucker, Loralei of course crashed out, Jeff dealing with a smile and me freaking out quietly. So true so true. So again we have to hand out more Thank yous for our rescuers the Woods. "Because that is what friends are for." A valuable lesson learned that weekend. So Monday we got a Sweet Ford Fusion rental car and split Utah fast and furious.
Since we promised and promised and didn't make it to the zoo, we detoured to Pocatello for the Zoo, very sweet zoo by the way, even in the rain. Thanks Erin for the idea a long time ago.
So a week and 4 days later Jeff and I head to Utah to retrieve our poor Tahoe. Frowny face. Nice 23 hour trip, Thanks again Wood's for putting us up. And thanks Mom and Dad for saving the kids from having to take that drive again.
So now the questions start to flood in.....what do we do with the car that has 100000 miles on it? Ahh! Decisions Decisions!
