Traveling

We did it.

For the first time in 4.5 years we DROVE back to Utah.

It took us 24(ish) hours and we drove straight through the night.  The fact that our kids both sleep 12ish straight hours and in their carseats was rather inticing. (12 hours of backseat silence and not having to pump)

We powered through the night switching drivers every couple hours.  We got out for a quick breakfast and then for lunch we found a park to let Miss Rylee run around - it worked out well.

We took the route through Carlsbad and Roswell NM.  Roswell is a funny little town that has exploited a few apparent ufo sightings - they have aliens everywhere. ie, nearly all street lamps (sorry the photo is turned, I don't feel like turning and re-loading it)

We stopped long enough for Michael to get a picture with a UFO in a hotel parking lot. I wistled the x-files theme song through the whole town.

Next up: Colorado.  Unfortunately the later half of our trip was rather smoky from several wild fires.  We even saw some flames.

I may have let out a little squeal when the Utah state line was visible.

We even made up a cheer.

The drive home was a bit tougher.  We had to pull over a few times (we had too many late nights in a row) the kids were a bit more restless, and Texas is huge.

More on the actual trip to come.