Road trip: Colorado-Nebraska

After some wonderful time with family, it was time to hit the road and make the long trek home. First, we got to do my VERY FAVORITE day of driving--over the Rockies from Roosevelt, UT to Denver, CO.

There is beauty around every corner.

My camera doesn't do justice to the amazing landscapes.

One of our rest stops had an old train car.

B thought it was a good opportunity for chin ups.

A pretty river ran right next to it, too.

Drove through Vail, CO, and got to see all the fancy ski condos.

Stopped at Rainbow Park in Silverthorne,

a family favorite.

And made a super quick stop at scenic Georgetown Lake,

another family favorite that we discovered on our

very first road trip in 2006:

with patchy-eye Whit and adorable-hyperactive B! :)

While in Colorado, we stayed with Diana and Scott,

good friends from our BYU days.

I'm so grateful for all the friends and family members who 

host us along this trip. We couldn't do this without them!

So fun to catch up after many years.

Next stop:  Denver airport to DROP OFF B!

What? I knew this day was coming eventually,

when jobs or camps would break up the road trip.

And it finally came.

Our stake youth were going on a trip to Kirtland, OH,

and Palmyra, NY. I thought it would be a great chance

for B to see those sights with his friends. 

I didn't want him to miss out.

So I sent him on a plane!

Andrew was already home, so he picked him up in Greensboro.

Bye, B! We'll miss you!

Then it was just us girls.

Driving through the beautiful big skies of Nebraska.

Do you see that funky overpass ahead?

That's a museum in Kearny, NE.

We decided to make that our fun stop for the day.

It was overpriced, in my opinion,
but a great museum.

Bird's eye view of I-80 beneath us.

We made it to Omaha that night.

We were so excited to see Jessica, JD, and their kids,

who moved from NC last year.

It was cow day at Chick-fil-a,

so we taped our spots on and drove down...

only to find out that we were 15 minutes late!

D'oh!

They were nice and still gave us gift cards for free sandwiches.

Caroline and Ryleigh had a great time catching up.

Just a few more adventures left on our way home!