Post Eight….A Place I’ve Traveled To

Not long after Hubby and I got together, a series of events led us to taking a road trip to Salt Lake City, UT. While that trip was a spur of the moment and short lived it was oddly enough, fun.

We found out we needed to go up there to retrieve a car. We told our bosses, who were expecting the call as much as we were, that we needed some time off to go get it. We left the next morning.

We left AR in the middle of spring, so it was fairly warm. Warm enough to be wearing shorts and t-shirts. We drove up AR, up halfway through MS then over to KS. By then, we were in need of gas. Hubby pulled into a gas station, and realized that the wind in KS, was quite, well, windy. Apparently the lack of trees and mountains makes for a lack of a wind barrier.

We went on, making it to CO, which by the way, is BEAUTIFUL!!! I told Hubby that one day, when we had more than just drive time, I wanted to actually take a vacation to CO. When we stopped to fill up again, Hubby, who was still in shorts and a t-shirt, about froze! In fact, he tried to wash the windshield from all the snow and ice, only for the water to automatically freeze on it. It was THAT cold!

We kept driving but after a while, we decided it was time to pull into a motel and sleep for the night. It was what people call a “roach motel”. It was THAT bad!!

Ten minutes after being back on the road the next morning, we drove through Steamboat Springs, CO. We were kicking ourselves!!!

So we made it to SLC, got the car, then headed towards home, going south this time. We stopped right outside of the Utah border to sleep for the night. The next morning, we woke up and headed to the only stop I wanted to make on this whirlwind trip…the Four Corners. After that, we headed home…without stopping…until we got to Poteau, OK, which was only an hour from home, but we were exhausted!! We spent the night (well, actually we got there at like 3am and slept until like 4pm) at my brothers house. We then headed home, where we went back to bed, and then to work the next day!

So yes, if you think about it, we drove to SLC and back in 3 days, but it was a great 3 days! It really cemented Hubby and my relationship with one another!!