Longest Drive Through Nevada Ever!!

6/30/2016

Day Two of our West Coast Trip started off good in Kingman, although I'm not sure how much sleep I actually got.  It seemed I tossed and turned most of the night.  Scout  was pretty good and didn't bark or whine to get out, but he was restless as well, so I heard him walking around the cabin most of the night.  I think part of the issue was I didn't turn down the A/C so it was on high all night.  I don't know what time it was, but I crawled into my sleeping bag at some point in the night because I was too cool to sleep on top of it anymore.  I think everyone was sleeping on top of their bags at the beginning of the night because it was still too hot to get inside them when we went to sleep.  I woke up at 5:30 and couldn't really go back to sleep after going to the bathroom and taking the dog out, so I just lay there and checked my Facebook feed.  I got everyone up at 6:30 and we got everything packed and ready to go on the road by 8:00.  There was a microwave in the room, so Daniel and I were able to heat our breakfast burritos in the cabin before we left and the kids wanted protein shakes.

We made a quick stop at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign before continuing on our way through eastern Nevada.  We stopped briefly at the junction of the 375, ET Hwy and had our lunch and took a picture at the sign.  McKay kept asking if we were in Idaho yet.  Nope, Nope Nope.  When we finally crossed over into Idaho, and started seeing some farm land, both kids had their heads out the window,smelling the air (there was a storm coming in) and looking at the crops of wheat and corn on the sides of the road.  It was pretty funny to see.  We got to our KOA just before the storm hit so the kids didn't have much time to play at the playground.

Kingman KOA

Welcome to Las Vegas-We've been a few times, but never got this picture!

This is how we travel.  See the long stretch of road behind us, that's about what it looked like in front most of the way

We didn't go this way, but got a pic by the sign

West Coast Trip-Day One

6/29/2016

First leg of the trip, we're overnighting at the Kingman KOA.  We ended up leaving about an hour later than I planned, but Kingman wasn't too far away and with it being summer, it was still light out when we got here.  The kids played in the play area and had fun taking the dog around to the dog run area and meeting new friends.  I didn't get a chance to grab a shower at home before we left, so I was left having to take one at the KOA.  Guess who forgot to bring her towel into the shower?  First time that's ever happened to me.  Not that it would have done a lot of good if I had remembered since my towel was in the back of the van trying to soak up all the water (about a gallon) that spilled out of our water jug when it tipped over in the back of the van during the trip.  I dried off the best I could with my dirty clothes.  I know, that doesn't sound ideal, but it was about my only option.  I wrapped my hair up in my shirt and used my pants to dry the rest of my body.  However it worked, I feel much better and ready for tomorrow.  It will be a long, boring drive through Easter Nevada, straight up to Twin Falls to camp out at another KOA that night.

Kingman KOA

Some Revamping of my Plans

6/27/2016

Well, it's been a little while (3 years) since my initial post on this blog.  My plans had to change slightly as my job situation changed drastically.  I was actually laid off from my consulting job so I was out of work for a long time.  11 months to be exact.  That was very hard on me and family, since, as a widow, I am the sole provider for my family.  We did go on the trip that I had planned.  I didn't even have to take vacation for it.  LOL!  I'll post some pictures of our adventures sometime.  But, now I have a new job and we're getting ready to go on another trip again.

My plans to visit all 50 states are still very much in place.  I just had to modify the timing a little. Since I only get 2 weeks of vacation a year, and I don't have a back-up while I'm gone, I can only take about 1 week at a time. This year, we're going back to Washington to visit my dad.  My mom passed away just a few months ago.  We were hoping to visit her before she passed, but she was just too sick to hold on that much longer.  So, since this is a repeat of some of the same states that we visited 3 years ago, I decided to make it interesting by going a different way so we can see different things. We going to come back down the 101 Coast, so the kids will definitely enjoy that.

And, I already have my plans for next year!  Gotta plan ahead for something of the things I'm dreaming up.

Can't wait!!