Contemplating a long drive? My family and I have driven all the way across America. Twice. For travel tips, click here.
Mileage: 353
Total mileage: 3048
Today’s time in car: 6 hours 40 minutes
Starting from: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ending in: Boise, Idaho
States visited: Utah, Idaho
Today’s boredom buster: room service
Mood: reminiscent
Today we ended our tour of Mormon history with visits to the Museum of Mormon History and Art and Temple Square.
On our walk to the museum we saw people setting up for an Easter egg hunt in front of the Salt Lake Art Museum. I felt a bit sad that we would be traveling on Easter. I had arranged for the Easter Bunny to pay a visit to our house before we moved. And tomorrow we will attend church. We will also spend some time talking about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Maybe even listen to Handel’s Messiah in the car, but I felt like we would be mostly ignoring the holiday this year.
So I was delighted when a woman with a box full of plastic eggs noticed us and insisted we come join in the hunt. She even went so far as to find a bag for Abby to put her eggs in.
Abby was thrilled.
When we resumed our walk to the Mormon history Museum, Abby was clutching a plastic bag full of Easter cheer.
Thank you, kind lady!
After our brief morning in Salt Lake, we drove north to visit my brother and his family. We enjoyed a couple of hours of good conversation with Bart, his wife Gwen, and their teenage son, Derek who Abby may or may not have developed a crush on.
We left, supplied with Uncrustables, Girl Scout Cookies, Twinkies, Orange soda and plans for a reunion this summer. I’m already looking forward to it.
Before leaving Utah, we stopped by the little house my Grandmother had lived in for all of her adult life (pictured above). I felt as though I could run up to the door and announce “Grandma, we’re here!” like so many times before, but I know the house is empty. Instead I took a few pictures and remembered her.
Then we turned west again and drove on.
Tomorrow: Oregon
I can’t believe you’re keeping this up on your drive.
It’s been fun to see all the church historic sites, I’ve seen pics but it’s somehow different when there’s someone’s stories to go with them. So thanks for sharing.