Today was a check back into reality. It appears that you can be on vacation for about a week before life calls again. Our day was spent basically doing errands. Kathryn tried to figure out some of her loan stuff for school for her post bac classes this morning while I tried to find a Chevrolet dealership to get my turn signals fixed. They were both burned out and we have discovered that driving, especially in California, is dangerous without them. This morning was also the morning my cell phone decided to not let me hear anything on the other end so, alas, another problem to be dealt with.
So, we headed out to find a Sprint store to get a new phone and the dealership to get the lights fixed. We also had plans to go to the Oakland Museum of California.
After a not so friendly or helpful, but nonetheless successful, encounter at the Sprint store we venture to Alameda, CA (just south of Oakland) to fix the car. The people at the dealership restored our faith in the possibility of Californians to be friendly and helpful. We had to wait a while so we walked the streets a bit and then found some lunch at a grocery store. Then we waited some more, but finally the car was fixed. The blinkers work and the oil is changed so it will make it another couple thousand miles back to Milwaukee. In the meantime we called the museum and discovered that they are not open to the public on Tuesdays, so there went that idea.
After our adventure in the much friendlier Alameda we took a trip to Ikea...one of our favorite fun stores. We didn't buy much, but, as always, had fun looking around.
Tomorrow we will head out north up the coast and through the Redwood National Park in northern California. Hopefully it should be a pretty drive. In Oregon we will take a side detour to see Crater Lake and then pick up the freeway again and head up to Washington. We may take another detour and see Mt. Ranier depending on the timing. The next couple of days travelling via scenic highways could prove to be an adventure.
We definitely will not be leaving our hearts in San Francisco.
Quote of the day:
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Phillip K. Dick
Mormon Fun Fact of the Day:
Mormons beleive that God was once a flesh and blood man who has attained perfection and now lives in the highest heaven and is married.
Questions to Ponder:
How do California drivers get anywhere without killing one another?
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Day Eight - Monday
First off, just for the record, we have no plans to go to Disneyland. We just passed a car with a Mickey Mouse sticker and it made us curious as to where Disneyland was.
No, as for today's adventures. We slept in after our long night of driving around San Francisco yesterday. Then, we headed out to explore San Fransisco. We went to Fisherman's Wharf, a cool tourist area of the city. The Aquarium of the Bay was our first stop. It had some pretty cool tunnels that surrounded you with the variety of fish and sea creatures in the San Francisco Bay. They also had touchpools. We touched the very smooth rays and the rougher baby sharks.
After the aquarium we headed to Wipe Out Bar & Grill for lunch. We even were adventurous and tried shark. Doesn't really taste much different than any other fish.
The afternoon found us on a boat cruise of the San Francisco Bay. We learned a lot and had some great views of the city, the Goldben Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz Island. By far the highlight of the day.
After the boat cruise we made a brief stop at Ghiradelli Square and the chocolate store before heading out of the city trying to beat the afternoon rush hour to get across the Bay Bridge.
All in all, another good day. However, San Francisco is certainly not at the top of the list on the trip. I enjoy the feel of being close to the water, but it is a city full of crooked and confusing streets, pedestrians who walk wherever and whenever they want, lanes where you're not sure if you're going to get run over by a bus, and a city that lacks communication. It is, by far, however, the most unique city we've visited with the most variety - in people, in places, in things to do, and in climate.
We've been on the road a week now. It's crazy to think back about how much we've done, how much we've seen, and how far we've come in that amount of time. The adventures along the way have certainly kept us from getting bored and despite the minor challenges along the way we've enjoyed the trip. Only a couple more days and we'll be in Seattle. The primary goal right now, however, is making it out of California, specifically San Francisco, alive and without an accident caused by the crazy California drivers!
Quote of the Day:
one for the drivers in California: "Commit the Golden Rule to memory - now commit it to life." Edwin Markham
Mormon Fun Fact of the Day:
Mormons are encouraged to stockpile at least a year's worth of food in the event of a disaster or the tribulation they believe is coming.
Questions to Ponder:
We were questionless today.
No, as for today's adventures. We slept in after our long night of driving around San Francisco yesterday. Then, we headed out to explore San Fransisco. We went to Fisherman's Wharf, a cool tourist area of the city. The Aquarium of the Bay was our first stop. It had some pretty cool tunnels that surrounded you with the variety of fish and sea creatures in the San Francisco Bay. They also had touchpools. We touched the very smooth rays and the rougher baby sharks.
After the aquarium we headed to Wipe Out Bar & Grill for lunch. We even were adventurous and tried shark. Doesn't really taste much different than any other fish.
The afternoon found us on a boat cruise of the San Francisco Bay. We learned a lot and had some great views of the city, the Goldben Gate Bridge, and Alcatraz Island. By far the highlight of the day.
After the boat cruise we made a brief stop at Ghiradelli Square and the chocolate store before heading out of the city trying to beat the afternoon rush hour to get across the Bay Bridge.
All in all, another good day. However, San Francisco is certainly not at the top of the list on the trip. I enjoy the feel of being close to the water, but it is a city full of crooked and confusing streets, pedestrians who walk wherever and whenever they want, lanes where you're not sure if you're going to get run over by a bus, and a city that lacks communication. It is, by far, however, the most unique city we've visited with the most variety - in people, in places, in things to do, and in climate.
We've been on the road a week now. It's crazy to think back about how much we've done, how much we've seen, and how far we've come in that amount of time. The adventures along the way have certainly kept us from getting bored and despite the minor challenges along the way we've enjoyed the trip. Only a couple more days and we'll be in Seattle. The primary goal right now, however, is making it out of California, specifically San Francisco, alive and without an accident caused by the crazy California drivers!
Quote of the Day:
one for the drivers in California: "Commit the Golden Rule to memory - now commit it to life." Edwin Markham
Mormon Fun Fact of the Day:
Mormons are encouraged to stockpile at least a year's worth of food in the event of a disaster or the tribulation they believe is coming.
Questions to Ponder:
We were questionless today.
Day Seven - Sunday
Well...
....
We are in San Francisco...sorta...actually, we're across the bridge on the Oakland side of things. This is not to say that we have not been in SF yet, in fact, we spent about an hour and a half driving around SF looking for a hotel to stay at. I have come to the conclusion that nobody visits SF because there are no hotels. But I'm getting ahead of myself...
We started out today in Salt Lake City at 10am and headed west, across Nevada. We made a brief stop at the very smelly salt lake. I was brave enough to venture over the crunchy salt flats to the water's edge but I didn't actually go really close because of the sludge bordering the water. It was gross, it was smelly, and overall I was unimpressed. Plus it was kinda hazy so we couldn't see very much anyways.
After that we hopped back onto the freeway and eventually came to the great Salt Lake Desert, which is white. We couldn't decide if the whiteness was sand or dried salt so we pulled over and I went down to investigate. Turns out it is a layer of salt over grey, squishy clay. It was weird, but kinda cool. We also saw some nifty salt collection/processing plant factory things with the Morton salt chick on the building.
At around noon Nevada welcomed us and we entered the Pacific Time Zone, which threw us off, again. :) We had an interesting experience in Elko, Nevada where we stopped for lunch. It was this tiny town and we walked into the restaurant and everybody looked at us like we had two heads. And to add to the weirdness the soup of the day was macaroni and cheese soup. We didn't order it.
Nevada was kind of interesting in a not so good way. There are a bunch of small towns, dead grass, semi-pretty mountains, and whacked out rest stops. We stopped at one that looked like a regular rest stop but just had individual toilets which turned out to be biffys which smelled so gross we almost died. Also there are slot machines and casinos everywhere you look, even in the gas stations.
At 5:45 California welcomed us and we made our way to SF. We got to Sacramento around sunset and we were treated a beautiful one. It was sooo pretty. I forgot how much I love the mountains and water. Driving through California was also really, really pretty. We were up high in the mountains and there was still snow on the ground and we went from 80 degrees to like 53.
However, once we got to SF we were tired. And we couldn't find a hotel! And people drive way too fast, like, way, way, way to fast. I thought we were going to die so many times! And they cut you off and merge w/o their blinkers and the roads are narrow...it was scary...and there were no hotels, did I mention that there were NO hotels??
Oh, and when we first got the city and were crossing the bay bridge there was this police car in front of us and all of a sudden he starts driving back and forth across the lanes, keeping all the cars behind him. Back and forth, back and forth, and then all of a sudden he stopped and we could go ahead. It. was. strange.
Anyways, we ended up going back across the bridge and are now sitting inside a hotel (thank you Jesus!) and we're both really tired and ready for bed. It's been a long day, we were in the car around 13 hours today...but its all ok now, now we can sleep...goodnight all!
Quote(s) of the Day:
(as we were walking out the restaurant in hickville Nevada)
Kathryn: Was everyone staring at you when you walked in too?
Katie: Yeah, it was strange.
Kathryn: Well, you have your hair brushed so you do kinda stick out.
Fun Mormon Fact of the day: The first group of Mormon pioneers to come to the Salt Lake valley only included five women and children in a group of a 100 or so men.
Questions to Ponder:
What is "fancy ketchup" and why does ketchup not labeled fancy taste the same?
Where did the saying "one horse town" come from?
We know Disneyland is in California, but where exactly in CA?
....
We are in San Francisco...sorta...actually, we're across the bridge on the Oakland side of things. This is not to say that we have not been in SF yet, in fact, we spent about an hour and a half driving around SF looking for a hotel to stay at. I have come to the conclusion that nobody visits SF because there are no hotels. But I'm getting ahead of myself...
We started out today in Salt Lake City at 10am and headed west, across Nevada. We made a brief stop at the very smelly salt lake. I was brave enough to venture over the crunchy salt flats to the water's edge but I didn't actually go really close because of the sludge bordering the water. It was gross, it was smelly, and overall I was unimpressed. Plus it was kinda hazy so we couldn't see very much anyways.
After that we hopped back onto the freeway and eventually came to the great Salt Lake Desert, which is white. We couldn't decide if the whiteness was sand or dried salt so we pulled over and I went down to investigate. Turns out it is a layer of salt over grey, squishy clay. It was weird, but kinda cool. We also saw some nifty salt collection/processing plant factory things with the Morton salt chick on the building.
At around noon Nevada welcomed us and we entered the Pacific Time Zone, which threw us off, again. :) We had an interesting experience in Elko, Nevada where we stopped for lunch. It was this tiny town and we walked into the restaurant and everybody looked at us like we had two heads. And to add to the weirdness the soup of the day was macaroni and cheese soup. We didn't order it.
Nevada was kind of interesting in a not so good way. There are a bunch of small towns, dead grass, semi-pretty mountains, and whacked out rest stops. We stopped at one that looked like a regular rest stop but just had individual toilets which turned out to be biffys which smelled so gross we almost died. Also there are slot machines and casinos everywhere you look, even in the gas stations.
At 5:45 California welcomed us and we made our way to SF. We got to Sacramento around sunset and we were treated a beautiful one. It was sooo pretty. I forgot how much I love the mountains and water. Driving through California was also really, really pretty. We were up high in the mountains and there was still snow on the ground and we went from 80 degrees to like 53.
However, once we got to SF we were tired. And we couldn't find a hotel! And people drive way too fast, like, way, way, way to fast. I thought we were going to die so many times! And they cut you off and merge w/o their blinkers and the roads are narrow...it was scary...and there were no hotels, did I mention that there were NO hotels??
Oh, and when we first got the city and were crossing the bay bridge there was this police car in front of us and all of a sudden he starts driving back and forth across the lanes, keeping all the cars behind him. Back and forth, back and forth, and then all of a sudden he stopped and we could go ahead. It. was. strange.
Anyways, we ended up going back across the bridge and are now sitting inside a hotel (thank you Jesus!) and we're both really tired and ready for bed. It's been a long day, we were in the car around 13 hours today...but its all ok now, now we can sleep...goodnight all!
Quote(s) of the Day:
(as we were walking out the restaurant in hickville Nevada)
Kathryn: Was everyone staring at you when you walked in too?
Katie: Yeah, it was strange.
Kathryn: Well, you have your hair brushed so you do kinda stick out.
Fun Mormon Fact of the day: The first group of Mormon pioneers to come to the Salt Lake valley only included five women and children in a group of a 100 or so men.
Questions to Ponder:
What is "fancy ketchup" and why does ketchup not labeled fancy taste the same?
Where did the saying "one horse town" come from?
We know Disneyland is in California, but where exactly in CA?
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Day Six - Saturday
Well, in light of yesterday, today was a pretty uneventful day. We slept in and got some much needed rest. Then we headed out on the town in Salt Lake City. We made a stop in Temple Square. Must say, all of the buildings and the grounds are absolutely beautiful. Sad to think they are all going to hell. We saw lots of brides taking pictures in the gardens and what not...four or five we counted. We watched a movie about Joseph Smith. The more we learn about the Mormons the more questions we have. But, you have to give them credit...they were pretty sincere about what they believed and suffered a lot for it. Too bad they didn't believe the truth. After temple square we hit up a local brewery restraunt for lunch, the Red Rock Brewery.
The food and the heat made us tired so we decided to head back to the hotel and chill for a little bit. We needed to relax after two longs days of traveling. We hung out and then tried to venture out for dinner but gave up after we drove around to several restraunts and were unable to find a place to park. Salt Lake City needs serious help in the downtown parking department. So we hit up a grocery store to restock the cooler and then ate at the hotel. All in all, a pretty un-exciting day, but a relaxing one.
Tomorrow morning we're ready to head out to see Salt Lake and then on to Reno, Nevada in route to San Francisco. At least we know that with the exception of the detour to the lake we will be on the freeway. Certainly a less adventuresome roadtrip but a much quicker and safer option as we have discovered. We have certainly covered a lot of ground in six days and we still have almost a week to go before we make it to Seattle. Then, Kathryn is done, but I'll still have the drive back to MN/WI. At that point it will be a lot of driving and very little sight seeing. I might be touristed out by then though so it will be okay. It certainly has been awesome to see God's wonderful creation. I never cease to be amazed at the beauty of it all.
Quote of the Day:
"I didn't find God - He found me. Religions teach man's search for God, but the gospel teach's God's search for man." - E. Stanley Jones
Mormon Fact of the Day:
Joseph Smith had 6 wives and 48 children.
Questions to Ponder:
~How does someone like Joseph Smith convince himself that he is a prophet from God to the point that he is willing to die for what he believes?
~Where do people in Salt Lake City park?!?!?!
~Why did so many people take the long journey by wagon out to Utah following Brigham Young? A lot of them died!!! They talk about signs and revelations...maybe the one true God was trying to tell them that they were following a false prophet and not to go!
The food and the heat made us tired so we decided to head back to the hotel and chill for a little bit. We needed to relax after two longs days of traveling. We hung out and then tried to venture out for dinner but gave up after we drove around to several restraunts and were unable to find a place to park. Salt Lake City needs serious help in the downtown parking department. So we hit up a grocery store to restock the cooler and then ate at the hotel. All in all, a pretty un-exciting day, but a relaxing one.
Tomorrow morning we're ready to head out to see Salt Lake and then on to Reno, Nevada in route to San Francisco. At least we know that with the exception of the detour to the lake we will be on the freeway. Certainly a less adventuresome roadtrip but a much quicker and safer option as we have discovered. We have certainly covered a lot of ground in six days and we still have almost a week to go before we make it to Seattle. Then, Kathryn is done, but I'll still have the drive back to MN/WI. At that point it will be a lot of driving and very little sight seeing. I might be touristed out by then though so it will be okay. It certainly has been awesome to see God's wonderful creation. I never cease to be amazed at the beauty of it all.
Quote of the Day:
"I didn't find God - He found me. Religions teach man's search for God, but the gospel teach's God's search for man." - E. Stanley Jones
Mormon Fact of the Day:
Joseph Smith had 6 wives and 48 children.
Questions to Ponder:
~How does someone like Joseph Smith convince himself that he is a prophet from God to the point that he is willing to die for what he believes?
~Where do people in Salt Lake City park?!?!?!
~Why did so many people take the long journey by wagon out to Utah following Brigham Young? A lot of them died!!! They talk about signs and revelations...maybe the one true God was trying to tell them that they were following a false prophet and not to go!
Day Five - Friday, continued...
Quote of the day: "Life is either a glorious adventure or it's nothing at all." Helen Keller
Fun Mormon fact of the day: 7 out of every 10 people in Utah are Mormons.
Fun Mormon fact of the day: 7 out of every 10 people in Utah are Mormons.
Day Five - Friday
Soooo....
We are in Salt Lake City!!!! Finally!!!! Today was the day of nothing going quite how we thought. Because it is technically Saturday now and I am tired I'm just gonna hit the highlights, here we go!
- Started out at 9:02 (Arizona time, they don't observe daylight savings so they are one hour behind, we eventually had to switch forward so we lost an hour which didn't really help matters as you will see later!)
- 10:22 we got to the Grand Canyon. We went to the south rim and hopped onto some handy shuttle buses to see the sights! It was so awesome, it is HUGE!!! I didn't realize how long and wide it was. God must have had fun making this! Everything was just beautiful, although driving to the canyon I got sick of pine trees and dead grass...but it was way cool and I'm really glad we made time for it!
- 3:15 we stopped for a mini-adventure at the Little Colorado Gorge Scenic overlook and looked at some Navajo crafts for sale, it was cool. I bought some earrings :)
- between 3:15 and 6:12 or 7:12 we drove and drove and drove some more. Over mountains, across valleys, up and down hills, through mountains, across Native American reservations. It was awesomely beautiful but also a whole lot of nothingness. We were sometimes the only car we saw for like an hour!
- On that note: I need to go look up information about the Native Americans in this country, obviously my "native american culture study" from EDU 451 did not inform me very much because I have so many questions! The people on these reservations look so poor, some of them don't even have running water, I can't tell you how many outhouses we saw! Outhouses!!! There are no stores, no gas stations, nothing. We saw some kids get off their school bus and walk into a house we thought was abandoned, it was crazy. So what do these people do for a living? How did they end up on the reservation? How independent are they? Are they U.S. citizens? Why is there nothing there?
- 6:12 or 7:12 Utah welcomed us, finally, it took forever to get there.
- 7:15ish, we, under the impression that driving on route 9 would get us to the interstate faster made the mistake of traversing through Zion National Park. This was a mistake as you shall see.
- 7:42, we almost hit a flock of turkeys with our car. That's right, turkeys...apparently Katie has hit one before...
- 7:50, we have to pay $25 to drive through the park. Ok, fine, whatever...we start driving, on this freakishly narrow road cut between these mountains and cliffs....and it's curving all around with sharp turns and Utah drivers who like to drive way too fast! Then we come to the tunnel. This tunnel was literally cut through a mountain, it was dark, long, and scary. AND THEN once we were out of the dark, long, scary tunnel we had to drive down the mountain to the bottom of the canyon. This road wound along the side of the mountain with really, really sharp u-turns and a sheer drop on one side. I'm really glad I wasn't driving! If you messed up you would drive right over the cliff and head straight to the bottom...it was beautiful though, red cliffs with streaks of white and and the sun starting to go down...it was pretty.
- 8:51, the interstate! Yay! Only 300 miles to salt lake city!
- 12:30, we're in Salt Lake City, finally. It took forever, I am tired, Katie is tired, so we will say goodnight!
I know, I know, we said there would be pictures but they won't be up until tomorrow, sorry. Have a good night everyone!
We are in Salt Lake City!!!! Finally!!!! Today was the day of nothing going quite how we thought. Because it is technically Saturday now and I am tired I'm just gonna hit the highlights, here we go!
- Started out at 9:02 (Arizona time, they don't observe daylight savings so they are one hour behind, we eventually had to switch forward so we lost an hour which didn't really help matters as you will see later!)
- 10:22 we got to the Grand Canyon. We went to the south rim and hopped onto some handy shuttle buses to see the sights! It was so awesome, it is HUGE!!! I didn't realize how long and wide it was. God must have had fun making this! Everything was just beautiful, although driving to the canyon I got sick of pine trees and dead grass...but it was way cool and I'm really glad we made time for it!
- 3:15 we stopped for a mini-adventure at the Little Colorado Gorge Scenic overlook and looked at some Navajo crafts for sale, it was cool. I bought some earrings :)
- between 3:15 and 6:12 or 7:12 we drove and drove and drove some more. Over mountains, across valleys, up and down hills, through mountains, across Native American reservations. It was awesomely beautiful but also a whole lot of nothingness. We were sometimes the only car we saw for like an hour!
- On that note: I need to go look up information about the Native Americans in this country, obviously my "native american culture study" from EDU 451 did not inform me very much because I have so many questions! The people on these reservations look so poor, some of them don't even have running water, I can't tell you how many outhouses we saw! Outhouses!!! There are no stores, no gas stations, nothing. We saw some kids get off their school bus and walk into a house we thought was abandoned, it was crazy. So what do these people do for a living? How did they end up on the reservation? How independent are they? Are they U.S. citizens? Why is there nothing there?
- 6:12 or 7:12 Utah welcomed us, finally, it took forever to get there.
- 7:15ish, we, under the impression that driving on route 9 would get us to the interstate faster made the mistake of traversing through Zion National Park. This was a mistake as you shall see.
- 7:42, we almost hit a flock of turkeys with our car. That's right, turkeys...apparently Katie has hit one before...
- 7:50, we have to pay $25 to drive through the park. Ok, fine, whatever...we start driving, on this freakishly narrow road cut between these mountains and cliffs....and it's curving all around with sharp turns and Utah drivers who like to drive way too fast! Then we come to the tunnel. This tunnel was literally cut through a mountain, it was dark, long, and scary. AND THEN once we were out of the dark, long, scary tunnel we had to drive down the mountain to the bottom of the canyon. This road wound along the side of the mountain with really, really sharp u-turns and a sheer drop on one side. I'm really glad I wasn't driving! If you messed up you would drive right over the cliff and head straight to the bottom...it was beautiful though, red cliffs with streaks of white and and the sun starting to go down...it was pretty.
- 8:51, the interstate! Yay! Only 300 miles to salt lake city!
- 12:30, we're in Salt Lake City, finally. It took forever, I am tired, Katie is tired, so we will say goodnight!
I know, I know, we said there would be pictures but they won't be up until tomorrow, sorry. Have a good night everyone!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Day Four - Thursday
This is the day that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends! We started out at 9:00 am this morning from Denver, CO. We stopped about an hour into the trip at Manitou Springs to see some very cool Anasazi cliff dwellings. Pretty impressive what people could build so long ago and it still stands today. This stop also made for a 45 minute detour trying to get back in the freeway under construction though. The construction worker we asked for directions looked at us very strangely. The drive through Colorado was absolutely beautiful. We got into New Mexico at 2:09pm. New Mexico was not nearly as nice as Colorado!!! First, we almost ran out of gas because although there are exits every 5-10 miles, they are simply roads that lead to who knows where, they do not have gas stations or anything. But, we made it to a gas station in Las Vegas, New Mexico just as the gas light came on and started to ding. The drivers in New Mexico suck! Almost as bad as Milwaukee drivers I think. They do not know how to use their blinkers and are not polite at all! The country was pretty though, much rockier than the Colorado and definitely Southwestern US. We stopped for dinner at a Denny's in Grants, NM. Never visit here! It is home to several hotels (we don't know why!), a Walmart Supercenter surrounded by barbbed wire fence, a Denny's, a makeshift car lot, and at the time we visited a carnival. We drove across the Continental Divide in New Mexico as well. Kathryn is still fascinated by the cows. She thinks maybe someday she'll buy a house in the Colorado mountain countryside and own two cows. I explained that they are heard animals and only have one or two is ridiculous. So, she's going to pay a farmer to keep her cows with his heard and raise chickens as well. We survived New Mexico and made it to Arizona around 8:00pm. Arizona looked very similar to New Mexico. A lot of nothingness, but much prettier than the nothingness found in Nebraska or Iowa. We drove through a lot of Indian reservations. Looking at the houses, we never realized how poor they were. So many of the houses don't even look inhabitable. It's sad really. Finally around 10:30pm (which was really 9:30 we found out after we got into our room because Arizona doesn't observe Daylight Savings Time) we made it to a hotel in Flagstaff, which was our goal for the day. So, after a 13 hour day, we were done. But, it puts us on schedule to see the Grand Canyon tomorrow morning and then head up to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Quote of the day:
"It's like we drove off the map and landed in hell." - Kathryn (said about our adventure in Grants, NM)
Questions to ponder:
What is a "wash"? (we saw signs similar to river signs along the road several times in AZ, must be some geological form?)
What is the Ludlow Massacre?
Where do the people who live in the middle of places like New Mexico buy things? Food, gas, clothing, etc? Also, where do they work? Seriously there is nothing around for 50 miles + on the interstate. (Kathryn's theory is only old people live there and they don't eat anything so they don't need food, they wear the same clothes for years, they don't go anywhere so they don't need gas, and they're retired so they don't work)
How does a car get here from Costa Rica?
Mormon Fact of the Day:
In 1887 the United States passed the Edmunds-Tucker Act which outlawed Mormonism in the United States. It was intended to eliminate polygamy so the church would be decentralized and unable to function.
Quote of the day:
"It's like we drove off the map and landed in hell." - Kathryn (said about our adventure in Grants, NM)
Questions to ponder:
What is a "wash"? (we saw signs similar to river signs along the road several times in AZ, must be some geological form?)
What is the Ludlow Massacre?
Where do the people who live in the middle of places like New Mexico buy things? Food, gas, clothing, etc? Also, where do they work? Seriously there is nothing around for 50 miles + on the interstate. (Kathryn's theory is only old people live there and they don't eat anything so they don't need food, they wear the same clothes for years, they don't go anywhere so they don't need gas, and they're retired so they don't work)
How does a car get here from Costa Rica?
Mormon Fact of the Day:
In 1887 the United States passed the Edmunds-Tucker Act which outlawed Mormonism in the United States. It was intended to eliminate polygamy so the church would be decentralized and unable to function.
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