time here in our new place has already been going by fast! i am behind on posting about our driving adventure to get here. not many pictures taken, but i'll just sum up the trip.
we woke up early the 5th of july thinking we would get out on the road by 1:00. well, you can never underestimate all the odds and ends that you have and trying to get it packed. luckily, we had some help from the missionaries and some friends from church help pack the truck. that part didn't take too long. however, our landlord is a clean freak and we wanted every penny of our deposit back so we were cleaning everything. we really only had the downstairs to clean (the living room, 1/2 bath, and kitchen). but that dang kitchen....it was already 3:00 and we set a goal to leave by 5:00 now. out of the blue our friend stops by after work to say good-bye if we were still there. she was an angel! she helped clean the kitchen and then her husband stopped by also (who had been helping clay all morning long) and we finally got everything cleaned and left the place to get on the road at 6:30. we can't thank everyone enough who helped us move! well, we got to a place that was 2 hours away, 4 hours later, thanks to traffic so we found a hotel and got some sleep. the one thing that was great is that kort slept through the night!!! ok, moving on to make this short.
day 1 - stayed in ellensburg, wa.
day 2 - on the road through coeur d'alene, id, bozeman, mt and stayed just outside butte, mt? i forget.
the picture above looked so much better in real life. the sun rays were just spectacular with this sunset!
and clay decided to give kort some beef jerky to use instead of his teething ring. he sure did love that stuff and got super mad when he'd lose it.
day 3 - got a late start but got through montana, wyoming, and got to rapid city, sd. we got there early enough to make a trip to mount rushmore!!!
(washington, jefferson, roosevelt, lincoln - sadly, i didn't know the 2 middle ones until i read the info)
all the state flags with the lit mount rushmore! it was awesome!
the badlands! you would have never expected to see this with all the flat, prairie land around you.
day 4 - exit south dakota, enter minnesota! these turbines are everywhere! guess we can expect lots of wind :)
our lovely cabin in the truck. we definitely got a diesel truck this time. we got a gas guzzler with our move to washington and died/overheated on every hill/pass going 10 mph. i don't think we hit lower than 40 with this thing through the hills!
i just hope we never have to move like this again :S we will hire packers and movers if i have anything to do with it ;) a short plane ride here would have satisfied me enough instead of 1600 miles driving.
2 comments:
oh my gosh, you are such a trooper! look at you guys in that cabin!
I love these pictures! Mike and I live about 10 miles from the badlands aka North Dakota's mtns....aka Idaho's hills or lack thereof. We are also going to see Mt. Rushmore for our anniversary so let me know if you know of any other great places to see in South Dakota. It's so fun reading about the fun things you Fentons do! Keep up the good work! Love ya jess!
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