Spontaneous Adventure

James surprised me Thursday with a spontaneous trip to Utah. I got up and packed for the trip in less then 10 minutes. Once the Jeep was packed and ready to go we woke up Turkey. She was excited to go on an adventure and to be able to leave the house in her pajamas. We drove the long way to try and avoid storms and slick roads. We travelled through South Dakota, Wyoming and Utah. We ended up hitting several storms and icky roads. We drove straight through and only stopped for gas and food. It took us over 17 hours to get to Utah. We drove through some pretty scary roads. There were two lanes and snow covered. Turkey slept through the last part of the trip, which was good because the roads were pretty scary. James was sweet and drove most of the way. I drove on the not so slick spots. We didn't see any cops the whole way until we crossed over the Utah border. We saw a zillion and a half cops once we were in Utah. They were pulling people over right and left.

We stayed at my folks house and everyone was excited about being there. Turkey is a great traveller. She was perfectly happy the whole trip. She played on the iPad, read books, and played with her animals. Once we got to my folks house the 17 hours of energy was released. Turkey was bouncing off the walls. My mom and me sat down stairs with her while she released the energy. Once most of the energy was released we went to bed. It was close to one am by the time we went to bed. Turkey was awake at about 6:30 the next morning. I sent her upstairs to wake up my mom. I know I am the best daughter ever! After a few minutes I smelled coffee so I pulled my self outta bed so I could get a cup. When I got upstairs Turkey was hanging out with my dad. Once I was settled Turkey went and woke up my mom. We spent the morning playing with toys and talking. James got up shortly after we did. We made our game plan for the day. We were only going to stay until about noon and then head home because James had to work this weekend. Once we got out and about we started to smell something funny with the Jeep. We took it into the shop to have it looked. James called his bossman and he gave James the rest of the weekend off. We lucked out with that, we ended up having a major storm hit while we were in Utah. It started snowing Friday afternoon and didn't stop til Saturday morning. We went to breakfast with some family and friends and lunch with my family. It was a great time! I was able to stop by the school I use to teach at and see all my favorite teachers! It was great to see everyone. Turkey was excited to see her friends. We hung out there for a little while. We got the Jeep back late Friday afternoon and found out there was a problem with a seal. The mechanic guy said that it would get it back to North Dakota with no problems but to get it fixed when we had time. Since we ended up staying Friday night one of James friends through a party so he could see everyone. We had a great visit in Utah. I wish we were able to see more people. I didn't really see any of my friends, but I will be back there in a month or so and will see everyone then.

We left on Saturday and decided to take two days to get back so we weren't so tired when we got home. We drove to Bozeman last night. I got to take a nap in the car after we left Utah. It was a much needed nap. The roads we clear until we got to Montana. We hit storms through the Gallatin Mountains. Once again I am very thankful for James and his driving skills! He drove the whole way to Bozeman. We left Sunday and made our adventure home. We took turns driving since the weather was great. It was fun to see family but it was great to come home. We decided on our vacation back to Utah that we love where we are living and we love taking vacations back to Utah to visit.