6/5/07

Home Sweet Home!


Well, I survived another road trip from Utah to Wisconsin...with a detour in Las Vegas. It is nice to be home, even though I thought to myself yesterday that I have only been home one day; how could I possibly already be bored! I guess I will have to use "my inner resources" (one of my roommate's terms) in order to keep myself busy and out of trouble this summer. Writing on here is a good activity.

Las Vegas was a blast. It always is. I was able to see my friend Lesley McBain. She is a riot. I also got to meet her boyfriend which was awesome. I like to see my friends dating. I went to an exhibit called "Bodies" which had cadavers and lots of stuff to read about the cadavers to learn about the body. If any of you truly know me, you know that I am way into that kind of stuff. I love how amazing the human body is and how it works so well! Marla wasn't too interested in the exhibit which I understood but was glad she let me ditch her for an hour so I could go!

I showed Marla the strip and the Lions at MGM, we also saw the white tiger at Mirage. It was so hot that we didn't get to see much and we only really had a day. I wish I could have shown Marla more of Vegas. I guess she just has more reason to go again. (No eloping Marla...we want to know about your future wedding!)

Alliance, Nebraska was the next adventure on our road trip. It truly was the adventure! Marla and I always have some weird adventure, like the time we tried to get soda from a machine in Idaho and I wanted Sprite but it gave me Rootbeer and Marla wanted something else but she also got Rootbeer. And then there was the massive storm in Texas and the crazy Southern lady at the hotel that told us it was good that we had already ate because nothing would be open.

This time we tried to stay in Sidney, NE but every single room in the town was booked. Actually, let's say every single DECENT room was booked. It was kinda late and we were tired but really had no choice but to drive to the Days Inn in Alliance. We knew they had a room because we called before driving the two hours. Okay, I take that back MARLA called because sometimes I do not like talking on the phone. She also had to get directions to the Highway that we needed to go to Alliance on(which was actually the road we took to the gas station!) because I would not do it. She picked on me about that. When we got to Alliance two hours later, we saw a Holiday Inn Express right away and decided to go there. We were very glad that we made that decision because it was AWESOME! It was so clean and new and even smelled like My Little Pony (My friend Mary Beth is the only person who would appreciate the My Little Pony expression because we stayed at a nice hotel in Salt Lake and it smelled like those little horses!). The beds were amazing, the pillows even had whether they were firm or soft embroidered into the cases. Even the towels told us they were smart. We lived the good life that night!

The next morning we took in the great tourist destination known as Carhenge. You can learn more about Carhenge at www.carhenge.com. It is so very cool. (Pictures of Carhenge are also on my previous blog, as well as pictures of Hoover Dam and Marla and I in Vegas. Be sure to check them out!)

We then drove to Des Moines, Iowa and spent some time with my brother, Erich and his family. They seem to be doing very well. Erich just got a big shot pilot job and is so excited. Sunday afternoon we headed to Madison, Wisconsin and had dinner with my sister, Andi and her family. It was a crazy house, but if it weren't I would have worried.

I then dropped Marla off at her house in Wausau and then headed to Rhinelander to my parents' house. I have spent the past few days adjusting to summer life. I took a long bike ride yesterday 11 miles, and then did laundry and wrote a bit of my novel. Starting a novel over is hard work. It will be interesting to see it progress though.

It is good to be home with my mom and dad. I am always glad to have the opportunity to spend time with them. My mother and I already went to her favorite spot, The Claridge, and played some trivia(which is one of my favorite things in Rhinelander). I am sure that there will be lots more trivia playing going on in the next few months.

Well, I am off to try to find some softball shoes for my first game tonight. I am excited to play but a little nervous about my ankle still. It gets sore now and again. Hopefully, playing will make it even stronger.

Thanks for reading the world longest blog, and have a great day!

Pictures from Roadtrip!
























Pictures: Cars in sculpture at Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska, Me inside the ribs of a dinosaur sculpture at Carhenge, Marla at Hoover Dam, Marla and I at The Rainforest Cafe in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obviously, the pictures are in no particular order.
This is the only fault (weird placement of text and pictures) I have found so far with this program....not so bad!