Karen's Birthday - March 2019

Arrived home safe and sound around 4:00 this afternoon after picking up our mail.  The trip across the great salt lake and through Nevada was uneventful.  Stopped at Wendover for breakfast and gas.  The trip was punctuated by several rain storms as we traversed I-80.  Thought this was a desert, but I guess rain has to fall sometime! Home for a while.  I think our next trip is up to Seattle for Kelly's wedding in May and then back to Fargo in June for Reilee's wedding. 

No, we're not taking a flight home from here.  We decided to get through SLC so we didn't have to worry about traffic in the morning.  We'll just have an easy drive from the west side of SLC over to Nevada and then home. Left Murdo this morning on a clear, frosty day with the crescent moon rising over the prairie.  We could have continued driving south on 83 to I-80, but instead opted to drive over to Rapid City and then take diagonal route from there over to I-25 to Caspar and then southwest to Rawlins, WY. Pretty drive and not much traffic with less interstate driving.  Drove through the south portion of the Black Hills.  My understanding is that they were called the Black Hills because of the trees which make the hills appear black and it was quite a contrast to the prairie which the original travelers had been travelling through.  All rolling prairie and beautiful countryside.  You can almost see forever!  Between Caspar and Rawlins, we pa...