Sunday night we crossed into Arizona at sunset...

We ended up at the Page Boy Motel in Page Arizona just outside of Lake Page National Park. We had dinner at the Denny's in town and the waitress was beyond slow... every one here is slow. It must be the heat. (Note: These guys would NEVER survive in Seattle Traffic... it was my day to drive and they drove me crazy).



One cool thing though was we saw a cool little lizard as we were leaving the Denny's.



At 10:30 PM (we are back in the same time zone as Seattle) it was 82 degrees outside! Don and Pasha took a dip in the pool which is right outside the back door and froze because the water was so much colder than the air. The pool here never closes... probably because it is hotter that the devil here during the day.

There was also a funky little museum just outside Bryce Canyon

It had many displays of dead animals that were pretty cool. It also had a deer petting zoo with brand new babies.

Bryce Canyon Utah

We took way too many photos to post here. So here are just a few of them...

Caffiene in hand we leave Ogden...

Sunday morning we left Ogden Utah, After a stop at BK to get my diet coke and directions to the Starbucks. Yes they have coffee in Utah but the baristas are OMG slow... they would never make it in Seattle.

Saturday Night We Are Ahead of Schedule - YEAH! (Updated with pics)

Friday Night Rachel and I got to Bed at 2:30 AM and woke up at 5:30 AM OMG were we tired.

We hit the road leaving Lynnwood, WA. at 7:00 AM. Pacific Time, (After stops at Starbucks and Jack in the Box because I need my Diet Coke, and Pasha & Don needed their coffee)

Our rental car is a 2009 Nisan Ultima and it is packed to the rafters!

We took the Yakima River Road, instead of the pass between Ellensburg and Yaki-Vegas.
Making good time we hit the Burger King in Prosser by 10 AM for a refill of pop.



We screamed through Oregon, and Idaho seeing dirt, sage brush... and then more dirt and more sage brush... interspersed with assorted wildlife.



We made another Burger King Stop in Pendleton for Apple Fries (Note: This is where Rachel "accidentally" flashed the top of her thong underwear at the people in the drive thru and the Burger King employees standing behind the building smoking cigarettes...OOOPS!)



Don and Pasha drove Today Rachel and I will Drive Tomorrow. This allowed Rachel and I to nap through Boise...and surprise when we woke up we saw more dirt and sage brush...




Things finally started to get interesting when we got into Southern Idaho and caught sight of the rare migrating hover cookie. The weird thing was that he was heading south towards Utah and it is far from winter.




We made it to Twin Falls by 7:30 PM MST where we had dinner at the Sherri's and opted to head further down the road towards Salt Lake City.
(Note: Driving south from Twin falls, into the upper part of Utah, there was basically no lights in the houses... they must all go to bed by 9 PM... crazy!)




After many miles of torrential rain we ended up at the Days Inn, in Ogden Utah.



We had a tiny room that had a creepy psycho bathroom - but had no batteries in the TV remote... ANNOYING!!!





But after a quick blog entry (minus these pics that I added Sunday and a bit more info) we headed for bed because we were all tired...



Even the group of polygomy hover cookies next door didn't keep us awake.

SUNDAY WE HEAD ON TO BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK!

1-40 FA Foxtrot Battery

Here is a Link to the 1-40 FA Battalion

The 1st Battalion, 40th Field Artillery (1-40th) consists of Alpha-Avengers, Bravo-Bushmaster, Charlie-Charlie Rock, Delta-Delta Dogs, Echo-Eagle and Foxtrot-Falcon Batteries. Daniel is in Foxtrot-Falcon.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Tentative Goals... (to Avoid a 22 hour drive)

Saturday - Lynnwood to Twin Falls, ID - (643 mi./9 hours 39 min)

Sunday - Twin Falls, ID to Kanab, UT (572 mi./9 hours 39 mins...includes side trip to Bryce Canyon National Park) Hmmm... maybe we should cross the border into Arizona 'cause I will probably need a drink by now!

Monday - Kanab, UT to Flagstaff, AZ (386 mi./12 hours 18 mins...includes side trip to Grand Canyon National Park)

Tuesday - Flagstaff, AZ to Amarillo, TX (607 mi./8 hours 26 min)

Wednesday - Amarillo, TX to Lawton OK (Destination FT. Sill - 241 mi./4 hours 9 min)

Thursday - FAMILY DAY at FT. Sill

Friday - Graduation Day

Friday Night - Lawton, OK to Wichita, KS (242 mi./3 hours 38 min)

Saturday - Wichita, KS to Rock Springs, WY (863 mi./12 hours 8 min)

Sunday - Rock Springs, WY - Lynnwood, WA (992 mi./14 hours 24 min)

Monday & Tuesday - Recovering from FAR TOO MANY HOURS IN A CAR!!!