for the iPhone.
31.3.09
Old Oregon Trail
for the iPhone.
13 hours after leaving Cheyenne
OR...our final destination.
More snow!!
destination. They're predicting 10-20 inhes, but we should be out by
the time the worst gets to the Ogden Valleys.
Our goal today is Ontario, OR. Considering we haven't made any of our
destination goals I'm not sure you should hold your breath! ;)
Oh no, snow!
racking enough being a passenger!
30.3.09
Day 2
well the plan was to wake up at 7am ET, but my mother woke up too early, and thus i woke up too early. we checked out of the hotel at 7:20am CT.
we managed to miss the Nebraska sign too. just can't seem to get the camera ready out on time!
shortly after we stopped in Lincoln, NE for some IHOP. Yum! but an hour out of our driving time because they took so long bringing out our food. then back on the road.
my boyfriend's stepdad said that Nebraska was nothing but cornfields. he wasn't kidding. Nebraska was the most boring state we passed through. we saw tons and tons of cows, and blue heron-like birds hanging out with the cows.
lunchtime! gas stop in North Platte...subway to go! back on the road in boring, boring Nebraska. then we saw tumbleweeds! like in the movies! they just blew across the highway. one rolled up the side of the car and off the antenna and startled me.
the winds started to pick up, and the snow started to drift. but my mom seemed confident we could keep going. we kept checking the weather map on my trusty iPhone!
finally, out of Nebraska! this time we were ready for the Wyoming sign! we decide to stop in Cheyenne for another gas fill up, only to learn I-80 (the expressway we've been on since Illinois and stay on until UT) is CLOSED from Cheyenne to Laramie. the winds were getting up to 50 miles/hour. our goal for the night was Rawlins, WY -- about 100 miles west of Laramie. we decide to grab some soup to warm up. we ate at Village Inn. we talk to one of the people there about how long the expressway shuts down and learn there is an 1-800 number to check the status of the roads. we have my dad call because my phone wasn't getting a good enough signal to use the internet. we go the number and learn it's still closed. the girl sitting behind us was on her way to Salt Lake City and used the other number. she said it was shut down until 11pm. we decide to just stay in Cheyenne.
luckily the stop we chose had at least 6 hotels! we picked the one right next door to the restaurant -- La Quinta. we walked over and got a room. we then moved our car to the door closest to our room. and then the fun began!! or rather i should say the craziness!
we got our bags out and walked up to the sidewalk as the winds were blowing very hard. i finally made it up onto the sidewalk, but the wind was so strong i couldn't make it any further toward the door. it was starting to blow me away! my hands are ice cold and feel like they're going to fall off. my mother can't move either and is laughing hysterically at how ridiculous it is that we can't walk up the sidewalk. finally we catch a break in the wind and forge ahead to the door. i put the card key in and open it barely an inch and the wind just pushes it close. my mom finally makes it up and stands, so she can block some of the wind. i get my foot in the door and finally get in the hotel. we stand there just inside the door laughing at how crazy it was and how we can't feel our hands. had it been much longer i think we could definitely had suffered frostbite! my hands were red and felt like they were going to fall off. it was nuts!
i call my boyfriend to tell him about the closed expressway and our problems getting to the door. but i had a hard time because my mother was laughing hysterically and how ridiculous it was and that made me laugh, while i was trying to tell him the story.
now, i'm catching up on my blogging and safe inside for the night. hopefully the roads clear up tomorrow that we can forge on. we're a little bit behind schedule, especially now with the closure of I-80.
hang in there for more updates! -- they may just be a day or 2 late. :) blogger.com didn't want to let me write on my iPhone.
ciao!
we managed to miss the Nebraska sign too. just can't seem to get the camera ready out on time!
shortly after we stopped in Lincoln, NE for some IHOP. Yum! but an hour out of our driving time because they took so long bringing out our food. then back on the road.
my boyfriend's stepdad said that Nebraska was nothing but cornfields. he wasn't kidding. Nebraska was the most boring state we passed through. we saw tons and tons of cows, and blue heron-like birds hanging out with the cows.
lunchtime! gas stop in North Platte...subway to go! back on the road in boring, boring Nebraska. then we saw tumbleweeds! like in the movies! they just blew across the highway. one rolled up the side of the car and off the antenna and startled me.
the winds started to pick up, and the snow started to drift. but my mom seemed confident we could keep going. we kept checking the weather map on my trusty iPhone!
finally, out of Nebraska! this time we were ready for the Wyoming sign! we decide to stop in Cheyenne for another gas fill up, only to learn I-80 (the expressway we've been on since Illinois and stay on until UT) is CLOSED from Cheyenne to Laramie. the winds were getting up to 50 miles/hour. our goal for the night was Rawlins, WY -- about 100 miles west of Laramie. we decide to grab some soup to warm up. we ate at Village Inn. we talk to one of the people there about how long the expressway shuts down and learn there is an 1-800 number to check the status of the roads. we have my dad call because my phone wasn't getting a good enough signal to use the internet. we go the number and learn it's still closed. the girl sitting behind us was on her way to Salt Lake City and used the other number. she said it was shut down until 11pm. we decide to just stay in Cheyenne.
luckily the stop we chose had at least 6 hotels! we picked the one right next door to the restaurant -- La Quinta. we walked over and got a room. we then moved our car to the door closest to our room. and then the fun began!! or rather i should say the craziness!
we got our bags out and walked up to the sidewalk as the winds were blowing very hard. i finally made it up onto the sidewalk, but the wind was so strong i couldn't make it any further toward the door. it was starting to blow me away! my hands are ice cold and feel like they're going to fall off. my mother can't move either and is laughing hysterically at how ridiculous it is that we can't walk up the sidewalk. finally we catch a break in the wind and forge ahead to the door. i put the card key in and open it barely an inch and the wind just pushes it close. my mom finally makes it up and stands, so she can block some of the wind. i get my foot in the door and finally get in the hotel. we stand there just inside the door laughing at how crazy it was and how we can't feel our hands. had it been much longer i think we could definitely had suffered frostbite! my hands were red and felt like they were going to fall off. it was nuts!
i call my boyfriend to tell him about the closed expressway and our problems getting to the door. but i had a hard time because my mother was laughing hysterically and how ridiculous it was and that made me laugh, while i was trying to tell him the story.
now, i'm catching up on my blogging and safe inside for the night. hopefully the roads clear up tomorrow that we can forge on. we're a little bit behind schedule, especially now with the closure of I-80.
hang in there for more updates! -- they may just be a day or 2 late. :) blogger.com didn't want to let me write on my iPhone.
ciao!
29.3.09
Day 1
i finally got access to wireless internet and can finally back-update for the past couple days!
we left at about 8:20am ET from Dexter, MI. we stopped at 10:00am for some Arby's...i think they weren't ready for us since they just had opened.
we managed to totally miss the Indiana sign on our way from MI. so much for a picture of all the state signs! not long after we were in Illinois. then Iowa. Iowa was lots of cornfields and rolling hills.
we stopped in Coralise for dinner at Bennigan's in the mall. it's a good thing we have had my iPhone because it has been very useful for measuring out our stops for gas. and we found the hotel we stayed at.
our goal was to make it to Lincoln, NE, but we just were too pooped, so we stopped in Council Bluffs, IA -- just outside of Omaha, NE. after driving by the hotel once, we finally saw it. SLEEP, finally!
we left at about 8:20am ET from Dexter, MI. we stopped at 10:00am for some Arby's...i think they weren't ready for us since they just had opened.
we managed to totally miss the Indiana sign on our way from MI. so much for a picture of all the state signs! not long after we were in Illinois. then Iowa. Iowa was lots of cornfields and rolling hills.
we stopped in Coralise for dinner at Bennigan's in the mall. it's a good thing we have had my iPhone because it has been very useful for measuring out our stops for gas. and we found the hotel we stayed at.
our goal was to make it to Lincoln, NE, but we just were too pooped, so we stopped in Council Bluffs, IA -- just outside of Omaha, NE. after driving by the hotel once, we finally saw it. SLEEP, finally!
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