To Utah and back

Hours and hours of driving, beautiful scenery, wind gusts, camping, hotel living, university tour, meetings with advisors, farm smells, twilight zone towns, and lots of laughs filled our week long trip to Utah. We found out just before we left that we got into on-campus housing (yipee). SO, our house/apt. hunting trip was transformed into a "lets relax and explore everything" trip - much more enjoyable and marriage bolstering than the original plan. On our way there we had to stop by Boise State Univ. so that I could be a good Oklahoma fan. I gave that Bronco a good one-two punch in the nose! We spent a day and a half on the USU campus, participated in Logan's Downtown Summertime Sidewalk Sale, drove down Logan Canyon to Bear Lake stopping at the Beaver Ski Area, and drove to Salt Lake City. We saw downtown SLC and visited the Univ. of Utah. The SLC day was ended by feasting at the Cracker Barrel (the real one, see picture below). Randi, our waitress, was so sweet and made our first CB experience in 3 yrs all the better!!! Drawn by the name and keeping with our university theme, we stopped by Pocattello, ID on our way back. We stopped by their Saturday Farmers Market and feasted on Colombian tamales and arepas. Yummy! We also packed in a whirlwind tour of Eastern Oregon. We took a six hour side trip on the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway. We went through the best little towns, Halfway and Joseph just to name a few. Weather was great and I didn't kill us or the car while learning to drive stick shift!!!