Today was the biggest drive of our entire road trip; 784miles to Idaho in a bid to make it to Yellowstone by tomorrow lunchtime. We were up, washed , dressed and on the road by 8:30am. First stop was just outside San Francisco for supplies and a batch of cheap DVDs to keep the children occupied for the next 12 hours.
We drove and drove and drove – through the Sierra Nevada mountains, past Lake Tahoe, into the northern desert of Nevada (stopped at possibly the worst rest area in the Western World and it was populated by creatures out of the dodgy bar scene in Star Wars – it made Gosport High Street look like a Miss World competition!) and finally into the rolling potato fields of Idaho. A quick stop at MacDonalds for supper – the first of our trip – and we finally arrived at our hotel at 10:30pm. We had all – kids, parents and car – coped brilliantly but felt hugely relieved it was over.
Today’s Tune: We’re on the Road to Nowhere by the Talking Heads
Wildlife Watch: The two badgers that scuttled across the road in Idaho, just as the sun was setting.
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