On Thursday Brian arrived at work to the amazement of his co-workers. They assumed he was going on vacation. About half way through his shift someone decided to ask him about it. Brian completely forgot. He then called me to tell me his funny story. I mentioned that if we could afford it, I am always willing to head south to visit my parents and brothers. He said he didn't think we could afford such a spontaneous trip. Boo Hoo.
Well at about 5PM (he gets off at 730), he called and said he was leaving work in a half hour and we were going to St. George. It would be a cheap quick trip but let's get out of dodge anyway. Once he came home we quickly and rapidly packed our bags and headed south. We finally left northern Utah about 8 PM.
At 10PM, we stopped in Santaquin. As a pregnant woman my needs to stop, stretch my legs and use the facilities are frequent. As we were readying to get back into the car we noticed the snow falling. No big deal, its just snow. As we got onto the freeway we got nervous. Extreme whiteout conditions. Brian was driving 25 mph on the freeway and barely able to see the lines on the road. We traveled that way, anxiously and nervously, until we hit Nephi. Once we hit Nephi we were out of the snow and just had some wet roads. We stopped again in Fillmore, pregnancy reasons. LOL! At this point some concerned women were talking with Brian about the horrible and scary conditions through Beaver and the other passes headed south. They saw many spin offs and pile ups and were terrified for us (the young family with a pregnant wife). Brian then pulled out his phone and started researching weather conditions. Apparently the passes in southern Utah were hit bad but were fine now. With Brian's confidence we continued forth, grateful for new tires and suspension on the car--Christmas 2010. The passes were beat up but nothing as scary as the whiteout. We finally arrived in St. George at 2AM. That is the longest it has ever taken me to make it down. Average time, with a toddler, 4 hours 45 minutes maximum.
We didn't do much during our stay in St. George. Just visited and relaxed. Aidan enjoyed playing with Ezra, they are best cousins. We tried to contact Harrison and family to no avail. Jacob took us all out to dinner on Friday for some yummy Chinese (I did give him some promptings). Saturday was by far Aidan's favorite day. We went to the park and had pizza (thanks again Uncle Jake!), fed some ducks, did some fishing, and played at a jungle gym. Here are some pictures. I miss delightful St. George weather already. *sigh*
Grandma and Grandpa enjoying some pizza.
Aidan and Brian loving the pizza as well.
These ducks were eager and good eaters.
Aidan loved feeding them balls of bread.
And the ducks loved him back.
Ezra enjoying some fun time on the grass.
1 comment:
I am excited for our mini-vacation too! I am glad you guys made it down there safely and had a fun weekend.
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