East Idaho meets NorCal

This is our road trip adventure in pictures...enjoy!

Wednesday afternoon, May 16th.  

The weather conditions about 2 minutes before we got in the car and left our Idaho apartment.

Sunshine at the end of a storm

beautiful Idaho

Thursday morning, May 17th.  Beautiful Utah.
We drove through Utah to visit my brother and his pregnant wife.  We were hoping we'd get to see our little neice, but she decided to arrive 24hrs after we left.  It's ok, we still love her to pieces, even if we have to rely on pictures of her until she's a few months old.  Congrats on becoming parents you two!

Breakfast at Magleby's before leaving Utah.  Look familiar?  This is also about 30 minutes before realizing we should get an oil change and once at the car shop realizing a few more things needed to be fixed.
So a little time and money later, we were finally on our way!

Introducing Salt Lake city's salt flats... Zuriel was excited and intrigued to see them, I was naively uninterested.

And now it's a little more desert-y and not as pretty...must be in Nevada.

Lunchtime - yum.  Zuriel suggested Pizza Hut, and surprisingly, I was in full agreement.
It was a fun break from the car to eat good food while checking out my lunch date.

Half veggie/meat supreme something or other and half hawaiian.  Hawaiian is definitely my fave.

And then we decided to stop in Reno, NV for the night.  We got a little crazy with the nightlife and gambled our entire savings while pulling an all nighter - - our inner party animals came out.  Kidding.  Maybe if we weren't so exhausted, restless, and greasy from sitting in a car all day, and if we weren't walking around with our 7-lb pooch, and we were dressed to impress, we'd consider.  But, circumstances weren't in our favor that evening. 

So instead we walked 'the wannabe strip', took a couple pics, and went back to the hotel to find some food at midnight.  It really is a tiny city with a major case of short-guy syndrome, but it had energy and it was fun.

Hello crazy, scary clown.  Why are they scary?  Why?  I don't get it.

Good thing we stayed downtown in a casino hotel because I swear there's always a few hundred people awake gambling their money away or stumbling around drunk.  But seriously, good thing, because this meant there would be a hotel restaurant open at a ridiculous hour--aka the middle of the night.  Just look how tired we are. 

It's a talent to have the ultimate tired and droopy eyes and we've mastered it.  And that my friends, is the biggest pancake I've ever seen.  It looked so good and huge and greasy and huge and mine was all topped with bananas and Z chose apples.  

Pretty sure it was at least twice the size of my face.  No, we couldn't finish them.  Yes, we saved the leftovers.  What a fun night..

Friday morning, May 18th.  Hey there pretty green trees, we must have crossed into Cali!

Driving through CA's rolling "hills"...these were definitely mountains.

so pretty!

I told him he looked a little depressing, so we had to take another...

Here we come!

How do your road trips go?
 -there's good times, boring times, road rage times, a speeding ticket if we're lucky, deep conversation, lame jokes, and the list continues...basically, it's a memory  :)
What's the longest road trip you've done?
 -probably driving from Idaho to Houston, TX (about 25 hrs total driving...without traffic/weather delays/going ~8mpg over the speed limit) or driving from Atlanta, GA to Minneapolis then to Idaho (I don't remember how long it took...)

Adios

These are our last few weeks in Idaho before leaving for Z's internship...it's not all inclusive, 

but, I'm sure you'll get the idea with the photo dump.

The mani/pedi were a belated graduation present to myself.  I have a bit of a foot insecurity, so go easy on me. 

 Spent a couple date nights working on his truck.  They were slightly in vain because it ended up in the shop anyway, but we had a little fun and Z got to do more manly stuff and learn a few things.

 And when I said 'we' worked on the truck, I meant I sat next to him watching the sunset while occasionally handing him a tool.  #besthelperever

 Oh this?  It's just one of Zuri's sandiwiches.  He had even more than normal once we started packing up the kitchen and didn't have much of anything to cook with.

Sunrise shot after dropping Z off at work

 One of my last shifts at work I took a few pictures while the trucks were pulled out to clean the bay

 I'm sad when I think about not having an ambulance shift for three months

 The first box I packed.  I definitely took a picture and sent it to Z for proof of my productivity.

 I'm a sucker for food pics, what's new :) And I have this thing about liking my broccoli cooked unnecessarily giant-sized.

 One 'summer' day it decided to be freezing and snow, then hail.  So I stayed inside, in my t-shirt and spandex, and made cookies.

 This one time before the packing began, we went to see The Vow at the cheap theater and I asked if we could get popcorn.  This is the second time in four years that we've bought movie popcorn when it's just us.  I'm almost embarrassed that we a) bought the popcorn and b) didn't finish it.

I took this as we walked for a few minutes after Z hurt his ankle during a 10-mile run.  #idahorunningscenery

 This day I didn't have the excuse of bad weather to stay cooped up and bake, I just wanted a break from packing and peanut butter chocolate chip cookies sounded perfect.

 Trying to do more foam rolling business cause it's good for a runner's soul and because my IT band has been bugging me lately

 Mi madre was in town for a few days and lucky for us, every time she visits she buys us ice cream.  Love it.  This time I added my air popped popcorn and a movie to the mix and we called it a meal.

 The next day soft pretzels sounded SO good, resulting in finding a recipe and making them immediately.

 This is where you soak them in water+baking soda for 30 seconds

 before...

 ...after.  They were delish.

 This beautiful scenery was while transporting a patient 45 min northeast of our town.

 "The tetons"

 A nap during a long day of packing.  I love/hate packing.

 A four-month old version of this pooch was too small to stick her head out of this shoe...oh how they grow.

 Z pretending this mess was considered 'packed'.  

 Packing break...it was mandatory.

 As a joke, Zuri bought teeny this big, ugly, marinated dog bone...

 She licked and chewed while we cleaned and packed for a couple hours.  Then she drank a gallon of water and slept for another couple hours.  

And then we were done...  We were exhausted, we were sad, and we were happy.  We loved this apartment and everyone we met while living there.  But, we were excited and ready to embrace a new adventure.

So after a few 'breaks' from packing on my end {whoops}, we finally and eventually finished.  Hallelujah.  Praise the heavens.  Road trip here we comeee!

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How do your packing experiences go?  Take as many breaks as I do?  I didn't document all of them...

Fan of moving?  More content staying put?