So many, if not all of you who read this already know that Ricky and I just came back from a trip home to Idaho. We both took 3 weeks off and drove up there, and before you ask, yes it was a long drive, about 1,300 miles one way. But totally worth it. We got to see some great places and we had the freedom of having our own vehicle so that we didn't have to rely on others to get around.
We took shifts driving and taking pictures of the scenery. For the first part the only thing to really see was each other.
Me driving.
Ricky driving.
The road... and not much else...
After we got through New Mexico the scenery started getting prettier. These are a few of the pictures that we (mostly Ricky) took and I edited.
A cool hole.
The first mountains with snow we saw. Ricky hasn't seen snow for a year and was getting really excited about it.
A very pretty stream.
Train tunnels.
This is one of my favorites.
We left early on a Monday morning and were in Salt Lake by Tuesday. We stayed the night there so that Ricky could tour temple square and the conference center. It was really cool. It's been almost 5+ years since I've been there so it was great to see it again.
Ricky and me on temple square.
The Salt Lake Temple. It's so pretty.
The cobble stone was so pretty with the moss growing in between them.
The conference center.
Then we snaked over to Elko, Nevada to visit Ricky's dad. Neither of us have seen him or Lisa since our wedding 2 years ago, so it was really great to catch up with them again.
We got to see the great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt flats.
The Salt Lake.
I think it is a very pretty lake.
The salt flats were cool, but kind of boring. Once again not much to see.
I didn't get hardly any pictures in Elko. In fact I only got one.
This one of Ricky and his dad.
From there we made our way up to good old Idaho. It was great to be back with family. Both Ricky and I really loved it. It snowed while there so we went out and played in it.
I was a horrible aim with my snowballs.
Ricky was nice enough to not through snowballs but he did through snow at me.
We tried to build a snowman.
Ricky tried to help but when he put his ball on it smashed mine and then the snow stopped sticking together so we had to make due.
Our tiny snowman on top of the ruined one.
While there we got to go snowmobiling. Unfortunately we were having to much fun to take photos.
We did have time to take some photos of us. You'll have to tell me what you think.
Us at Ricky's mom's house.
Us out by the River on a covered bridge.
We thought it was really cool, not only cause it was pretty but also because Ken, Ricky's step-dad built it.
Us at the train bridge.
I didn't get any photos of my family. We did get a few of Ricky's little brother. He turned out to be pretty good at taking photos. They looked posed, but he did it all on is own, I just edited them.
He's getting big.
This one isn't a posed as the others but it is still cute.
This one is by absolutely favorite one of him.
It's hard being so far away from family. I really felt like we've been missing out on so much cause we live so far away. We are both ready to get out of Texas. Now if only we can get orders then we will be great.
