Road Trip to Idaho

As a child, Jimmy had traveled up to Salmon, Idaho many times to see the Hobbs family. He would make the trips with his parents, or Grandma & Aunt Mary. We decided to make a road trip out of the youngest of 8 children was going on a mission. All the older siblings were going to be at the mission farewell, so Jimmy wanted to go see his cousins.

We decided to make it a road trip! With our family of 6, we decided to take the truck & trailer (that way we had our own place to sleep and our own space). We parked in front of Aunt Jean & Uncle Clint's house. We had power & water hook-ups, so it was great. Aunt Jean & Uncle Clint were great hosts too.

We began our trek Saturday morning. We made it to Idaho Falls for gas & lunch, then continued on to Salmon.

PIPE CLEANERS are the greatest invention. Those keep my kids occupied for hours! Their imaginations make the most interesting things.

Our long 6 hour truck ride was filled with food, music, naps, a book on CD, coloring, beads, and many other activities to keep those kids happy. We were happy arrive in Salmon, Idaho in the afternoon.364 miles later. We made pretty good time, but got horrible gas mileage. We got our trailer set up, then let the kids play with their second cousins & had some dinner. It was nice to meet cousins, a few of them even came up and introduced themselves to me. Everyone was great! The kids played SO hard! Water-balloons were launched & we tried to catch them in towels! That was funny! A & S went to ride horses at one of the Jimmy's cousins' house. They had fun-thanks to cousin Carla. After baths/showers in the trailer for the kids, it was bed time. The kids have NEVER slept that well in LONG time-traveling and playing in the sun, they were exhausted!

We made it to 9am church the next day, and enjoyed Mark's talk. Food followed at Aunt Jean's house. We cleaned up & hit the road at 4 or 5 pm. We drove the 3 hours to Idaho Falls, and spent the night in front of Phil & Cassie's house. Jimmy was going to see Phil at work tomorrow-so that made our whole weekend a "work" trip. P&C have kids, so my kids LOVED playing with their toys, and just hanging out. We lit sparklers Sunday night, but I only got this one picture. Cassie got a few more.

Monday after lunch, we packed up and headed home.

Summary-6 hours in truck with all of our kids is our LIMIT (as of now). Whew! By the end of the trip, I think we were all sick of being SO close to each other for so long. (I was sick of being on the sun side of the truck)

The trailer is a great place for emergency potty breaks after you've passed the exit or rest area.

I love my camping trailer.