Wyoming is an interesting place to drive through. If you keep your eyes pealed, you can find some pretty strange things. For instance, we saw an actual camel on someone's property next to the interstate! Also, a legitament town with a population of 1 (Buford, WY). Granted these are not the most exciting sight (on one trip we found a cave with a random garden gnome in it....but that's a different story.....), but this region of the country sure has some breath-taking beauty. The sky is a different place out here. I personally feel like the sky is more blue and the clouds bloom bigger and fluffier. There are also sporaticlly, fascinating plateaus and rock formations along side the road. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a good picture of these geographical figures due to the fact that we were driving and the features were somewhat distant. But when I look at them with their flat tops or irregular formations, I am amazed by how God chose to shape this landscape; and at the same time I have to wonder how much of this He shaped with The Flood. I wonder about stuff like that all the time.
However, one thing that really annoys me about Wyoming is the wind. What should be an easy cruise on an almost empty interstate becomes a white-knuckle drive as you fight to stay in your lane. Maybe other, more experienced drivers find it to be no big deal, but I certainly didn't appreciate the invisible force literally pushing me around despite me being the one with the several hundred pound vehicle complete with mountain bikes.
Furthermore, at some point along our trip, we stopped at a Little America. For those of you who do not know what a Little America is, it is a really nice rest stop along the interstate with a gas station, restaurant, park, sitting areas, etc. They are just the nicest places to take a break at during a road trip. But anyways, while we were there we decided to have dinner. Now keep in mind, when my family travels, we can get pretty loopy and silly in a good way. Fortunately, we had this awesome waiter named Yusuf who had a fun accent and played along with our crazy antics (most of which attracted stares from the other people in the restaurant).
Morgan drinking out of 3 straws.
When we arrived that evening (about 9:30pm), the Westgate property was like another home for us. Lots of memories had been had here in the past and we were looking forward to creating some new ones too. Unfortunately, there was a mix up in our room assignment which placed us in a much smaller room than we paid for and the size of room we did pay for was booked. But the staff assured us they would do everything they could to get things sorted out. However, the best part of the night was riding the elevator with this kid who seemed to be about 11 years old who was playing hide-and-seek or something with his friend.
"Do you mind if I stand there [the corner of the elevator]? I'm hiding from my friend and if he sees me, I'll die."
"Well if it's a matter of life and death..."
To me, that was hilarious. Once we were inside he decided to tell us that he had been coming here for seven years and that "They'll [the company] try and get you to buy the Presidential Suite. But don't do it! You could buy a house for the price of what it costs! So watch out, they'll try and get ya!" Then the doors opened and he ran away. Keep in mind, this was only like a thirty second elevator ride. Strange, little encounter, but so funny! But now, thanks to that little boy, we now know not to go for the Presidential Suite!
That is probably enough on today - nothing too exciting, but fun nonetheless. :)
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