Saturday, November 12, 2011

Little America

So last night we ran out of gas. I had been looking for gas for almost an hour. Garmin even steered me wrong twice! We ended up running out of gas two miles from a gas station. So, we started walking. All three of us. Man those big trucks boom by fast! Sam was able to flag down a random stranger who agreed to drive us to the gas station. I bought a can to put the gas in ($14!) and then the guy took us back to our car. Very thankful he helped us out, and extremely thankful he wasn't crazy! Sam and I were laughing when we were back in our van because the guy says to us, "Don't you know it is dangerous walking out here in the dark?". Of course we knew it was dangerous. Did he think we planned to run out of gas? We were also very blessed. When we drove our car to the gas station to fill up, the same station we had just left . . . it was closed! If we had walked we would have been out of luck. As bad as running out of gas was, it couldn't have worked out better . . .

Anyway we made it to Sam's house about 11:30. Sam came with Maysen & I on our road trip. Her parents live in Cheyenne. We woke up to yummy waffles this morning. Maysen and I then drove around Cheyenne looking at street names and school names and how the buildings are laid out. Next we drove to Laraime. We wanted to go to a museum there. It wasn't exactly what Maysen was looking for. We then went to the geological mesuem. That was perfect. It was exactly what she was hoping for - she loved it.

We met Sam at McDonalds around 2 and were on the road soon after. Things went pretty well but it was very windy! We were making good time. I was wide awake when we got to the Little America hotels. It wasn't windy or snowy. There was one problem....there was a flashing sign that said the road was closed in 35 miles! We are only two hours home, but are stuck here. We ended up getting a room. It is quite nice, but $109 that I didn't want to spend. I think Little America has the road closed on purpose when the weather is questionable.....

Anyway, it doesn't look like Sam will make it to her 7:00 meeting and I might not make it to Stockton's Priesthood Preview tomorrow morning.

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