Plane tickets to Jackson Hole or Idaho Falls or West Yellowstone or any points in the MT or WY range, along with a car rental, were just too pricey. So we decided to pile the miles on a rental car and DRIVE IT from the OC. All 2000+ miles roundtrip.
We have never done a car trip like this one before, especially not one with two teenagers and a tweener. But we had to go before their legs grew any longer, their appetites would cost too much to appease, and their attitudes got any sulkier. In other words, now.
Six a.m. on a Saturday morning in July, we headed out, everyone super excited to get going. Never mind that the trek would have quite a few hours of Mojave Desert on the very first day. We were headed to Vegas, baby!
First pit stop was the worlds largest McDonald's, where each boy was given a stipend for the trip to spend however they wanted. Second pit stop was Baker, to visit the worlds largest thermometer. Record-breaking drive combined with record-breaking pit stops!
We pulled off in Vegas to drive through the strip -- I know, I know, it's not as pretty in the day, but was not about to hang around for the next 10 hours waiting for the glitz and the glamour and the lights and the nighttime fountain shows. Next time, boys... like when you are 21. It'll still be there.
Look!! A giant replica of the Eiffel Tower, perched on top of a hotel! No!! Don't look at the driving billboard proclaiming HOT BABES...I know it's stopped at every red light on the strip right next to us, but look over here... I know what your giggles and laughter is all about, but look THIS WAY INSTEAD!
We finally pulled into Provo, Utah, around 6pm... a few more pit stops and long stretches of highway since Las Vegas. Packing the cooler with sodas (yay!!) and sandwiches and chips and more soda (yay!!) and even a chocolate bar or two was a good idea. One boy in the backseat was in charge of the map and finding where we were when asked, and another boy was in charge of food and drink distribution.
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