Nostalgia

This morning we woke up in Carson City Nevada. We drove for 12 hours yesterday on highway 50 from Moab to Carson City. Highway 50 is notorious for being the loneliest highway in America. Lets just say it lived up to its reputation. We saw four notable things on our journey. 1) a dust storm 2)a tumbleweed 3) a forest fire 4) a white Prius with California plates that passed us we then saw 30 miles later stopped at a rest stop. We were more than thrilled to be in an air conditioned hotel with a television and a real bed. So we took full advantage of it and ordered some food in and slept in.

We drove around Lake Tahoe this morning on our way to Sacramento. It was beautiful. We will definitely have to go back there and camp, ski, and white water raft. Drum roll please........... After two weeks of driving and camping we FINALLY made it to California. We crossed the state border right around 2pm! It was glorious. Driving on the highway to Sacramento was somewhat like the ride batman at six flags, although instead of Katie's hands being up above her head, they were clenched on the steering wheel. And all of the other drivers screaming at her.

We settled into our hotel here (thanks to Katie's mom) and decided to get a taste of home. We went to Lauran's favorite restaurant, Chevy's. It was a nice taste of home. Although it was not the same. Lauran observed that the salsa and the sauce on her enchiladas seemed to be a bit redder. After that we had to go to Walgreens to get a photo for Lauran's nursing application. We were so thrilled to be in Walgreens and in civilization that we went a little crazy. We spent about 20 minutes in the card aisle listening to the new musical cards. (they are great!). We were so excited when we told the clerk behind the photo counter Lauran's phone number for the registration process he said " and are you Lauran Miklosey" and we both looked at each other and said "THEY KNOW US HERE" . We took it easy this evening and took care of some business and we will up early to get our nursing license in the morning.

To see our photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/katiefitz918