1 Day Down!

Well the first day is complete and we are in Nephi, Utah approx. 330 miles into our trip. So far we are traveling at a top speed of 52-54 mph w/ the trailers! Talk about the turtle and the tortoise going down the highway that is us. We had a completely safe trip today! (answered prayer:) We took off about 5am this morning and drove about 8 1/2 hrs w/ 4 stops. The Honda is averaging about 13 MPG, and the Toyota is averaging about 10 MPG (check out those stats Clint!) Our highest paid gas price was $4.54/gal. Utah has been a beautiful drive. We came up onto a mountain range of snow covered tops and Joshua was quick to say... "Daddy, Look it is Alaska!" Josh laughed and said, "Nope Buddy, you have to go to bed and wake up 10 more times and then when you see snow covered mtns that is Alaska.." He said nothing. Grandpa is doing well.... was very grumpy by the end of the days trip, but I don't think he slept at all last night. Our tribute to try to not eat fast food has survived the first day. We brown bagged breakfast and lunch and then walked to a family restaurant next to our hotel tonight.... homemade yeast rolls and pecan pie! YUM you don't get that at McDonalds! It was fun to step out of our comfort zone and visit w/ the locals. Well off to get some rest now. Check out todays pictures and we will be back online tomorrow w/ more adventures to share..... Love to all....3J's and Grandpa:)

Last night in Las Vegas

Okay... so a double post for the day.... it is 9:16pm here and we are 7 hrs away from leaving, just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to our friends the Ottingers for the great last night in Vegas! We ate our last true Mexican meal @ Viva Zappatis and enjoyed great company... check out the pics. We Love you guys and will be back to visit soon... 3J's (for those who don't know, Josh, Joyce, Joshua! our own text acronym) ..... Hey checkout Josh's half homemade trailer! Here we come Alaska Highway!

A Goodbye to Las Vegas

Well it is the night before the long awaited trip to Alaska. We are all very anxious, excited, worried, stressed, tired, and energized all at the same time. Joshua is started to go through the normal attitude of change and not understanding of what is actually taking place. He thinks we are going to be in Alaska after one day in the car! Poor thing! The trailers are packed...picture to be posted tomorrow, the goodbye's have been said (lots of tears:( ) and we are ready for our next adventure in life. Thank you to all that have made this last month of travel so much fun and filled with so many GREAT memories. A shout out to all my old co-workers at UMC, I miss you all and will call soon. Please keep checking this Blog daily as this will now be what I update daily from our trip instead of myspace. We will miss you all extremely and thank God for each of you daily... Much Love the Hurt Family! .... moving out to the Last Frontier!