Trip to Utah

This past weekend we went on a road trip to Utah. We drove part of the way on Thursday and then arrived in Utah on Friday. That afternoon we met our friend Emma and her son Jake at the Joseph Smith Building for lunch. It was nice to see them and we were amazed at how much Jake had grown (it has been a year since we saw them).

Emma helping Jake eat tomato soup.

On Saturday we visited Provo and memory lane. We went to our old apartments, including the one where we met. Our second married basement apartment was no longer there. It was turned into a driveway for some new apartments. We also drove around BYU and went to one of our favorite restaurants.

We first met at the Glenwood apts. We called them the GlenHood apts.

We ate at La Dolce Vita which was our favorite place for pizza.

College Park was our first married apt. We lived in the bottom apt. in the picture. The driveway (below) is where our second married apt. was located. We lived in the basement of a house. It has since been torn down and made into a driveway for the new apartment complex in the back.

Saturday evening we drove to Layton for Rich's mission reunion. One of his mission presidents and wife hosted the reunion at their farm. There were a lot of former missionaries, spouses, and children. Rich did not know most of them, but he was able to reconnect with about 5-6 mission buddies. We had a nice time and stayed a little too long because I was attacked by mosquitoes.

One of Rich's mission Presidents...President Dibble.

Missionary Buddies

On Sunday we started the long and boring journey home. We use to do this drive a lot when we were in college and we sure don't miss it. The salt flats and Nevada desert are boring and hot. Overall, it was a fun trip and we are glad we went. Maybe in another 8 years we will do the drive again.

These are pictures of the boring salt flats. The weird tree sculpture is still there in the middle of nowhere. We could never figure out why it was there.