Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sundance Arrives at Sundance!!
Friday start miles: 9227 end miles: 9433
Well, we made it! Sundance is this just really beautiful place, which is right for a place I'm named after. I'll get to all that it a minute, but first I have to tell you about yesterday.
Yesterday (Friday) Mom got up early and found a great Curves in Rock Springs, Wyo., where the women warned her about these mountain ranges on the way to Salt Lake City called the Three Sisters, and said we should wait until there was plenty of light.
Mom was eager to get to Salt Lake City because she wanted to shop at the Sundance Outlet Store, so we programmed the store into the GPS and took off. I didn't think the Three Sisters were that big of a deal after some of the mountains we'd been through in Wyoming. At the end, we went down through this steep mountain pass with wild snow squalls -- and then we were in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City was really great because we finally got to get out of the car and do some walking! After Mom got finished at the store, we walked around the Sugarhouse district, which was a lot of stores and a nice park with a river. Then after Mom and Dad had lunch we found a motel; they drove all over the city trying to find one that wasn't a Motel 6 (which we hate because there's always something wrong), but we ended up in one anyway because -- I know this is hard to believe -- a lot of motels don't wat dogs!!
Then we took a big walk around where the Mormon Temple is, and an even bigger walk down to the old railroad terminal called "Union Pacific" and also "Gateway". The terminal has been fixed up and has these great stained glass windows about railroads. There was also this very nice family who patted me half to death, and even more stores, more stores than you've ever seen in one place.
All the walking tired me out, which was a good thing because the thing wrong with this Motel 6 was the people in the next room stayed up all night talking and partying and didn't quiet down until Mom and Dad had called the front desk three times, which by then was half a hour before my breakfast time, which is always 5 a.m.
Today Mom went to a Curves in Salt Lake City, and then we picked up some groceries and drove out to the Great Salt Lake. Mom and Dad weren't too impressed; the lake has been drying up and is a lot smaller than it used to be. I thought it was fine because I got to run all over the beach for almost an hour.
Then it was back in the car, but this was a short trip down the highway and, after lunch, we drove up into this really deep Provo Canyon, where the snow immediately started, and took a left turn, and there we were -- Sundance!
We are staying in a palace, which Mom says is our reward for all the Motel 6's. It's all wood and windows, with a big bed facing the fireplace and a separate kitchen and bathroom and I can run in a big circle around the place with Mom's sock or Dad's slipper in my mouth and they can never catch me. We took a walk down to the ski area which is where the restaurant, deli and general store are, and walked back -- a good walk, with it snowing harder.Then Mom and Dad drove back down so that I could stay in the car while they shopped, except that the snow was pouring and there were these people skidded on the road. Dad helped them get out.
Now we are cozy in for the night, at Sundance.
Well, we made it! Sundance is this just really beautiful place, which is right for a place I'm named after. I'll get to all that it a minute, but first I have to tell you about yesterday.
Yesterday (Friday) Mom got up early and found a great Curves in Rock Springs, Wyo., where the women warned her about these mountain ranges on the way to Salt Lake City called the Three Sisters, and said we should wait until there was plenty of light.
Mom was eager to get to Salt Lake City because she wanted to shop at the Sundance Outlet Store, so we programmed the store into the GPS and took off. I didn't think the Three Sisters were that big of a deal after some of the mountains we'd been through in Wyoming. At the end, we went down through this steep mountain pass with wild snow squalls -- and then we were in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City was really great because we finally got to get out of the car and do some walking! After Mom got finished at the store, we walked around the Sugarhouse district, which was a lot of stores and a nice park with a river. Then after Mom and Dad had lunch we found a motel; they drove all over the city trying to find one that wasn't a Motel 6 (which we hate because there's always something wrong), but we ended up in one anyway because -- I know this is hard to believe -- a lot of motels don't wat dogs!!
Then we took a big walk around where the Mormon Temple is, and an even bigger walk down to the old railroad terminal called "Union Pacific" and also "Gateway". The terminal has been fixed up and has these great stained glass windows about railroads. There was also this very nice family who patted me half to death, and even more stores, more stores than you've ever seen in one place.
All the walking tired me out, which was a good thing because the thing wrong with this Motel 6 was the people in the next room stayed up all night talking and partying and didn't quiet down until Mom and Dad had called the front desk three times, which by then was half a hour before my breakfast time, which is always 5 a.m.
Today Mom went to a Curves in Salt Lake City, and then we picked up some groceries and drove out to the Great Salt Lake. Mom and Dad weren't too impressed; the lake has been drying up and is a lot smaller than it used to be. I thought it was fine because I got to run all over the beach for almost an hour.
Then it was back in the car, but this was a short trip down the highway and, after lunch, we drove up into this really deep Provo Canyon, where the snow immediately started, and took a left turn, and there we were -- Sundance!
We are staying in a palace, which Mom says is our reward for all the Motel 6's. It's all wood and windows, with a big bed facing the fireplace and a separate kitchen and bathroom and I can run in a big circle around the place with Mom's sock or Dad's slipper in my mouth and they can never catch me. We took a walk down to the ski area which is where the restaurant, deli and general store are, and walked back -- a good walk, with it snowing harder.Then Mom and Dad drove back down so that I could stay in the car while they shopped, except that the snow was pouring and there were these people skidded on the road. Dad helped them get out.
Now we are cozy in for the night, at Sundance.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Lots of Cranes and Trains
Lincoln Nebraska temp 50- Rock Springs Wyoming temp 32, 712 miles
Gas mileage in Nebraska 41.2
Gas mileage in the Wyoming Rockies 38.9- trouble with the battery charging
Mom met some people from Center Sandwich, NH at a Rest Area yesterday and they told her they were going to see the migration of the Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska. Mom looked it up online and it was on our way to Wyoming so we decided to check it out . We pulled off the highway and went to an Audubon Sanctuary and they let us hike out to a blind on the Platte river to view them. They were making such a racket! Dad held me up so I could peer out through the openings of the blind that looked out on the marsh-like river. It was pretty cool -- there were thousands of them everywhere! Can you imagine, the cranes winter in Texas and summer in Alaska. I thought we had a long trip!!!!
We got back in the car and drove and drove. We stopped at a nice rest stop and we all hung out in the warm sun. We followed train tracks along I 80 all the way to Cheyenne, Wyoming where we walked by a really neat old train station. A postman stopped and gave me a treat. Now we are in our room at Motel 6; they left the lights on.
-Sundance and the two Banditos
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Omaha, but no steak!
Starting point: Toledo Ohio, Temp: 34, Gas Price Ohio:$3.59 per gallon, Gas Mileage Prius From NH to Toledo: 39.1 miles per gallon
Ending point: Lincoln Nebraska, Temp 57, Gas Price: $3:15 per gallon, Gas Mileage Prius from Toledo to Lincoln: 42 miles per gallon
Mileage Driven day 1: 735 miles from Dunbarton to Toledo
Just to set the record straight I didn't get a steak in Omaha today, but I did get a nice bone. What a beautiful city! We visited the Old Market Area and had a great walk down by the Lake at this wonderful park; there was no snow. Afterwards we drove out this long road and Mom and Dad went shopping for supplies at Whole Foods. We are staying in Lincoln, Nebraska tonight.
I could get used to traveling. Mom started the driving today and I rode in Dad's arms, cornfields everywhere for the morning ride. When Dad took ovet we were driving through southern Illinois just south of Lake Michigan and there was a lot of traffic. Mom took over in the afternoon and drove through Iowa where the countryside changed to beautiful rolling hills with farms everywhere. A highlight was passing over the Mississippi River. Dad took over late afternoon and we drove across a bridge over the Missouri River into Omaha. It was a beautiful sunny day.
- Sundance and the two Banditos
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Holy Toledo we made it there!
What a great morning! Mom, Dad and I left the snow covered hills of NH at 7am destined for somewhere in Ohio. We traveled through the State roads of NH winding our way through the Molly Stark highway of Vermont on into Albany New York,where we got on I 90 west. What a beautiful day!
I have a terrific spot to ride high on top of the pillows in the back seat, however it does get lonely back there so I like to ride mainly in Mom or Dad's lap. We stopped at a lot of rest areas. I guess the goal was to get me to do my business. We hit Buffalo around 3pm and Mom and Dad decided we would try for Toledo tonight. We pulled in 740 miles later to the Red Roof Inn. I am just having a ball running around the room getting into everything. Tomorrow we are trying for Omaha.
-One of the three banditos- Sundance
I have a terrific spot to ride high on top of the pillows in the back seat, however it does get lonely back there so I like to ride mainly in Mom or Dad's lap. We stopped at a lot of rest areas. I guess the goal was to get me to do my business. We hit Buffalo around 3pm and Mom and Dad decided we would try for Toledo tonight. We pulled in 740 miles later to the Red Roof Inn. I am just having a ball running around the room getting into everything. Tomorrow we are trying for Omaha.
-One of the three banditos- Sundance
Saturday, March 8, 2008
I Graduated
Wow, I graduated from my basic obedience class week. You realy can't see me very well in the picture I am so dark I get lost against Mom and Dad. We leave on Tuesday for out big trip out west. I now have a diploma in good behavior so I am sure I will have excellent manners at all the fancy hotels we stay in, Can't wait to stay in a Motel 6.
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