Trip to Utah

Let's see, on Memorial Day I drove home with Mary, who courteously took the Phoenix to St. George leg of the trip. We made good time (11 hrs including a lunch break and a horrible traffic jam outside of Salem. There should never, ever be a traffic jam near Salem. No one lives there!) and enjoyed an uneventful trip. I came home, enjoyed the presence of much family and some decent sandwiches and Chinese food. Seriously, how hard is it to make a decent turkey sandwich? But I digress. The occasion of my return was my brother's high school graduation, which went off smoothly and mostly meltdown-free. We took pictures, had a tasty family dinner, the usual things. On Saturday, Paul flew in and we shuttled between families for a day. Sunday, we drove home and made better time (10.5 hrs including lunch). I drove almost all the way, from Provo to Kingman. That's like eight hours for those keeping track. I also drove us into Phoenix, so overall I drove around 9 of the 10.5 hrs. I think one person could do it in one day with a strategic long break, but it would not be particularly pleasant. My back and leg were in agony going into Vegas, but by the time we switched everything was sufficiently numb, so it didn't matter. It was a little depressing to return to our sandwich, Chinese, and family-less town, but then I went out swimming and you'd be surprised how awesome you feel lying in a pool looking up at blue skies and palm trees. Really perks you up. Think I burned a bit though. Nothing, well nothing except the back of my neck looks pink, but my shoulders and cheeks have that dry uncomfortable feeling. Anyway, it was great to go and now it's okay to be back.