Not quite Winslow, but close enough!

We have made it to Flagstaff-with time to spare before class tonight!

After a beautiful, scenic drive through Utah where we got to watch the sunrise

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We made it to to sunny and warm Arizona.

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We are crashing at Derek and Kathryn's tonight-where not only do they have the internet so I can do class here tonight and cable TV but it is so awesome to see friends!

It's only another 45 minutes to Winslow tomorrow where we pick up the keys to the double wide and set up our temporary house-again!

Another leg of the journey begins

After Keith driving 618 miles we are finally in Springville, Utah-just outside of Salt Lake City. Tomorrow we have about another 450 miles to Flagstaff.

We have been driving is a super packed car, even though we have a storage box and Keith's bike on the top of the car! Poor BJ is stuck in a tiny little corner in the back

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This has been my view for most of the trip

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At least we got to watch a beautiful sunset in Utah-from the car

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Tomorrow we just want to get out of Utah as fast as possible! I have class at 5 p.m.-the goal is to be in Flagstaff at least 15 mins before it starts!

We should probably be packing....

Since we're leaving tomorrow morning for our long drive to Arizona you'd think that we might spend the day getting all of our stuff packed up and ready to go-nope that's not what we did!

We spent most of the day in Imnaha in Hells Canyon by the Snake River. We (Keith) drove 25 miles on some of the roughest roads I've ever been on to go for a super short little over a mile hike to an overlook of the Snake River.

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I really want to go back when we can spend some more time there...but of course make Keith do the drive again!

We also had to stop at the Inmaha Store and Tavern which we had heard was like 'stepping back in time' I have to say it really wasn't-but we still got t-shirts!

In the evening we went to a show at the high school called the Young Americans. Morgan, Craig and Renee's daughter (along with most of the kids in town) was in the show. The show was put on by a group of college age kids and was kind of like a low budget production of an American Idol show with a lot of Glee thrown in. The show itself was cheestastically adorable and all the kids were really talented and clearly had a really great time. It was pretty impressive being in high school gym knowing that just about everyone in town was there to support the arts in this rural community.

Our last day in Enterprise! Tomorrow at this time we'll be in Salt Lake City!

If you ever find yourself in Wallowa County

Here are some things not miss-Keith and I haven't done everything listed-but most of it!

Go to Terminal Gravity Brewing for a buffalo burger and a beer-which we have done all to often-but it is SO good!

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Go to the Book Loft for a book (obviously), coffee, delicious chocolate bars and check out the gallery in the back-all of which Keith still has not done!

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Go to the movies at the OK Theater, which we also didn't get a chance to do...we are just such busy social butterflies!  It's the  second oldest operating theater in Oregon and just recently re-opened.

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Check out the bronze statues in Joseph

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Go to Wallowa Lake

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While you're at the the Lake check out the Tram-which I have to be honest Keith and I never went on-$24 per person when I rode a tram on an almost daily basis in Portland for free-please! But I have heard the view is amazing.

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Pay your respects to Chief Joseph

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Watch a sunset

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Go backpacking in the mountains-there are so many good places to go Keith could not give me just one, but you could backpack into Maxwell Lake, where we hiked a couple of weekends ago-there were a lot of campsites along the lake-just one option!!

Go do a little dancing and karaoke at the Hydrant on Thursday nights-the only place Keith have ever done it!!

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Giggle at the super conservative signs in the area

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There are about a bajillion more things to do....the Wallowa Museum, the libraries (of course!), go to the Lostine Tavern...I could go on and on-like I said a bajillion things. We have to come back because Keith is leaving his kayak here-which I think he's doing just so he knows he can come back here-but that's cool with me!

A very lonely Clydesdale

Today I stopped on the side of the road to take some pictures of the mountains and this one lonely Clydesdale horse that I drive by all the time.

What I wanted was to take of picture of was this lonely horse looking off into the grey, cloudy mountains. So I started taking pictures of the mountains, working my way to towards the horse.

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All of the sudden the horse turns around and starts walking towards me! I'm thinking-NO! you're ruining my shot horse! Go back to the one place you are always standing in when I drive by!

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Of course I soon realize that the shot I had in my mind was only possible it I was 7 feet tall...so she (he?) isn't really ruining my shot-ah the drawbacks to being vertically challenged!

I couldn't believe it-this huge Clydesdale horse is walking right up to me to say hi! I felt so bad I didn't have any snacks to give her!

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She (I've decided it's a girl!) was so beautiful!!

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I was just so happy to have this experience and to feel so small next to this big beautiful horse-it made my day!

The Snowy Mountains

Well the clouds have finally let go of the mountains for a little bit and we get to see the aftermath of a long, cold and snowy weekend and the results are beautiful!

Here is the view looking back at Wallowa Lake

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And Chief Joseph Mountain and the Lake

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The Seven Devils mountains in the distance

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I'm sure Keith's knows which mountains these are, but I don't!

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Hopefully I'll have time to get some better pictures soon but I have to get back to doing homework!

A winter wonderland in October

After yesterday, I was kind of scared to wake up this morning and look outside.

Yesterday we woke up to a light dusting of snow on the ground, but it was in the 40s and raining-just as predicted. When we got back from the gym is was starting to snow, but it wasn't really sticking and there wasn't much accumulation. Slowly but surely then snow started to accumulate more and more.....

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By the evening we were kind of seriously worried about losing power since this snow is SO wet and heavy...luckily we didn't, but upon waking up this morning I'm kind of surprised we didn't! These pictures are from the road to our little cabin. Downtown Joseph almost looks like a bomb went off with the number of trees and branches down (sorry no pics, it was barely above freezing and raining..I wasn't about to get out of the warm car!)

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As I am sitting in the Sip and Surf I have heard that not only that there is an 80% of more snow tonight but also that a bunch of people did lose power up here on the lake-we did get lucky. I would also like to say that on Monday it was hot and beautiful 87 degrees here!!

Hopefully I'll be posting beautiful pictures of all the snowy mountains soon... but so far the clouds haven't let go of the mountains yet-yet!