My sister, Allison, got married July 9, 2010, in the Sacramento Temple to Tabor Ramsey. 
The day before Targhee had classes and tests, so after he finished we booked it to California. Leilani did great! (She's well versed in road trips now:) We got to stop at the Salt flats, which I've never done before. I don't know how many times I've driven past them and thought to myself, "at what time of night or day does a person just drive off the side of the freeway and write their name with rocks in the salt flat?" We didn't excactly drive off the side of the freeway, we used a rest stop, equiped with water tap to rinse your feet after walking on the salt, but I thought it was a fun little adventure.
Around 7:30pm Leilani had had it, so we did just have to pull off the side of the freeway.
By the time we got to Reno, we were both starving and Targhee said he felt like some Taco Bell. "That should be easy," I thought, "every exit has a sign telling you what restaraunts are available so we'll just wait for the Taco Bell." Well, half way across the city there had been no sign for Taco Bell. The GPS!! We have a GPS. I'll just type it into the GPS and have it take us to Taco Bell. Sure enough there was a Taco Bell just three miles away. So we faithfully listened to the man on the GPS tell us to "turn left just ahead" and so on. About ten minutes later as we were getting farther and farther from the freeway AND city. I said, "Targhee, this can't be right." I looked to my right and there was the Reno Airport. I said, "Is it going to take us to the airport and tell us there is a Taco Bell in there?" How ridiculous! So there we were in the middle of a commercial wearhouse area next to the airport and our GPS announces proudly, "You have reached your destination!" What?? Is this like the wearhouse that Taco Bell's are manufactured in or what? By this time, Targhee's tummy is rumbling but we are both so irritated that we just got back on the freeway and decided we would just eat when we got to California.
Right after you pass Reno there is an entrance to a canyon and then you are well on your way to California, so right before we enter the canyon, we drive around a curve, in silence, of course, and what do we see ahead?
The day before Targhee had classes and tests, so after he finished we booked it to California. Leilani did great! (She's well versed in road trips now:) We got to stop at the Salt flats, which I've never done before. I don't know how many times I've driven past them and thought to myself, "at what time of night or day does a person just drive off the side of the freeway and write their name with rocks in the salt flat?" We didn't excactly drive off the side of the freeway, we used a rest stop, equiped with water tap to rinse your feet after walking on the salt, but I thought it was a fun little adventure.Around 7:30pm Leilani had had it, so we did just have to pull off the side of the freeway.
By the time we got to Reno, we were both starving and Targhee said he felt like some Taco Bell. "That should be easy," I thought, "every exit has a sign telling you what restaraunts are available so we'll just wait for the Taco Bell." Well, half way across the city there had been no sign for Taco Bell. The GPS!! We have a GPS. I'll just type it into the GPS and have it take us to Taco Bell. Sure enough there was a Taco Bell just three miles away. So we faithfully listened to the man on the GPS tell us to "turn left just ahead" and so on. About ten minutes later as we were getting farther and farther from the freeway AND city. I said, "Targhee, this can't be right." I looked to my right and there was the Reno Airport. I said, "Is it going to take us to the airport and tell us there is a Taco Bell in there?" How ridiculous! So there we were in the middle of a commercial wearhouse area next to the airport and our GPS announces proudly, "You have reached your destination!" What?? Is this like the wearhouse that Taco Bell's are manufactured in or what? By this time, Targhee's tummy is rumbling but we are both so irritated that we just got back on the freeway and decided we would just eat when we got to California.
Right after you pass Reno there is an entrance to a canyon and then you are well on your way to California, so right before we enter the canyon, we drive around a curve, in silence, of course, and what do we see ahead?
AAAWW!! Like a shining becon there it was. Way to go GPS! Like I'll ever trust you again!
So with full tummies we trudged on to California, arriving at 1:00am that night.
The next morning was beautiful! Perfect weather. The whole family was gathered at the temple. The gorgeous bride and groom were so fun to watch. There really is a special glow on your wedding day and they wore it well!
So, while the honeymooners, honeymooded, the rest of us decided to Partay!
We spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at the Crum's "bed and breakfast." It was very fun to spend time with the family in a relaxed sort of way.
Monday we headed up to Lake Tahoe for the rest of our vacation. Callie set us up with an amazing cabin. This thing had five bathrooms (although, we misplaced the the fifth one, cuz all we could find were four- the men said it must be out on the deck:) Eight bedrooms, four floors (though it felt like 20 when you were walking up the stairs) and a game room. We pretty much spent the entire first day exploring the whole thing. 
We played on the beach Tuesday, and I had prepared a Minute to Win it game for us to play that night. My favorite game was "junk in the trunk" where a tissue box full of ping pong balls is strapped above your bum and you have shake to get them all out.
These are a few pictures of the "face the cookie" game.
These are a few pictures of the "face the cookie" game.
I love my family!!
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