Here is our travel itinerary:
Jan 7-- st. Louis (drop off car, sightsee, stay the night)
Jan 8-- drive through Kansas (nonstop until Colorado)
Jan 9-- hang out in the Denver area. Evaluate weather, possibly drive to Breckenridge
Jan 10-11-- ski in Breckenridge
Jan 12-head out for Salt Lake City
Jan 13-14-- ski in Salt lake city
Jan 14-17-- the Helfridges' house!
Jan 17-- Portland, Oregon
Jan 18-- leave Portland for Seattle in the afternoon; spend day in Seattle!
Jan 18-21-- Seattle!
Jan 21-- set sail on ferry from Bellingham at 6:00pm
Jan 21-24-- ferry
Jan 24-- land in Haines Alaska at 10:15am!
Jan 25-27-- drive 800 miles until reaching Anchorage!
A little closer to Alaska every mile. Maybe after this adventure, we will be perfectly satisfied with staying in one place... Maybe ;)
Can't start a real road trip without one of these, am I right or am I right? ;)
I know it's hard to tell, but it is snowing quite a bit... Just not sticking very well!! Turns to slush and now it's very cold here.
Say cya to Sally!! We won't see her until we get to Alaska since we want to do this trip together, opposed to driving in separate cars. She has been inspected and cleared for the journey.
Shortly after, we visited the Budweiser factory...
... Really just to see the horses!! (sorry I couldn't get better pictures, mom... They were being fed right when we showed up!)
These horses truly are pampered!
His name is Bruce!
... And these are his pals:
I believe this is Doc, haha!
Too cute!
The rest of the factory was kind of neat as well. Rich history:
I really liked the little fox they displayed on the building. He is eating a chicken leg and drinking a frothy beer:
After the tour, we were exhausted and searched out our hotel (got lost a million times in this city! Shesh!!). We were breathless at what we found:
This is the Four Seasons hotel
The lobby
And here is our room!
Oh believe me, I took advantage of all the available pampering!
Probably the nicest place I have ever stayed for the rate (besides Hawaii, but hey, it's a tropical island hotel... Nothing can really top that!)
Eli even got royal treatment!
(hope he doesn't get too used to this!)
We went out later and explored the downtown area in search of food and for a quick look at the Arch (it was about 20 degrees last night so it was hard to enjoy a whole lot!).
Andrew at the base of the arch
... And way up high is the top of the arch!
And yes, it was snowing! Pretty to watch dance in the light that is illuminates the arch... Not pleasant when freezing cold wind blasts it in your face!
I think this is the Capitol (?). Pretty whatever it is!
A random pretty park decorated for Christmas.
Andrew and Pinocchio! Eli has no clue what is going on, haha
I don't know if they had some artistic twist to the walking orange people, but we saw at least 3 of them in this park...
Here's Andrew walking with them:
Alas, this morning was the last day in our four seasons oasis. It was hard to start the morning with the thought of hitting the road and leaving...
However, I think Eli was more than ready-- we found out Eli might have a fear of heights...
He growled each time he saw the ground and retreated! Haha! I got it on film; too funny!
Well, we did eventually got on the road (after a stop at Starbucks of course!) and are currently in kansas. It is the coldest day I have felt thus far (it was 12 degrees this morning, but felt like 2 degrees!) and it be our biggest driving day of the whole trip-- pray for us: poor eli won't eat and I have been continually up and down in nausea... Not good for road trips! However, God has been kind to us both and allowed us to cling to Him, a soothing comforting rock in times of trial. So thankful to be a child of God!
That's all for now. Have a wonderful day and keep Him center for a heart full of joy :)
Oh, here is a funny movie of a dog we saw in Kansas (I said Missouri on the movie, but we are definitely in Kansas!).
Blessings! Xoxoxo
'With songs of joy I speak of Thee, for I know not how to cease',
Kati Thornbury
-- Jeremiah 20:9--
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