Day 2 - boring and exciting, all in one.

There’s something to be said about living on the edge of town. We woke up this morning at Jenna’s house – I’ve been there once before, but the view out of their living room window took me away, again. The picturesque view of the Bighorn Mountains caught my attention. It was a beautiful view to wake up to.
By 8:15, Chelsea and I were heading down I-25 for day. Once we hit Casper (which is a beautiful city, by the way) we caught a short-cut, which took us through and around some beautiful mountain ranges.
I’ve always said that I’m not much of a mountain girl. And to an extent, that’s true. I could never live in this kind of mountainous area (mainly because I feel like everything is so isolated). But driving through the mountains today has in a sense proved me wrong. But after the nothingness that is North Dakota and South Dakota, it’s nice to have something to look at.
Soon we came to Rawlings, WY – the town that connected the shortcut road and I-80. After gassing up, we drove across the road and broke out the cooler full of food. Turkey & ham sandwiches, chips & salsa, fruit – and of course the mountain dew.

Our trip to Utah was not very exciting until we hit Utah - and then it literally transformed from hills and small mountain ranges to ... well ... Utah!
Driving by the Olympic Ski run was exciting. And after getting "lost" at the SLC airport, we found our hotel, quickly settled in and grabbed a bite to eat, then headed to the Mormon Tabernacle and Temple Square, which was beautiful, amazing, huge, and historical. Two lovely Mormon girls quickly found us and gave us our own personal tour - it was nice to meet them without feeling like they were pushing Mormonism on us. We could tell they wanted us to explore and discover Mormonism, but they were very kind.
The Temple area was exquisite, as was the reflecting pool outside the temple. We had a great time wandering around before going back to our hotel for some R&R, including hot tubbing and sleep.