Road Trippin' it to Ely, Nevada

So Alex came home from a mission in Dallas Texas. If you didn't know, he became one of my best friends and we were writing each other. This called for some celebration in his new home of Ely and I wanted to go support him.  This meant a road trip was needed.  I wanted some company so I invited Gracie along too.  Boy it sure was fun watching the miles of nothing go by as the GPS showed just how far we had left.

Here we are in the beginning... 4 hours later we arrived.

 Alex's family went to have some family pictures the train station.  We went along and sat and watched a bit but also took some of our own pictures.  Boy it was a cool place!

Waiting around...

They had a grandparents picture with the grandkids.  It was funny to watch all the adults try to get the kids to look and smile.

 There was a caboose that had a sign in the window.  You can stay the night in the caboose! How cool is that?  Someday I think I might just try that....

Just the two of us!

Just thinking.... on the back of a train.

 

Needless to say, he has changed a little.  From the bit I was with him, I would say all for the better.  It was great to go support him in his talk in church and the spend time with all of his family.  

 On the way home, we stopped at the Bonneville Salt Flats.  Gracie wanted to write our "names" ( a guy once got our names mixed  up and called us Tracy and Gradie) with rocks but there weren't any rocks.  This meant we had to do it in dirt.... 

We were tired but still had a decent drive back home. With only one stop, we got to Gracie's house at about 10:50 pm.  Sure the distance was long but it was a worthwhile trip that is for sure!