We got to Denver right around dinnertime, and we planned to take the kids to eat at Casa Bonita. We had previously told them all about how cool the place is, and everyone was excited to eat there. We didn't think about the fact that it was a Friday night and maybe everyone in Denver would have the same idea as us. We pulled into the parking lot and saw that tons of people were waiting to get in. Plan B - we went across the street and ate at Qdoba.
We left Saturday morning with the destination of Council Bluffs, IA, so we could see Winter Quarters the next day. Noah felt queasy since he woke up, and then he threw up all across Nebraska. Poor kid - throwing up while riding in a car is awful! Luckily no one else got sick.
We got to our hotel in Council Bluffs that night. It was a Quality Inn, and we soon began to wonder about the quality of this Quality Inn - hallways and rooms that smelled like smoke, a toilet that ran all night, a bathtub that didn't plug, and a swimming pool with a cracked and bubbled floor. We were glad to leave!
We didn't time things right, so we didn't make it to church the next morning, but we did get to see the visitor's center and the temple grounds in Winter Quarters. What a neat place! It is truly full of the spirit of the pioneers.
Dressing up like pioneers in the visitor's center
We ate lunch on the temple grounds, then made it the rest of the way home. We were welcomed home that night by a refrigerator that quit working sometime during our trip. Nice.
This was a kind of trial road trip to see how everyone did with such a long drive. I was initially really nervous about it, especially while 7 months pregnant, but it turned out just fine. We saw friends and family and we made some great memories. We'd totally do it again. . . but not for awhile.
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