Day #18
Date: Monday, August 10, 2015
Departure: Monticello, Utah
Destination: Elko, Nevada
Miles: 572
SO CLOSE....AND YET SO FAR TO GO......
Price, Utah and St. George, Utah
284.99 miles apart
Grandpa says,
"Close enough to go home and sleep in my own bed for the night.
But it would be too much work to get there!
Besides, I'm not a quitter!
THREE MORE STATES TO CONQUER
I'll worry about that tomorrow."
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JASON'S OBSERVATIONS
About The Boys
Swimming and rain storms count as showers in their minds.
Brushing teeth only occurs if, by some miracle, I remember to remind them.
Same is true for the use of deodorant;
If I use deodorant in front of them it spurs a cascade of deodorant use by all the boys.
(It's like flowers after a Valentine's commercial, out of sight and out of mind apparently)
I wish it was "out of smell" as well!
All of the boys stuff their clothes in their bags.
Then each morning they do a quick grab and smell test.
It looks to me that if it doesn't smell horrible it's okay by their standard.
I don't even ask about underwear........
JASON OBSERVATIONS - Continued
JON
He has his Subway sandwich mastered;
He is very confident ordering bread, cheese and meat.
He never diverges.
He always orders the same thing;
BLT on white
Cook the bacon but not the sandwich
American cheese
Sunglasses and prolonged exposure to the sun will do this to you;
Raccoon nose and cheeks
Jon came in 3rd on the Raccoon Comparison
JACK
Jack is very social.
He has a story for anything that anyone mentions.
He can top any story.
Apparently Grandpa has not given him the man talk....
What Every Man Should Know...
"IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU!"
The aftermath of using band aides and black motorcycle tape.
Sunglasses and prolonged exposure to the sun will do this to you;
Raccoon nose and cheeks.
Jack came in 4th on the Raccoon Comparison.
BEN
If the menu item says 1 pound of anything he orders it!
6'4"+ Maybe 6'5"+
Sunglasses and prolonged exposure to the sun will do this to you;
Raccoon nose and cheeks.
Ben is the winner on the Raccoon Comparison.
GRANDPA
Sunglasses and prolonged exposure to the sun will do this to you;
Raccoon nose and cheeks.
Grandpa came in a close 2nd on the Raccoon Comparison
GRANDPA'S OBSERVATION OF JASON
This is why I look the way I do and why Jase looks the way he does!
That is way too much work for an old guy like me!
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NASTY AWFUL!
Today we traveled through the
Ugliest
Nastiest
Awful-est
117 mile stretch of road in the whole United States!
WE KNOW!
Because we have been to the whole United States!!
Salt Lake City to Wendover, Nevada
Salt Flats
Brine Pools
Not one living thing!
Brutal
No place to stop in between
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GRANDPA'S JOURNAL
Monticello, Utah
Price Utah
Provo, Utah
On to I-15
Salt Lake City, Utah
HEADED OUT WEST AGAIN
Wendover, Nevada
Elko, Nevada
TOMORROW.....
California Here We Come!
CONQUERING MILES
THAT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
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