Move to the West - Part 3

After a day of hiking in RMNP we spent the night in Steam Boat Springs. The next morning we had about 5-6 hours of driving to get over to the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah. It was recommended for us to drive 40 instead of 80 to get there. Sorry, but that was not a great recommendation. It is a slower road and has NOTHING to see. Not sure if 80 would have been better though. Towards the end of the trip we stopped for lunch in Heber city. We let Kaylee play on the playground for a little while and then we stopped in a ranger station (if that doesn't tell you how much of a hick town we were in:). They suggested we head a little different way to get to our hotel as it would be a more scenic route. We took them up on the suggestion and loved it. We actually saw something:) Anyways, we got to our hotel and all was well.

The next day (friday) we decided to take a little time off from driving again and head to the zoo!!
Here is our day, picture style:)

We did actually see real animals and not just statutes.

Love this little man -sunblock spiked hair and all.

And this girl - being eaten by a lion:)

One last one of an elephant painting.

After our day at the zoo, we did not have our next hotel booked, so we decided to go a couple of hours and then stop for the night. After 2 hours, the kids were doing great and we were feeling fine driving. We looked up what towns we were going to hit in another two hours and saw that there was enough that we could find a hotel at. So on we went!!! We ended up driving four hours till we stopped (so much for taking the day off), but in the end it meany less driving the next day and our destination next was Lake Tahoe!!!